By Marilou SheaIf you’re a foodie, you’re probably head down planning your Thanksgiving dinner in earnest right about now, though the ultimate foodie would have started in September when harvest was underway. And this foodie would have already taste-tested new recipes, twisted from the traditional ones, and scoured local stores...
By Kris JohnsonThe lack of access to affordable, high-quality child care isn’t just a problem for families. A recently released report shows that it’s also a major issue for employers and for the overall economy.The report, “The Mounting Costs of Child Care: Impacts of child care affordability and access to...
By Don C. BrunellEmployers and employees need to set aside their differences and partner with one another. The same advice should be heeded by our elected officials.Easier said than done, especially in a vitriolic and politically-charged atmosphere punctuated by an absence of listening and a profusion of people shouting at...
By Beau RuffConventional financial wisdom suggests that the first thing a person should do after building the three- to six month rainy-day fund is to maximize contributions to retirement accounts. Qualified retirement accounts offer a clear tax advantage: contributions are pre-tax, and therefore can reduce taxable income and the associated...
A prominent Tri-Citymansion recently sold to a local hotel mogul for $3.5 million.The new owner of the home built by hockey legend Olie Kolzig is Gurbir Sandhu, president of the hospitality group Ignite Hotels LLC. Sandhu said he intends todeed the Kennewick property to an LLC that has not yet...
The Port of Pasco has bought 300 acres for $6.5 million to develop a new industrial park.The port finalized the deal Oct. 31, buying the property from Balcom and Moe Inc. The land is about a mile north of the port-developed Pasco Processing Center off Highway 395.“In 2018, the port...
Travelers can hop a nonstop flight from Pasco to Chicago starting in June.United Airlines has announced it will begin offering red-eye flights to Chicago O’Hare International Airport beginning June 4, 2020.This is the first time that Tri-Cities Airport will have nonstop connection to Chicago, and it is also the airport’s...
Harvest Foods will open in 2020 after renovation of vacant Shopko buildingA Lep-Re-Kon Harvest Foods store plans to renovate and move into the vacant Shopko Hometown building on Wine Country Road in Prosser next year.The 28,000-square-foot building will undergo an extensive renovation before it opens in 2020.The store will include...
Lurene Harris Fleshman sat at a table in her garage recently at Harris Farm, looking out at the land as she pondered what it would look like filled with houses and streets.“I’m not ever gonna look again!” she said with a chuckle, before admitting that yes, she’d want to see...
Four finalists have been selected and interviewed for the Port of Benton executive director position.Port of Benton commissioners and John Hodgson from the Prothman search firm interviewed the candidates Oct. 22, but did not make a final decision. The commissioners asked the search firm to conduct additional background on the...
