Seven years ago, after working in the Visiting Angels office for just a short time, Christine Rose-VanWormer knew she’d eventually own one of the franchises.That “eventually,” happened last July, when Rose-VanWormer took the reins of the Kennewick business.“I knew after I started working for Visiting Angels that we’d look for...
By Jeff Morrow for TCAJOBWhen Travis Higbee first started collecting foot bling as a teenager, it didn’t take long for his parents to collectively put their feet down.“My parents couldn’t afford my habits anymore,” Higbee said.Now just 21, the 2013 Hanford High graduate is opening his own retail store that...
Asked if the farmers markets and produce stands benefited the community, “definitely” was the unanimous answer of several vendors and the manager of the Pasco Farmers Market. Mike Somerville,Pasco Farmers Market“They involve local people, both the growers and their customers. It’s where you can get locally-grown produce that’s truly farm...
Levi Staley has always had a knack for technology. In high school, he decided to turn a profit from his talent by repairing broken cell phones and reselling them once they were usable.“Then I got into helping people fix their computers and helping people recover data,” he said.Despite his ability...
Sacajawea State Park’s serene beauty will be a bit livelier in June as two groups hold popular annual events there early in the month.The Friends of Sacajawea State Park will have its annual Old Fashioned Day from noon to 4 p.m. June 4.“It’s a family event featuring simple games like...
Dressed in pink shirts and pink hard hats, an engaged group of high school girls looked steadily focused on the job at hand. Some build planter boxes; others lay cement, transforming it into garden steps; and some of the young women operate saws with natural ease, like they’d worked in...
After a short stint as Thai eatery, followed by a Mexican restaurant, the former O’Henry’s in Historic Downtown Kennewick is once again a diner. The Downtown Diner opened April 8 at 20 S. Auburn St., Kennewick.Three partners, Amber Woods, Rodrick Gladney and Robert VanSlycke, all of Kennewick, own the diner.The...
Melinda Merrill is only 15, but she already knows exactly what to do when her company faces danger of bankruptcy due to an increasingly obsolete product offering. She cuts costs and controls marketing expenses.These were decisions she and her team at Richland High School had to make as part of...
Compass DMS, a software company that creates solutions for small- to mid-sized auto dealers, won top honors at Launch Weekend 2016.Siblings Justin Jones and Jennifer Olson and their partner Sean Meininger created the software solution that tracks of inventory, expenses and a host of other necessary items for automobile dealers.Launch...
For nearly three decades, Barbara Johnson, the manager of Columbia Center mall, has been giving back to the Tri-Cities.And on April 21, Johnson received a huge thank you from the community when she was named the 2016 Tri-Citian of the Year during the annual banquet at the Three Rivers Convention...
