“Open for Business” is the battle cry of the Tri-City Regional Chamber of Commerce and Visit Tri-Cities. The two business entities have launched separate sites with the same branding, “Open for Business,” to give area businesses a place to tell customers how they are adapting to severe measures designed to slow the...
The COVID-19 pandemic is exacerbating a health crisis that has claimed more than 120 rural hospitals in recent years. As Washington residents adapt to Gov. Jay Inslee’s Stay Home Stay Healthy order to stay home to contain the spread of coronavirus, the state is racing to add more hospital beds to handle the influx of patients. The Washington...
A Leadership Tri-Cities graduate is calling on his fellow grads to adopt a small business to help them survive the coronavirus outbreak and mandatory business closures.John Roach, a member of the 17th class, proposed that each of the program’s previous classes regroup to adopt a business that’s struggling to stay...
The Washington Policy Center is encouraging Gov. Jay Inslee to waive all Business and Occupation taxes retroactively to March 1. If the governor has the legal authority, the research and watchdog group said, he should waive tax due dates, fees and penalties for the businesses severely impacted by Proclamation 20-13, which effectively...
The unprecedented effort to slow the spread of coronavirus has altered many aspects of daily life. As Tri-Citians adapt, organizations serving seniors are racing to support those hit heaviest by the new normal – those age 60 and over, particularly those with underlying conditions such as heart or lung disease. While details are still sketchy, the effort...
The Port of Pasco has a new partner to carry out its vision of an active community at its prized Osprey Pointe property on the Columbia River.JMS Development, led by James Sexton, has signed a letter of intent to work with the port to develop the 55-acre park-like property in...
A nonprofit with a bold plan to build a performing arts center at the heart of Kennewick’s Vista Field has pulled out, saying it intends to pursue taxpayer funding in Richland.The Vista Arts Center vision is still very much alive, but the financial model has shifted to a public-private partnership,...
Editor's note: Ron Swanby is one of the co-founders of the new Southeastern Washington Food Truck Association, formed to give a voice to food trucks in this region. A version of the Tri-Cities Area Journal of Business story about the new association is below this update from Ron, given March...
The Tri-Cities and the rest of the nation are hunkering down to prevent the spread of COVID-19 with schools closed, meetings canceled and public gathering spots going dark. Here’s what you need to know, what steps are being taken and what you can do to take control of an unsettling situation. As...
The politicians and lobbyists have had their chance to respond to a court-ordered study that will guide the future of the Columbia River system and its network of dams and reservoirs.The four lower Snake River dams are at the center of the dispute between environmental groups that favor removal and...
