A California-based company bought about 6,000 contiguous acres of land in the Walla Walla area in a nationwide auction.Farmland LP, formed in 2009, manages more than 12,500 acres in Northern California and in Oregon’s Willamette Valley. Based in San Francisco, California, the company’s goal is to add value to farmland...
Community members interested in Hanford cleanup issues are sought to fill vacant public-at-large seats on the Hanford Advisory Board.The positions are meant to represent the views or perspectives of the public and are not directly associated with affected interests, such as local government, environmental or economic interests.Board work collaboratively with...
Construction is underway on the Tri-Cities’ second The Original Pancake House and if the winter weather cooperates, it could be open by summer.The 4,544-square-foot restaurant at 424 Keene Road in Richland, in front of Yoke’s Fresh Market, will offer occupancy for 214 people and a covered patio area, according to...
The Richland School Board will build its new Teaching, Learning, and Administration Center in West Richland and its 12th elementary south of Badger Mountain.The board made the decisions at the Jan. 9 school board meeting.The new $10 million Teaching, Learning, and Administration Center, or TLAC, would replace the aging 70-year-old...
More Trios Health employees lost their jobs in January amid continued financial challenges throttling Kennewick’s public hospital district.Among the most recent issues are: Twenty employees losing their jobs Jan. 19. Declining patient volume. Delayed reimbursement for services to the tune of $11 million over five years. Resignation of Trios’ chief...
By Craig CudworthLast year, the Kennewick Public Hospital District Board of Commissioners hired Quorum Health Resources to work with Trios Health to improve operations and finances. Among the strategies they recommended were work force productivity implementation, exploration of a Chapter 9 bankruptcy filing, consideration of an acquisition or affiliation, facilities...
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...
