By Kris JohnsonAll eyes were on Seattle this spring as the city council passed — and then quickly repealed — a head tax on employees.The $275 tax per employee, which would have been levied annually on about 500 of the city’s larger employers, was intended to raise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...
Camping World Holdings Inc., the nation’s largest network of RV-centric retail locations, recently signed an agreement to buy Russ Dean RV in Pasco.“Over the past 40 years, Russ Dean RV has established itself as a successful and well-known RV dealership in the state of Washington,” said Marcus Lemonis, chairman and...
Two experienced hospital executives have been named to head up the new Trios Health leadership team.The changes come on the heels of the Trios Heath sale to RCCH HealthCare Partners of Tennessee on Aug. 4.The hospital is now operated as a joint venture between RCCH HealthCare Partners and UW Medicine,...
The city of Richland would be a great place to retire, according to an August story in Kiplinger’s Personal Finance magazine.The magazine sought places with moderate living costs, first-class health care and plenty to see and do and highlighted nine cities.Kiplinger’s touted Richland’s 300 days of sunshine, burgeoning wine industry,...
Finding a parking space at the busy Kennewick Costco store soon may get easier.Construction on a designated employee parking lot behind the store is expected to free up more parking spots for customers, according to Kennewick Costco officials.The new lot at the corner of West Quinault Avenue and West Grandridge...
While the Tri-Cities will add 10 more movie screens later this year when Kennewick Fairchild Cinemas opens, it will lose eight screens at the Columbia Center mall.The Regal 8 Cinemas will shut down later this summer to make room for a larger retail space, said Barbara Johnson, general manager for Kennewick’s...
A proposed facility to develop advanced manufacturing technologies is no longer in the cards for Richland.Richland was removed about six months ago as the site when the Clean Energy Smart Manufacturing Innovation Institute, or CESMII, went through an internal reorganization, said Howard Goldberg, the institute’s vice president for business development.Right...
