Road 100 branch to feature 7,000 square feet; $645,000 in improvements planned at headquartersGesa Credit Union will open its 18thbranch this summer in Pasco.Construction on the $2 million projectalready has begun on the two-acre plot of land at 4824 Broadmoor Blvd. Kennewick-based Banlin Construction isthe general contractor for the project....

Farmers National Co. says larger acreage is scarceThe average cost-per-acre of Washington farmland dippedslightly this year compared to last year, according to a recent land valuesreport from Farmers National Co.The employee-owned, Omaha-based company is an ag landownerservices company managing more than 5,000 farms and ranches in 28 statescomprising more than...

Ford Group to invest $3.6M on commercial building for up to 7 tenantsA small project grew to 10 times its original size whenthe Ford Group decided to put a 34,000-square-foot building on nearly two acresof open land in Richland. “We just wanted a place to store our boat,” said GregFord,...

 MH Construction’s new owner isn’t new to companyThe new owner of a Kennewickconstruction company is as comfortable working over a profit and loss statementas he is behind the controls of a mini excavator. It’s one of the reasons Alex Lindebought the nine-year-old MH Construction company Jan. 1. Linde, 40, worked...

Basin Pacific Insurance and Benefits’ new building has space for leaseCustomers of the local Basin Pacific Insurance andBenefits branch won’t find the business at its old location on Gage Boulevardin Kennewick.The company has moved to a new, bigger location at 6917W. Grandridge Blvd., Unit 1, along one of the major...

Project will use local suppliers, contractors; facility will be between 110,000 to 145,000 square feetA $64.2 million contract has beenawarded to a Houston-based partnership to design and build a new energysciences building at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory in Richland.Construction could start later thisyear or in early 2020 on the building...

Regional manufacturing jobs to grow 1.84 percent this yearManufacturing jobs in Benton andFranklin counties are expected to grow at a faster rate than the state averageas food manufacturing rebounds in 2019. Locally, there are more than 8,100manufacturing jobs, which accounts for about 7 percent of total nonfarmemployment in 2018, according...

Plastic Injection Molding expansion allows for improved capacity, speedA north Richland company is poised forgrowth with the addition of a new 28,000-square-foot manufacturing plant in theback of its existing building that includes a 4,000-square-foot mezzanine.Plastic Injection Molding Inc.manufactures filter body parts for agricultural irrigation, special parts formedical diagnostic equipment, and...

Partnership to ensure continued nuclear explosion monitoringMedical isotopes are used daily around the world tovisualize and diagnose cancer, heart disease and other seriousailments. However, their production can emit gasses that, while posing nodanger to the public, have features that look similar to those produced by anuclear explosion.The Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest...