A recent settlement with Warren Orchards will help make major environmental improvements to the Touchet River near Dayton, which provides critical habitat for threatened steelhead, according to the state Department of Ecology.The Department of Ecology fined Warren Orchards for illegally watering a 100-acre apple and pear orchard in Columbia County...
The Washington State Department of Revenue has launched a web page with links and resources to help annual business filers submit their returns and state taxes on time.Businesses have until Jan. 31 to file and pay online, by phone or by mail. If a business had no activity in 2016,...
By Beau RuffPopular culture instills in us Washingtonians the concept of “common law marriage.” Beau Ruff,Cornerstone Wealth StrategiesThe concept goes something like this: If a man and a woman live together for more than seven years, then they have a “common law marriage” that might entitle each to certain laws...
The trend of offering flexible office space for those on a shoestring budget is gaining traction in the Tri-Cities with the opening of Connect Workplace in Kennewick.The co-working movement allows people to rent shared office space in a collaborative environment.“Let’s say you’re an insurance agent, financial planner or attorney,” Scott...
Retail pot, small modular reactors, funding for college projects among items of local interestLocal governments in Benton and Franklin counties could find their bans and moratoriums on selling retail marijuana revoked in 2017.There’s also a chance that building small modular reactors in the Tri-Cities could get another chance in the...
Can’t get in to your primary care doctor but don’t have symptoms that warrant a trip to the emergency room? Then make an appointment at Express Care.Kadlec has plans to open two Express Care clinics to treat common illnesses and injuries in Kennewick and Richland this month.Kadlec Express Care Queensgate...
Every time I looked at the bald-headed woman with no eyelashes or eyebrows on my driver’s license I got mad.And it happened whenever I had to pull out my license — at the bank, airports, stores, picking up my children from an after-school program.I always felt like I needed to...
The Tri-City Development Council has seen an uptick in companies interested in doing business in the Tri-Cities in 2016.“We’re responding to inquiries all the time,” said Carl Adrian, president and CEO of TRIDEC. “In fact we’ve received more inquiries in the last six months than we have in the 12...
New restaurant stories dominated the list of the most-read stories on the Tri-Cities Area Journal of Business’ website, tcjournal.biz, in 2016.News about Sterling’s Famous Steak & Salad Bar, Panera Bread, LU LU Craft Bar & Kitchen, Dupus Boomer’s and The Original Pancake House were among our most popular online stories.But...
By Sean BassingerExpanded job growth, a multi-million dollar airport remodeling project and additional commercial retail developments are among the year’s top accomplishments cited by Tri-City port officals.Port officials say they hope to continue to draw more businesses and increase tourism as they move into 2017.Here’s a roundup of their economic...
