A free Shred Day event is from 4:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. April 21 at 3045 Duportail St. in the Numerica Credit Union parking lot in Richland.Each person can bring up to three bags or boxes of personal documents per person, but no cardboard or three-ring binders.The Better Business Bureau serving the Northwest has teamed up with NBC Right Now Tri-Cities and Numerica Credit Union – Tri-Cities for the event.Here’s a reminder...
The proposed and much anticipated Pasco-to-Los Angeles flight first announced in 2015 hasn’t taken off yet.But local officials haven’t given up hope.“At this point we’re in a holding pattern,” said Carl Adrian, president and CEO of TRIDEC, with no pun intended.Adrian said the Tri-Cities is ready, but it’s just a...
25 employees lost their jobs April 1 and more cuts are expectedAbout 25 Trios Health employees have lost their jobs as Kennewick’s public hospital district grapples to fix a financial crisis.The series of layoffs that took effect April 1 are expected to save more than $2 million.But facing net losses...
Three prominent Tri-Citians hope to persuade the federal government to turn over Army Corps of Engineers’ riverfront land to local governments by the end of this year.This has been a dream for some Tri-Citians for at least 30 years, if not longer.Their immediate hurdle is no one is really sure...
Company bypasses 3 other cities to invest $50 million into new warehouseAutoZone’s new Pasco distribution center will welcome its first inbound truck on April 15 and begin sending trucks out to customers and stores in late June.The company invested $50 million into the new distribution center that will serve 235...
HAPO Community Credit Union has extended its “member-centric” focus to include businesses.The Richland-based credit union recently launched a commercial division that stands ready to helps businesses, large and small.“We are member-centric and focus on what our members’ needs are. Sometimes their needs get lost in bigger banks,” said Monte Drake,...
270 eco-friendly homes certified in Tri-Cities last year compared to 1,000 in SeattleThe owner of Easton Construction’s model home in the Inspiration Estates neighborhood in Kennewick looks like most custom-built homes — a wide and open interior floor plan bringing together the living room, dining room and kitchen with white...
Editor's note: This story has been corrected to fix Karen Miller's title.Tri-City interests are looking at the possibility of installing charging stations for electric vehicles in the Mid-Columbia.Right now, that possibility is in the initial brainstorming stage.The Franklin County and Benton County public utility districts, Energy Northwest and other local...
Pacific Steel & Recycling customers include food processing, construction, towing companiesLong before Jackie Koleber became the manager of Pacific Steel & Recycling’s Kennewick location, she was a customer.[blockquote quote="People don’t realize they can recycle a dishwasher or a hot water heater or Christmas lights." source="Jackie Koleber, manager at Kennewick's Pacific...
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory in Richland is looking at a couple of potentially lucrative sources for biofuels.Poop and algae.The poop approach will be tested on a full scale soon in Vancouver, B.C. The algae approach is eventually headed for tests at an Arizona facility.Biofuels refer to a wide range of fuels...
