By John Stang for TCAJOBBenton and Franklin counties could find their bans and moratoriums on selling retail marijuana revoked in 2017.Just before the end of the 2016 legislative session, Rep. Chris Hurst, D-Enumclaw, and Rep. Cary Condotta, R-East Wenatchee, introduced a bill to require counties and cities to lift their...
Construction is expected to begin in April on a new Sterling’s that will replace the George Washington Way restaurant. The new restaurant will be built at the east end of the current parking lot to take advantage of the view of the park and river.The trees that bordered the parking...
An excited audience watches in awe as a magician pulls a card from a deck. The card, it turns out, is the same one the audience had envisioned in their minds. The power of suggestion, the magician said, coupled with sleight of hand and manipulation, is the science behind magic.At...
The Center for Sharing has invited Linda Smith to be the keynote speaker for its 2016 International Women’s Day Celebration.The event, called “A Better Tomorrow is Possible,” will be from 6 – 8 p.m. Mar. 17 at the Inspire Events Center, 5296 Outlet Dr., Pasco.Smith, a former congresswoman who represented...
Lucy Brazier, founder of Executive Secretary Magazine, will be the speaker at the 2016 Administrative Professionals Event.The event, which is being organized by the Administrative Professionals of Tri-Cities, will be 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. April 14 at the Pasco Red Lion.Zeny Myers, vice president of APTC, said Brazier is...
It was 1947 when Robert Dunlap and his wife loaded all their worldly possessions into the rumble seat of a 1937 Ford convertible and headed to Tri-Cities from St. Paul, Minn. He was 24 years old.[blockquote quote="I never needed a fancy studio to work in because I can paint anywhere."...
Hand any one of the Tri-Cities Wood Carvers Association’s members a sharp knife, a hunk of wood and they’ll soon turn it into a thing of beauty.For proof, visit the Tri-Cities Wood Carvers Association’s 22nd annual Artistry in Wood Show Mar. 19-20 at the Tri-Tech Skills Center in Kennewick.Some members...
Last spring, WSU Tri-Cities announced a new degree program after the university’s faculty senate approved expanding the Hospitality Business Management Degree to the Richland campus.[blockquote quote="One of the main reasons for bringing the program here is because of the growing wine industry." source="Dr. Robert Harrington, professor of hospitality at WSU"...
Nine-year-old Ameliea Olheiser carefully cut sample slices of her Breakfast Tostada for the judges. She was representing Cascade Elementary School in the Kennewick School District’s 2016 Sodexo Future Chefs Challenge in February at Tri-Tech Skills Center in Kennewick.Olheiser beat out 14 other young chefs representing their Kennewick elementary schools in...
The Kennewick Public Facilities District received the nod from the Kennewick City Council in February to pursue voter approval of a .2 percent sales tax to fund a $35 million theater and expansion at the Three Rivers Convention Center.Corey Pearson, executive director of the Three Rivers Campus, has been seeking...
