Steve AshbyCourtesy Andrea Starr, Pacific Northwest National LaboratorySelecting2019’s highlights for Pacific Northwest National Laboratory is a bit likechoosing just one family photo for the holiday card among the dozens of importantevents and exciting adventures of the year.Theseeight exemplify how researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy lab areadvancing scientific discovery...
By Kris JohnsonMain Street businesses bore the brunt of the 2019 Washington legislative session.The $52.8 billionoperating budget lawmakers approved in April included more than $1 billion intax increases. Many of the increases hit small and medium-sized employers inthe form of real estate excise taxes and a business and occupation, or...
By Don C. BrunellDon C. BrunellAs we begin 2020 and a new decade, the Boeing Co. faces strong head winds which are major concerns for those of us living in the Pacific Northwest.Thingshave changed in the past year. In my first column of 2019, I wrote that Boeingwas poised to...
The Benton FranklinBar’s Legal Aid Society recently honored the attorneys who provided nearly1,200 hours of volunteer time to help thousands of low-income Mid-Columbianswith legal issues.U.S. District CourtJudge Salvador Mendoza Jr. spoke about the need for professional representationin both state and federal court during the society’s annual AttorneyAppreciation luncheon.In 2019, the...
Franklin County prosecutor2020 president of Washington Association of Prosecuting Attorneys Shawn P. SantNumberof employees you oversee: 26 Briefbackground of what the Prosecuting Attorney’s office does: The prosecutor’s office handles all legal matters forFranklin County. This includes criminal prosecution for all felony crimesoccurring within Franklin County, as well as misdemeanor crimes...
By Patrick JonesOne of the startling aspects of the greater Tri-City economy is the juxtaposition of a large agricultural sector with one formerly called the white-collar sector. In the terminology of labor economists, the latter consists of professional and technical services. It, too, looms large in the two counties.Today,we might...
By Beau RuffYour property can be taken from you even though you have ostensibly done nothing wrong. You have paid your bills, you are current on your taxes, and you have exercised customary precautions in the acquisition and ownership of your property. Whether you like it or not, whether it’s...
‘Local Etsy’ store in Kennewick offers custom children’s itemsA Kennewick children’sboutique is striving to make its mark with handcrafted and custom items,offering what Pipsqueaks owner Lisa Steele lovingly refers to as “fluff.”“I’m not one thatcarries gear, like cribs. It’s really just the fun, finer things of life,” shesaid. Steele originallyopened...
Decades after Nena Cosic was forced out of her homeland as a young child and separated from immediate family for years, the Bosnian refugee is finding success as a baker and caterer.
A pair of Kennewick homebuilders will construct 500 to 600 townhomes and condominiums on the Pasco waterfront after buying the former Harris Farm. Ruslan Gorbatyuk and Peter Strizhak, who own Infinity Homes, Pro Made Construction and several other businesses in Kennewick, formed SG Land Management LLC to buy most of the farm at a November auction. The duo, backed by investors, paid $4.5...
