Thelbert “Thadd” LawsonThelbert “Thadd” Lawson toured a former Albertsons in Richland as a possible new location for Veterans Warehouse Thrift Store, prompting speculation the long-empty grocery would finally come back to life.Alas, there is no deal.Lawson confirmed he was interested in the nearly 40,000-square-foot store. He loves the location and...
Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen Inc. will build its first Tri-City location at 240 N. Ely St., the site of a now-closed used car business at the intersection of Highway 395 and Vista Way/Clearwater Avenue in Kennewick.The city issued a demolition permit for the dealership on July 6, saying the site would...
Completion of the $7.7 million LIGO Exploration Center, called LExC, is on track to be completed by the end of September, with a spring 2022 grand opening planned.LIGO Hanford, one of two detectors making up the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory, broke ground in fall 2020 on the science center.Expected to...
Two warehouses, each more than 1 million square feet, will bring nearly 1,200 jobs to South Road 40 East, north of Sacajawea State Park in east Pasco.Two industrial distribution centers, each more than 1 million square feet, are planned near Sacajawea State Park.The Ryan Companies of Bellevue is developing the...
Word that Costco likely will anchor new development at Pasco’s Broadmoor Boulevard would normally be one of the year’s top business stories. But 2021 is shaping up as one for the records as one eye-popping development deal after another breaks in Pasco.Collectively, new development at Broadmoor coupled with at least...
A Kennewick golf pro is considering joining the senior tour after he qualified for the U.S. Senior Open, held July 7-11 at the Omaha, Nebraska, Country Club.Lionel Kunka, manager of Golf Universe in Kennewick, missed the cut after he shot a 79 and an 81 in the first two rounds....
Lorena GonzalezProsser’s Chukar Cherries is getting unusual attention after it played a starring role in a mailer promoting the campaign of a native Lower Yakima Valley resident for Seattle mayor.Prosser-born M. Lorena Gonzalez, currently president of the Seattle City Council, advanced to the November general election after the crowded August...
When you join a cancer support group, you inevitably have to say goodbye to friends. Over the years, this has been the hardest part of serving on the board of Warrior Sisterhood, a program offered through Kadlec Tri-Cities Cancer Center.I recently added another name to my ever-growing list of those cancer took too soon: Libby Boothe, 44, of Kennewick. She died in hospice care...
LoAnn AyersPrograms that help families and kids thrive will be the sole focus of the 2022 round of grants awarded by the United Way of Benton and Franklin Counties.The nonprofit that raises money and vets nonprofits is sharpening its focus as it addresses “gaps” that opened in the local social...
3 Rivers Foundation opens grant applications3 Rivers Community Foundation expects to award at least $160,000 in grants to 501(c)(3) nonprofits in Benton and Franklin counties during its 2021 funding cycle.Applications will be accepted through 5 p.m. Sept. 17.Funding for the grant program comes from a percentage of the community foundation’s...
