By Andy PerdueCabernet Sauvignon is the king of Washington wine country.Washington winemakers harvested 261,000 tons of wine grapesin 2018, up from 229,000 tons in the previous year, based on numbers releasedin March by the Washington Wine Commission. Washington is the No. 2 producer of wine grapes in theUnited States, second...
Mid-Columbia farmers facing Yakima basin drought declaration on top of delay in planting, harvestThis year’s growing season may bechallenging for farmers with possible drought conditions and delayed plantingsafter winter’s heavy, prolonged snow.Wheat, wine grape, apple,asparagus and potato industry officials reported weather-related delays becauseof the record snowfall that blanketed the region...
Don’t expect to see explosive growth in Tri-City residentialand commercial sectors in the coming year.That was the message from a panel of industry experts on a Building the Tri-Cities panel at the Tri-City Development Council’s March 28 annual economic outlook meeting in Pasco. TRIDEC postponed the event a month due...
Friends of Badger Mountain trying to raise money to buy land before developers to preserve public access
It’s a race against development for a local nonprofit working to preserve some of the Tri-City region’s natural habitat for future generations to enjoy. Friends of Badger Mountain is working quickly and...
The state is ready to spend $5 millionto reduce the snarl of traffic along Highway 240 in Richland, with up to halfgoing toward improvements at the Duportail Street intersection once the newbridge is completed.Plenty of Hanford commuters, drivers, cyclists andpedestrians have weighed in on what they think the best solutions...
Cascade Natural Gas filed a request for a price increase with theWashington Utilities and Transportation Commission on April 1. The proposedincrease is for $12.7 million annually over current prices, or a 5.5 percentoverall increase.If approved, the monthly bill for a residential customer would increaseby an average of $2.83 a month,...
E. & J. Gallo Winery is the new owner of Prosser’s Hogue Cellars.Gallo announced April 3 that it has entered into an agreement with Constellation Brands Inc. to buy more than 30 wine and spirits brands, along with six winemaking facilities in Washington, California and New York.More than 30 brands...
EnhanceFitness classes focus on reducing fallsWhen Zenaida Myers of Pascotook her 87-year-old mother to a new fitness class, she wasn’t planning to participate.But the 65-year-old said sheand her mom both have benefited from the balance and strengthening class calledEnhanceFitness.She said her mother MariaAustria of Kennewick fell three times last year,...
Season set to open April 27 with three weekends of racingThe snowystart to this year’s horse racing season delayed training for more than a monthat Sun Downs Race Track in Kennewick. It also postponed the start of the annual six-day meet at Sun Downs.Butdon’t despair, horse race fans, the season...
Contractors, suppliers admitted they allowed chronic-nonpayment for work done around the Tri-CitiesA well-known Tri-City homebuilder has filed for bankruptcy, leaving homeowners, contractors and suppliers scrambling to file lawsuits and liens in hopes of recovering their portion of the $9.2 million owed to secured and unsecured creditors. Marco Solferino is seeking Chapter...
