A controversial planto overhaul the state’s overtime rules will change the way tens of thousands ofworkers will be paid.The new rules increasethe minimum amount workers must earn to be exempt from overtime. Beginning July 1, thestate minimum salary threshold will increase to $675 a week, or $35,100 a year,for all...
The city of Pasco andthe Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation have agreed to negotiateterms for the tribes to pay for police, fire and other services as they move todevelop a casino and other amenities on land in the city.The Colvilles paid$10.8 million for 184 acres in early 2019, part...
Circle K will build aconvenience store, gas station and automatic car wash in front of Yoke’s FreshMarket in West Richland, according to plans submitted to the city in November.Circle K, operating asLand Development Consultants, outlined its vision for the property at 1501Bombing Range Road at Paradise Way in an application...
Orangetheory Fitness to open in Southridge area this springA popular fitness studio is opening a second Tri-Citylocation at a visible Southridge corner in Kennewick this spring.Orangetheory Fitness franchise owner Richard Cote saidhe’d been searching for a location for a while, making offers on threedifferent places before moving quickly when the...
Catholic Charities ofEastern Washington is putting the finishing touches on a $13.2 million, 52-unithousing project to serve chronically homeless people in the Tri-Cities. The Spokane-basedreligious charity has a deal pending with the city of Pasco for 2.25 acres ofvacant land on Heritage Boulevard on Pasco’s east side. It is also finalizingrequests...
The tinsel candles attached to the light poles gave a festive air to Kennewick’s downtown shopping district in 1978, which at the time included shops such as Coin Cradle, Brutzman’s Office Supplies and the Persian Palace.The festive spirit continued in downtown Kennewick with the annual Numerica Hometown Holiday parade held...
Diahann Howard has been named the Port of Benton’spermanent executive director.Howard, a longtime port employee, had been serving asinterim executive director since May, when Scott Keller retired after more than30 years with the port.Diahann HowardHoward, one of four finalists for the top job, officiallyaccepted the job offer from the port’s...
Melanie HairThe Tri-Cities Area Journal of Business has a new chief executive officer, publisher, editor and graphic designer, though regular readers and customers likely will be familiar with the names behind the titles.Melanie Hair, who has served as publisher and general manager at the Journal of Business since founding it...
It took almost eight years and a lot of on-again, off-again negotiations with different prospective buyers, but the Tri-City Herald building in downtown Kennewick has new owners.Pasco investors Mike Detrick Sr., his son Mike Detrick Jr. and their wives bought the building at 333 W. Canal Drive for $3.9 million...
Tri-City fast food restaurant owners say there’s no way to avoid raising prices when the latest minimum wage increases kick in at the start of 2020, requiring workers be paid at least $13.50 an hour.“Anybody who thinks that prices aren’t going to go up, you’re fooling yourself,” said Tom Tierney,...
