The West Richland City Council has hired the construction and design team for the first phase of the city’s new police station.Chervenell Construction of Kennewick and Design West Architects of Kennewick were awarded a progressive design-build contract June 2. The contract is not to exceed $819,672.Design West chose TreanorHL Architects,...
The Benton County Commission encourages area residents to wear face masks to reduce the spread of the virus that causes Covid-19. The move came after the Washington Department of Health said it was pausing applications to move both Benton and Franklin counties to Phase 2 of the Safe Start program because of high infection rates in the Tr-Cities. Phase 2...
Did you know?Here in Washington, more than 93,000 small businesses and nonprofits have received $12 billion in forgivable the Paycheck Protection Program loans.During the past few weeks, I’ve been reading a lot about hope and its necessary role in healing, recovery and moving forward, not only as individuals, but as...
How do we, as a society, know that our next generation will be capable of solving the global problems left behind for them to handle?How do we ensure that our future leaders will be able to think independently and multidimensionally, with compassion and confidence?How can we prepare them to face...
Shaun Ehlers ended 2019 on a contented note.He’d opened a second edition of his small fashion boutique in Columbia Center mall in September.By year’s end, the Free Culture Clothing stores in downtown Kennewick and at the mall were breaking even.He knew the first few months of 2020 would be rough....
Airport seeks passenger inputThe Tri-Cities Airport is inviting those who traveled by air in the last 12 months to complete a survey about their future plans.The survey asks participants to share their thoughts on what will make them feel comfortable about traveling by air again.Go to flytricities.com/ psc-passenger-survey.The Covid-19 crisis...
The region’s largest potato processor sheds new light on french fry-making in its first-ever corporate sustainability report.Lamb Weston Holdings Inc. issued its 2020 Environmental, Social, and Governance Report on June 2. In it, the Eagle, Idaho-based company describes its corporate and environmental goals, the steps it is taking to meet...
Hundreds of our fellow citizens stepped up to run for elected office during the recent candidate filing week.From local to federal positions, this is an example of our representative democracy at its finest. It’s also a reminder that there are real problems facing us right now, and many of the...
Lampson International is the Kennewick-based manufacturer of heavy lift cranes used all over the world. The company employs 300 people worldwide, with offices in the U.S., Canada and Australia, and it has performed work in more than 55 counties in the 74 years that it has been in business. Kate...
Molly Monson-StutesmanVice president of sales and marketingGoose Ridge Estate Vineyards and WineryNumber of employees you oversee: 300Tell us about Goose Ridge Estate Vineyards and GR Distillery:Goose Ridge Estate Vineyards and Winery is family owned and operated. As a fourth-generation agribusiness, our family started herding cattle and began sowing the land...
