It’s been 10 years since the Food and Drug Administration approved a vaccine against the primary culprit behind cervical cancer — the human papillomavirus, or HPV.Dr. Amy Person and nurse Heather Hill of the Benton-Franklin Public Health District will provide an update on this “public health success story.”Their free talk,...
Get the 2017 forecast for the Tri-City’s real estate and labor markets at the Pasco Chamber of Commerce’s January luncheon.Ajsa Suljic, regional labor economist with Washington State Employment Security Department, will provide a labor market and analysis, and Dennis Gisi, president of John L. Scott, will provide the snapshot of...
A Richland woman dreaded the holidays after losing her daughter to leukemia.She didn’t want to celebrate. She didn’t want to keep up the same traditions.She wanted space to feel her grief.And to remember.Sandy Fishback, 69, credits a Chaplaincy Health Care class with empowering her to feel her grief during the...
Businesses and residents have recently been targeted by two separate phone scams, both falsely identifying themselves as Benton REA representatives.A business owner reported that a caller threatened to immediately shut off the power unless a large payment was made. Another Benton REA member informed the cooperative that someone told her she...
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...
