By Michelle DuplerPeoples Bank recently opted to close a Kennewick loan production office on West Gage Boulevard with little fanfare.A statement from the bank described the location as a “small commercial loan production office” and “not a customer-facing branch.”The bank declined to say why the office closed, only that the...
By Laura KostadInland Northwest Bank opened its first permanent Tri-City branch last month in Kennewick.The bank has been conducting business in the Tri-Cities since September in a temporary office at 1350 Spaulding Ave. in Richland while construction was completed on a new 2,000-square-foot office in Center Vision Clinic’s new building...
By Laura KostadNorthwest Farm Credit Services is moving into the bustling commercial area near Broadmoor Boulevard and Sandifur Parkway in Pasco.The Spokane-based company has been making headway on the construction of its new $3 million building at 9915 St. Thomas Drive near the Road 100 exit. It is set to...
By Kris JohnsonA lot has changed since the Association of Washington Business was founded 113 years ago. Innovation has sparked new industries, many of them unimaginable even a generation ago, changing the way we live and work and drawing millions of new residents to our state. Kris Johnson, Association of...
Profits from clothing sales donated to local charitiesA Kennewick banker never intended to launch a clothing line that’s gaining popularity across the Tri-Cities.[blockquote quote="I want to promote Tri-Cities unity." source="Mike Denslow, owner of Love The Tri" align="right" max_width="300px"]Mike Denslow began selling “Love The Tri” branded clothes celebrating community pride last...
CloudSigns.TV programs digital signs on televisions around the Tri-CitiesRestaurant owners using digital signs can relax on a beach and change the price of a hamburger on their menu back home with the touch of a couple of buttons on their smartphone.That’s the beauty of digital signs and an example Michael Rastovich...
It may be two years before Washington State University Tri-Cities has medical students, but Farion Williams, the new associate dean of medicine for that campus, is ramping up for students who will spend their final two years in the region. Farion Williams, Washington State University Tri-Cities“The Tri-Cities is in a...
Washington state jumped into the top spot in the annual CNBC Top States for Business rankings.Work force, infrastructure, business costs, economy, quality of life, technology and innovation, education, business friendliness, access to capital and cost of living are scored by CNBC to come up with its annual ranking of America’s...
No closures planned, normal operations to continueThe Kennewick Public Hospital District has filed for bankruptcy protection as it works to reorganize $221 million in debt.Trios Health, which operates two hospitals and multiple outpatient care centers throughout Kennewick, will continue to operate as normal as it works to regain financial footing....
(Courtesy Office of Financial Management)The Tri-City area’s population grew by 1.7 percent over last year to 283,830 people.That’s up from 279,170 last year, according to the state Office of Financial Management’s data released June 30.Since 2000, the population of the Tri-Cities metropolitan area — which includes all of Benton...
