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...
Manufacturing in the greater Tri-Cities certainly isn’t the largest sector. By recent (2018) average annual headcount, it ranks ninth, with about 8,200 workers.If you’re wondering, government – at all levels – is largest.Manufacturing also isn’t a greater provider of high wages in the local economy. In 2018, it paid an...
Rob MercerPresidentMercer Wine Estates / Mercer RanchesNumber of employees you oversee: 80How did you come to this kind of work? Family heritageWhy did your family settle here?Looked west for economic opportunity, originally raising sheep.How has your approach evolved?From the late 1800s to the late 1960s we raised sheep and then...
Have you ever yearned for the good old days where a handshake deal was all you needed? The days where, with that handshake, you could trust that the deal would get done and get done right?Those days of trust are not gone. People are still generally trustworthy. People want to...
Paul Shoemaker loves the solace and beauty of the Tri-City desert landscape.A nurse practitioner with a news background and a passion for healthy living, the West Richland man is happy to share his favorite hikes and walks with the community.The 56-year-old’s passion for the outdoors and what the Tri-City area...
