Dear print readers, You may have had a sense of deja vu when reading the front page of our April edition. We mistakenly pasted the first several paragraphs of the story about the new airline coming to Pasco onto the story about the new development at Osprey Pointe. The stories are correct...
The Port of Kennewick has spent nearly $450,000 to address an “anonymous” complaint against two commissioners over a land sale dispute.The costs include $400,000 to investigate and adjudicate the complaint that Commission Chairman Don Barnes and Commissioner Tom Moak violated port policies and $49,000 to reimburse Barnes’ related legal fees.An...
A Mesa man faces a lengthy prison sentence after pleading guilty to defrauding Tyson Foods Inc. and CME Group Inc. of more than $244 million through a stunning “ghost-cattle” scheme to cover his massive trading losses.Cody Easterday, 49, former president of Easterday Ranches in Franklin County, pleaded guilty to a...
Kennewick police Chief Ken Hohenberg is running for the Kennewick Port Commission seat held by Don Barnes in the 2021 election.Hohenberg registered his campaign with the state’s Public Disclosure Commission on Feb. 27. He announced his retirement from the city, effective February 2022, at the March 2 city council meeting. Ken HohenbergFinancial documents show Hohenberg had raised more...
James Sexton is taking meetings with prospective vendors and ordering a pole building that will form the heart of an ambitious marketplace at Pasco's Osprey Pointe.Sexton, president of JMS Development, has a development agreement with the Port of Pasco to install the equivalent of a small city on the port-owned...
A Texas-based company led by the former head of Allegiant Air is launching a new carrier April 28 with a map that includes three weekly flights between the Tri-Cities Airport in Pasco and Burbank, California. Houston Air Holdings Inc., formerly charter carrier Xtra Airways, announced the launch of Avelo Airlines to...
Bob Ferguson, a longtime Tri-Citian, energy executive and entrepreneur, contributed $500,000 to Washington State University Tri-Cities to endow a faculty, position and set the stage to turn the Richland campus into a center for clean energy development.Bob Ferguson’s career took him from reactor physicist at Hanford’s B Reactor to the...
Is a pandemic a good time to join a new club?The women who make up the Tri-Cities Newcomers Club think so.Don’t let the club’s name throw you off. It isn’t strictly for newcomers. It’s a group designed to help women meet one another through social activities and special interest groups.And...
The owner of an upscale clothing boutique can’t help but gush when she talks about her new storefront, a well-known corner spot in the Richland Parkway, once home to Ariel Gourmet & Gifts.“I cannot wait. I’m super excited to be down here. It’s charming. I love all the eateries and...
Crumbl Cookies, the Utah-based dessert juggernaut, is continuing its expansion into the Tri-Cities with plans for a Kennewick location.Ranae and Matt Rusk of Pasco will open Crumbl Cookies at 1102 N. Columbia Center Blvd., a former GameStop location outside the Kennewick Target. The Kennewick shop is the second Tri-City outlet...
