Washington state has adopted a first-of-its-kind law that both provides a new long-term care benefit and pays for the new benefit with a new tax collected by employers.Its formal name is the Long-Term Services and Supports Trust Program.Many employers and employees are scrambling to understand the implications of this new...
A fashion enthusiast followed her dream of owning not just one – but two – businesses, now located under one roof in downtown Kennewick.Jamie and Loren Wikstrand bought the 68-year-old David’s Shoes store earlier this year. The longtime business is located in a historic brick corner building outfitted with green...
The Tri-Cities’ fledgling craft brewery community is about to gain a new member.Iconic Brewery will open in late June at Horn Rapids, bringing craft brew, wine and a family-friendly outdoor gathering spot to Richland’s Horn Rapids Industrial Park. Courtesy Tate ArchitectureIconic Brewery is the brainchild of Debbie and Matt Driscoll,...
As a teenager Veronica Delgado worked in the Pasco Specialty Kitchen with a woman who made her own jams and sold them at the farmers market.After graduating, she worked in a grocery store selling produce.Later she began selling produce from her uncle’s Pasco farm off Road 100 at the Pasco...
The Nineteen, a luxury office-and-apartment project planned for downtown Kennewick, will break ground in June.The project, first announced in 2019, was delayed by the Covid-19 pandemic as the developers pursued construction loans.Andrew Klein and Brian Griffith, who formed Klein Griffith Properties Group LLC to pursue the project, secured the final...
Sun Pacific Energy, which operates a string of Firehouse Subs-anchored Sun Market convenience stores and gas stations in the Mid-Columbia and western Washington, breaks ground this spring in West Richland.Not all Sun Markets feature the Firehouse brand, but the new one at 6255 Keene Road at Belmont Boulevard, across from...
Senior Life Resources Northwest is adding a new building to its Richland campus.The $1.6 million, 6,100-square-foot building will be a replica of the existing administration building and should be move-in ready in about six months, said Grant Baynes, executive director of the senior-focused nonprofit best known for operating Mid-Columbia Meals...
Kathy Peoples has opened Peoples Fitness Journey at the Richland Wye, fulfilling a dream of opening a health-related business when she retired.Peoples Fitness opened in a 2,500-square-foot space at 1221 Columbia Park Trail, near Fowler Street, in a spot formerly occupied by a rental business.Peoples graduated from Pasco High School...
A grant designed to transform downtown Kennewick’s Flag Plaza could help to expand its farmers market, host more frequent and diverse events and create space for public gatherings and food truck dining.The Historic Downtown Kennewick Partnership (HDKP) received one of four Washington Main Street Communities grants to improve the area.“We...
A pair of Houston-based partners will design and build the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory’s $75 million Grid Storage Launchpad. Harvey|Harvey-Cleary and Kirksey Architecture were selected to design and construct the project by the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Electricity, which announced the ambitious clean energy development center on March 10. The Launchpad project...
