Alongtime Tri-City painting company is moving to Richland to build a new homebase for two businesses, Paintmaster Services Inc. and Columbia IndustrialCoatings. Thecompanies will share three buildings at 2670 First St. in north Richland, offKingsgate Way and north of Horn Rapids Golf Course.Thebuildings will include an office, shop and facility...
An $85 million construction project at Wildhorse Resort andCasino near Pendleton will add a new 24-lane bowling alley, food court andlarger arcade.Work began last month on the first phase of the project thatincludes the expansion of the Children’s Entertainment Center, afamily-friendly wing filled with video games, jungle gym and karaoke,...
A$2.6 million remodel to make way for a new home décor store is underway insidethe vacant Shopko store in Kennewick.The Texas-based retailer At Home is poised to open its third Washington store in late fall, after recently opening stores in Spokane and Puyallup. The At Home store in Puyallup opened...
A Richland dermatologist is constructing a $6.1 million buildingalongside his current practice on Fowler Street. Dr. Sidney Smith practices at DermaCare of Tri-Cities and DermaHealth Dermatology & Dermasurgery at 1305 Fowler St., a clinic visible from Highway 240. Construction is underway at the empty lot next door at 1295 FowlerSt....
The addition of the new french fry processing line to Lamb Weston’s existing facility at 78328 Cottonwood Bend in Hermiston is expected to add 150 more jobs.
The team who worked with a Kennewick businessman known for his commitment to his family, his employees and his faith plan to honor their boss by continuing to run the business the same way he would. Dan Melior, 55, owner and mortgage broker at Innovative Mortgage, died May 12 from...
Former i-3 Global chief facing lawsuits, bankruptcy AKennewick businessman’s bankruptcy filing has been updated to detail assets ofjust under $1 million and debts of $2.7 million in secured and unsecuredclaims.Inaddition, Kristopher Lapp, former president of i-3 Global, reported owing$79,000 in unpaid taxes to the federal government.Lappand his company are the...
Washingtonshoppers no longer will find themselves waiting in line at the register behindOregon residents wanting to avoid state taxes.Oregoniansare no longer exempt from paying state taxes when they reach for their walletsunder a law signed by Washington’s Gov. Jay Inslee that took effect July 1.To recoupany sales tax expenses, Oregon...
The Colville Tribes’ $10.8 million purchase of 184 acres ofFranklin County farmland could set the stage for a future casino just northeastof King City in Pasco.Though opening acasino would take “many years” since the land off Highway 395 would first needto be transferred into federal trust status through the Bureau...
Columbia Industries, a nonprofit committed to supporting and empowering individuals with disabilities and other challenges, announced the acquisition of the Tri-Cities’ Paradise Bottled Water Company on July 10. It follows the acquisition of the Tri-Cities’ Round Table Pizza restaurants on July 1.The acquisition of Paradise Bottled Water Company along with...
