Gov. Jay Inslee will seek $10 million in 2023 to establish the Institute for Northwest Energy Futures at Washington State University Tri-Cities.The move fulfills the dream of the late Bob Ferguson, an influential U.S. Department of Energy and Energy Northwest executive who endowed the institute’s first chair with a $500,000...
The Lodge at Columbia Point is sacrificing two guest rooms to make space for a proper kitchen for its Drumheller’s restaurant.The wine-themed boutique hotel opened with 82 rooms and no restaurant in 2017. It initially offered wine tastings and bar service on the first floor, with event space on the...
A group of Kennewick women lean on their business-savvy skills to keep their neighborhood’s longtime Tri-City tradition alive.Debie Britton, Sandy Nettleton and Dayna Faultersack are the organized women who take the transformation of their Kennewick subdivision into Christmas Carol Lane very seriously.Six years ago, the women resurrected the holiday tradition...
As local emergency rooms, urgent care centers and walk-in clinics fill with patients reporting respiratory distress, Tri-City doctors have a plea to employers: Be flexible.If an employee calls in sick, do not require a note from a doctor.Sick employees who can’t immediately access doctors often turn to emergency rooms that...
A Nov. 30 order from the Washington State Supreme Court is injecting confusion into the controversy surrounding a capital gains tax approved by the 2021 Legislature.The state’s high court said the Department of Revenue may begin collecting the tax in 2023 pending its own future ruling in a case that...
Nestled between a tree-lined drive and active farmland is a greenhouse and rustic-modern home goods destination boutique.Located at 270 Helm Drive in Pasco, Market North Co. is about a five-minute drive from the Road 68 Walmart, yet it offers visitors a rural setting away from the hustle and bustle of...
A new program could help more local students get accepted to multiple Washington state universities – without them ever applying. The Guaranteed Admissions Program, or GAP, is now available to students in the Kennewick, Richland and Kiona-Benton City school districts. Students must have a minimum 3.0 grade-point average and be on schedule...
Sixty-five years after her great-grandfather developed Einan’s Funeral Home, Rory Hollick is now the fourth generation to work there – and you might say she designed her own niche position.Hollick is Sunset Garden’s first memorial designer, working with families and the engraving company to create custom markers for those who...
A small Kennewick nonprofit is rebranding itself as demand rises for its English classes.Family Learning Center, now B5, offers English classes and a range of other services to support clients director Theresa Roosendaal prefers to call “newcomers,” often refugees arriving from Afghanistan, Somalia, Central America and other spots.The new name...
ManagerBuck TaftTri-Cities AirportNumber of employees you oversee: Approximately 23Briefly describe the Tri-Cities Airport:PSC is a small hub commercial service airport that serves Southeast Washington and Northeast Oregon. The airport served 347,438 enplaned passengers in 2021 (Federal Aviation Administration data). This is down slightly from our peak in 2019 of 438,015.PSC...
