Bees and gardens go together like fish and the ocean — you can’t have one without the other.[blockquote quote="But you have to remember, worker bees only live about five weeks, so the population is constantly being replenished." source="David White, founder of the Mid-Columbia Beekeepers Association" align="right" max_width="300px"]That is why a...
Touchstone Jewelers, a one-stop jewelry shop in Marineland Village that customers have depended on since 1987, saw a change in ownership this month after longtime sibling owners Mark Welsh and Sharon McAlmond retired. Gemologist Dennis Schoeneberg rang in the New Year Jan. 12 as new owner of Touchstone Jewelers LLC.[blockquote...
By John Stang for TCAJOBState Sen. Sharon Brown, R-Kennewick, plans to renew her efforts in the upcoming legislative session to make Hanford a potential site to manufacture small modular reactors.Last year, Brown got a bill passed that ordered the Washington Energy Facility Site Evaluation Council study potential sites for individual...
Pasco school children will continue to have a safe, nurturing after-school retreat thanks to a $20,000 grant from the Three Rivers Community Foundation to the YMCA at the Martin Luther King Center.The award was one of 42 grants totaling $152,899 presented to a variety of nonprofit organizations in the Tri-Cities...
A new HomeGoods store may be sprouting up at Columbia Center soon.An application has been made to the City of Kennewick to build a new 22,200-sq.-ft. HomeGoods store at 1321 N. Columbia Center, east of Old Country Buffet.HomeGoods is owned by TJX, which also owns the T.J. Maxx and Marshalls...
Two Pacific Northwest National Association of State Department of Agriculture employees were recently honored with national awards.Shirley Eklund of Mattawa received one of three Supervisory Enumerator of the Year Awards given nationally. Larry Panasuk of College Place received was presented with one of five national Field Enumerator Awards given this...
Three farmers, a businessman, a teacher and a banker will be welcomed into the Mid-Columbia Agriculture Hall of Fame Jan. 21.The six have all been longtime residents of Southeastern Washington. The inductees’ names were announced at a Greater Pasco Chamber of Commerce luncheon Jan. 5.The group will be formally inducted...
In the course of his marketing career, Tom Moore has sold ads on television, radio and newspapers. So when Moore founded his Richland advertising agency, Mooreshots Direct, he drew on all of that experience.[blockquote quote="The whole idea of marketing is to be attention grabbing and to show the personality of...
Katie and Wayne Jackson were both first-generation college graduates, earning their degrees in education. They met at Southern University in Baton Rouge, La. and moved to the Northwest in 1968, when northern schools were seeking to integrate more African American teachers into their staff.[blockquote quote="Help everyone who walks through the...
By Theresa Long for TCAJOBThe number one mistake that many small businesses make is not developing a marketing plan. Theresa Long,Focal Point MarketingWhether they feel like they have no budget for it or haven’t made it a priority – marketing and advertising is an investment, not an expense — even if...
