New shop to serve as one-stop shop for local wedding resourcesWhite Glove Weddings Bridal Bar will be rolling out the red carpet for an April 27 grand opening of the Tri-Cities’ first bridal bar — a community resource for wedding and event planning.Inside the newly renovated Kennewick storefront — which...
Nancy Sorick is in her 80s, while Shorty Martin is turning 70 this year.But rather than enjoying the easy retirement life, they’re putting in long days to bring back horse racing for Mid-Columbia enthusiasts.Sorick and Martin – and their merry band of workers – are preparing to kick off another...
Consolidated Supply Co.’s Kennewick branch opened in 2008Consolidated Supply Co., which has a branch in Kennewick, celebrates 90 years in business this year.The Pacific Northwest wholesale distributor of plumbing, heating and water supplies strives daily to put its motto of “doing ordinary things extraordinarily well” into action.“The company takes care...
By Melanie HairTime critical.Highly technical.Labor intensive.These three phrases were repeated throughout my daylong stint as a firefighter trainee on March 23 at the Volpentest HAMMER federal training facility at the Hanford site in Richland. Melanie HairCalled Fire Ops 101, the multi-agency event is designed to show everyday Joes and Janes...
Tour De Coop event on April 21 offers scoop on a dozen coopsAnnette Pederson scooped up the fluffy yellow chicks that had just arrived at Kennewick’s Basin Feed and Supply to start her first foray into raising chickens.“I’m looking forward to fresh eggs, recycling all my food scraps, bug control...
Hilton Home2 Suites focuses on eco-friendly options throughout facilityRichland’s new Hilton Home2 Suites appeals to travelers’ increasing environmental consciousness and desire for more sustainable amenities.The Queensgate area hotel’s sales manager, Berenice Trevino, said she’s interacted with guests who specifically seek out Home2 Suites for this reason and said hotel reviews...
The successful launch of Chaplaincy Health Care’s new thrift store in Kennewick last year prompted the opening of a second store in Richland.The nonprofit, which provides hospice, palliative and grief care and behavioral health services, opened a second thrift store — also called Repeat Boutique — in the Richland Uptown...
By Gail EverettAll this talk about sustainability only widens the gap between those who get it and those who are too overwhelmed to start.In general, being sustainable means doing your best to avoid the depletion of our natural resources and reducing your adverse impact by being careful stewards of the...
MH Construction moving from Clearwater Avenue to Badger CanyonTrying to get to MH Construction’s front office door in Kennewick can be tricky.While the building at 4211 West Clearwater Ave. is clearly visible from that main roadway, visitors might need a map to get there.They’ll have to drive a half a...
Niche bookstore to feature collectibles, sci-fi, mysteries, non-fictionMid-Columbia book collectors will have new shelves to comb this summer.Longtime book collector and retiring Bechtel radiological engineering health supervisor, Steven Woolfolk, is planning the construction of a 6,000-square-foot bookstore at 2240 Robertson Drive in Richland near Horn Rapids.The new store’s name: Xenophile...
