WSU Tri-Cities is setting up camp in Prosser.The school has agreed to lease the closed Walter Clore Wine & Culinary Center from the Port of Benton for $25,000 a year. It will use it for wine and culinary education.The port originally built the 15,000-square-foot facility in 2014 to showcase the...
Chaplaincy Health Care is delaying construction of a 10-bed hospice house at the Richland Wye after construction estimates rose 30% past the $5 million price tag.The nonprofit intended to begin construction on a replacement for Chaplaincy Hospice House this fall at 1336 Spaulding Ave., near its Fowler Street administrative office.Instead,...
The proprietor of Headstones by Cemetery Tim makes death look cool.That’s what some of his clients have told him over the years.But Tim Morris isn’t trying to look cool. He’s going for approachable.His headstone company is based in Yakima but he recently opened a showroom in downtown Pasco.His front door...
Farmers Exchange, the iconic purveyor of lawnmowers, chainsaws, trimmers, animal feed and garden supplies, has passed to a new generation.Christopher Ingersoll, great grandson of one of the original owners of the Kennewick business, bought it from his uncle, Keith Silliman, in a deal that closed Oct. 1.Silliman said he was...
Gov. Jay Inslee’s end run around the state Legislature banning natural gas in new homes and commercial buildings is a bad idea.Even though the Legislature adjourned last spring without passing his bill, he unveiled building codes which would accomplish the same thing by fiat.Inslee’s proposed regulations forbid the use of...
Gravis Law PLLC, a Richland-based firm with 48 attorneys in multiple offices, is positioning itself as a national brand bringing legal services to underserved rural communities.In January, it completed a transaction to bring the legal team from a Kennewick firm, Hames, Anderson, Whitlow and O’Leary, into the business.The move gives...
Fuse Fund is restarting its push to raise $2 million to invest in promising local companies after early pandemic shutdowns forced a slowdown.The fund is operated by Fuse Advisors, a subsidiary of Richland’s Fuse SPC. Fuse SPC, housed at Richland’s Parkway, is a special purpose company dedicated to providing space,...
Darcy KooikerSomething about watching her dad pour over figures at night appealed to Darcy Kooiker.The lined green paper. The mechanical pencil. The orderliness of tracking the plutonium going into weapons production at Hanford, which was her accountant father’s job.Kooiker, then Darcy Nelson, likes it when the math is correct.Her fellow...
CLA (CliftonLarsonAllen LLP)Director – State and Local Tax (SALT)Jenni RegimbalEmployees you oversee: N/A. I technically oversee employees all over the country given the nature of my work, but the number varies constantly.Brief background of your business:At CLA, we’re experienced in delivering integrated wealth advisory, outsourcing, audit, tax and consulting services...
With the Tri-City housing market about as hot as it has ever been, why would an investor want to consider investing in the stock market?Let’s compare and contrast some of the common characteristics of investing, whether in real estate or the stock market, and see if the proposition of investing...
