By Beau RuffConventional financial wisdom suggests that the first thing a person should do after building the three- to six month rainy-day fund is to maximize contributions to retirement accounts. Qualified retirement accounts offer a clear tax advantage: contributions are pre-tax, and therefore can reduce taxable income and the associated...
A prominent Tri-Citymansion recently sold to a local hotel mogul for $3.5 million.The new owner of the home built by hockey legend Olie Kolzig is Gurbir Sandhu, president of the hospitality group Ignite Hotels LLC. Sandhu said he intends todeed the Kennewick property to an LLC that has not yet...
The Port of Pasco has bought 300 acres for $6.5 million to develop a new industrial park.The port finalized the deal Oct. 31, buying the property from Balcom and Moe Inc. The land is about a mile north of the port-developed Pasco Processing Center off Highway 395.“In 2018, the port...
Travelers can hop a nonstop flight from Pasco to Chicago starting in June.United Airlines has announced it will begin offering red-eye flights to Chicago O’Hare International Airport beginning June 4, 2020.This is the first time that Tri-Cities Airport will have nonstop connection to Chicago, and it is also the airport’s...
Harvest Foods will open in 2020 after renovation of vacant Shopko buildingA Lep-Re-Kon Harvest Foods store plans to renovate and move into the vacant Shopko Hometown building on Wine Country Road in Prosser next year.The 28,000-square-foot building will undergo an extensive renovation before it opens in 2020.The store will include...
Lurene Harris Fleshman sat at a table in her garage recently at Harris Farm, looking out at the land as she pondered what it would look like filled with houses and streets.“I’m not ever gonna look again!” she said with a chuckle, before admitting that yes, she’d want to see...
Four finalists have been selected and interviewed for the Port of Benton executive director position.Port of Benton commissioners and John Hodgson from the Prothman search firm interviewed the candidates Oct. 22, but did not make a final decision. The commissioners asked the search firm to conduct additional background on the...
The Tri-Cities will add more than 300 hotel rooms to the market when multiple hotels open in the next year.And more rooms will be available in 2021 and beyond, with other hotel projects currently in the planning stages.The opening of three hotels with a combined value of $21.5 million will increase the...
It’s not easy to describe what Richland’s Lance Frisbee does for a living.He’s a gaming celebrity, social media influencer and YouTuber.“There are a lot of people who are really curious about my line of work. They want to know why I travel all over the world. I am still working...
By Andrew KirkAlmost 100 people will lose their jobs at Zirkle Fruit Co.’s Prosser plant in October and about 200 more will be laid off in the coming months.The layoffs are necessary as the Selah-based Zirkle Fruit Co.’s plant at 101 Max Benitz Road closes its apple packing line. The...
