Two Columbia Center retail anchor stores aren’t included on a list of store closures announced Jan. 4.The Kennewick mall’s Sears and Macy’s stores appear to be safe for now, as big box retailers nationwide struggle to strike a balance between storefront and digital marketplace sales.Three Washington Sears stores are scheduled...
Areva NP is now called Framatome.The international company’s Richland plant supplies fuel and fuel-related products for commercial pressurized water reactors and boiling water reactors.Framatome isn’t an unfamiliar name to Areva. The company changed its name to Areva NP in 2006.Resurrecting the Framatome name won’t affect much at the Richland plant,...
The Kennewick P.F. Chang’s restaurant will close Jan. 21.A sign at the 8108 W. Gage Blvd. restaurant thanks customers “for being part of our family.”A P.F. Chang’s spokesman said the restaurant’s lease has expired.The 6,615-square-foot Chinese restaurant has been open for 10 years and employs about 50 people.The building is...
Fitness centers were one of most complained about businesses in 2017 It’s a new year filled with hope and promises to be healthier - and the reason why January through March is the busiest time for new gym memberships.But not everyone who joined a gym in 2017 had a good experience.The Better Business Bureau Northwest & the Pacific received more than 90 complaints about...
Pasco residents can begin catching rides via Uber in their city starting Dec. 28 - just in time for New Year’s Eve celebrations.The ride-sharing is possible because the Pasco City Council earlier this month passed new for-hire regulations eliminating a fingerprint requirement allowing the operation of transportation network companies like...
Landowners near Moses Lake have been fined for illegally pumping more than 500 million gallons of groundwater from the declining Odessa aquifer.The state Washington Department of Ecology issued cease and desist orders requiring the landowners and their lessee to stop pumping groundwater in June. Ignoring the orders, they continued pumping...
A senior administrator at Metropolitan State University of Denver has been named the new chancellor of Washington State University Tri-Cities. Sandra HaynesSandra Haynes begins March 1. She currently is deputy provost and vice president of academic affairs and a professor in the Department of Human Services at the Denver university....
The Internal Revenue Service is warning taxpayers and tax professionals of a new email scam targeting Hotmail users that is being used to steal personal and financial information.The phishing email subject line reads: “Internal Revenue Service Email No. XXXX | We’re processing your request soon | TXXXXXX-XXXXXXXX”. The email leads...
The number of home building permits issued in Benton and Franklin counties grew six percent in 2017—despite a slow start to the year.“We couldn’t pour concrete; the ground was freezing,” said Jeff Losey, executive director of the Tri-Cities Home Builders Association, or HBA. “For two straight months, we had to...
Fate of Tri-City-based Relay for Life, Making Strides fundraiser walks uncertainThe Kennewick office of the American Cancer Society ended its 25-year run in the Tri-Cities.The nonprofit shuttered its doors at 7325 W. Deschutes Ave. on Dec. 8.The closure was part of a larger regional downsizing to be more cost-effective, said...
