Visit Tri-Cities recently unveiled a new website to promote the national park in our backyard.The new, independent website for the Manhattan Project National Historical Park will provide more educational resources and tour information to the public, as well as unify and jointly promote the park’s three distinct segments as part...
A new name recently appeared above the doors of two long-standing Tri-City health food stores, Highland Health Foods in Kennewick and Richland Health Foods.But longtime customers needn’t worry.Highlands Organic Market will continue to feature the same items.Owner Nathan Lull said it was time to unify both stores under the shared...
The state’s business leaders feel the region is poised to take advantage of positive factors fueling the strong economic, such as income stability and job growth.That’s according to a recent study from Washington State University’s Carson College of Business.Despite the optimism, many of the surveyed business leaders say they are...
By Marilou Shea’Tis the season. You know the one I’m talking about. It involves lots of stove time, oodles of fresh, local produce, and those familiar-looking Kerr or Ball mason jars. No matter what berry or pickle you’re into, next to fresh, there is no substitute. Except one: canning or...
A Kennewick-based company has acquired a lawn and tree care and pest control provider based in Idaho Falls, Idaho.“We look forward to expanding into Eastern Idaho. We continuously look to merge with high-quality companies who share our goals, principles and culture and I believe we found the perfect fit with...
By C. Mark SmithThis year marks the 30th anniversary of the Mid-Columbia Duck Race and it is clear the annual fundraiser for six Tri-City Rotary clubs has been an unqualified success.The clubs estimate that over the past 30 years, almost $3 million has been donated by the local Rotary clubs...
By Kris JohnsonAll eyes were on Seattle this spring as the city council passed — and then quickly repealed — a head tax on employees.The $275 tax per employee, which would have been levied annually on about 500 of the city’s larger employers, was intended to raise money to combat...
On July 1, 1968, Jerry and Elaine Sovereign bought the Pasco office of Kelley’s Telephone Answering Service Inc. of Seattle from then-owner Max Kelley.Fifty years later, Kelley’s Tele-Communications is still going strong, complete with a name change in 1983.Jerry and Elaine are still the owners, but their daughter, Julie Sovereign,...
Scott Schoffstall understands the formula for staying in business for 47 years.“The key is to not get overextended,” said the owner of Hole in the Wall in Kennewick. “When people start businesses, sometimes they borrow $400,000 to $500,000 from banks, and they end up paying the banks. If you can’t...
The 2018 forecast is for a fresh pack crop of 131 million standard 40-pound boxes of fresh apples. This is down 2 percent from 2017’s 134 million box crop.That’s according to the Washington State Tree Fruit Association, which recently released its forecast.“The 2018 Washington state apple crop looks to be...
