A popular Walla Walla furniture store now open in Richland offers customers custom and consignment furniture and eclectic home décor.Main Street Furniture opened a Tri-City branch in November at 950 Keene Road in the Queensgate Village.Kelly and Dave Belcher opened their Walla Walla store at 128 E. Main St. in...

As a child, M’Liss Bierlink loved to play store. She would transform her bedroom into a boutique shop, lining her teddy bears and dolls along the shelves before announcing to her family that she was open for business.[blockquote quote="We love hearing, ‘You never know what you’re going to find here.’"...

By Jeff MorrowJeff Clark knew the new five-story, 663-space parking garage at Kadlec Regional Medical Center in Richland was going to need some electric-car charging stations.“There is a growing interest in electric vehicles,” said Clark, vice president of support services for Kadlec, at a recent ribbon cutting ceremony for the...

Get your favorite breakfast foods served all day when The Original Pancake House opens in Kennewick and Richland.The 4,500-square-foot Kennewick restaurant will open in early 2017 near Bob’s Burgers & Brews, Hampton Inn and Trios Southridge Hospital off Highway 395. It will be able to seat about 140.This will be...

Several savvy Tri-City businesses recognize the importance of being nimble to cash in on the Pokémon Go craze.“We’re all fighting obscurity. We’re all fighting to be known. We’ve got to be willing to learn new things,” said Oscar Suarez, marketing director and agent for Legacy One Insurance in Richland.The interest...

By Wine News Service for Tri-Cities Area Journal of BusinessA winery focused on producing Cabernet Sauvignon from the Horse Heaven Hills will build a 47,000-square-foot winemaking facility near Red Mountain. General Manager Will Beightol grew up near what is now Double Canyon’s estate vineyard.Double Canyon, a winery that began in...

Richland’s Hastings Books, Music & Video store could close any day between now and Oct. 31 after the company filed for bankruptcy.The store at 1425 George Washington Way has been a fixture of the Richland community for the past 11 years and some area residents are frustrated by the closure.“I’m...

By Allen JohnsonIt happened at an executive staff meeting. I was presenting a new organizational development program, and it seemed to be going well. At least the staff of 12 was attentive, occasionally nodding in approval.When I had finished, the CEO said, “This could make a big difference in our...

TED talks are known worldwide for sparking imaginations, dialogue and ideas that prompt change.It’s a template organizers hope to replicate in the Tri-Cities next month when speakers riff off the event’s “Invisible Adversity” theme.The idea for the Richland event hatched when the group’s core organizers noticed a disturbing pattern. They...

Rumors about what’s going in the old TS Cattle Co. restaurant began flying around town when the sign, “Rumor Lounge: We’re coming soon, are you?” went up last month on Clearwater Avenue in Kennewick.And that’s exactly what the new night club’s owners wanted.“People are excited the building is finally being...