The founders of Richland’s Stick + Stone Neopolitan Wood-Fired Pizza have sold the business to the employee who has managed it almost from the start.Talon Yager bought the business from Mike Miller and his partners for $325,000 and signed a 10-year lease to keep the Italian-oriented restaurant in its spot...

Design company expects continued growth in 2020By Natasha Nellis | Spokane Journal of BusinessSpokane-based landscape architecture company Place Landscape Architecture LLC, which does business as Place LA, is expanding to the Tri-Cities with its recent merger with Sage Design Group PLLC of Kennewick, said Place LA owner Joshua Tripp. Tamra Lehuta,...

The Tri-City Americans hockey team hosts its 15thannual Pink Ice Night to draw attention to breast cancer and raise money forthe Tri-Cities Cancer Center Foundation.The program begins at 7:05 p.m. Feb. 28 at ToyotaCenter in Kennewick. Discounted tickets are available for $12 through thefoundation, 509-737-3413.The rink will be painted pink....

Fortunately for her children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren, Constance Brown, 88, is easy to shop for.She’s a jigsaw puzzle whiz. The more pieces the better, as far as Brown is concerned.There are 10 or 15 unopened puzzles waiting her attention in the puzzle niche of the Pasco home she shares with...

By Kris JohnsonIn December, Washington employers and manufacturers had a number of items on their holiday wish list. The reauthorization of the U.S. Export-Import Bank and the ratification of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement, or USMCA, were at the top.It looks like wishes do come true.When Association of Washington Business members...

McClatchy Co., the longtime parent of the Tri-City Herald and three other Washington dailies, has filed for bankruptcy. McClatchy and its 53 subsidiaries filed for protection from creditors under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code in the U.S. District for Southern New York on Feb. 13. Chapter 11 allows companies to restructure or eliminate debt as they reorganize and continue to operate.  The...

The Richland Dickey’s Barbecue Pit reopens this week but the future is uncertain for its still-closed sister restaurants in Kennewick and Pasco. Kenny Teasdale, a commercial real estate broker with NAI Tri-Cities and owner of a local moving company, reached a deal with the landlord and with Dickey’s Dallas, Texas-based parent company to take over the restaurant at 2530 Queensgate Drive. The arrangement doesn’t cover the closed Dickey’s locations...

The Tri-City Regional Chamber of Commerce honored a prominent broadcaster and a newly retired executive from the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory with its prestigious Athena Awards.  Tracci Dial and Peggy Vasquez were honored during the annual Athena Luncheon, the highlight of the Women in Business conference. The event was held Jan....

Starbucks Co. and Habit Burger expect to join MOD Pizza in a new strip mall taking shape in front of JCPenney at Columbia Center in Kennewick.The 7,363-square-foot building is being built on land recently sold to a Yakima developer known for building strip malls and hotels.Hogback Development Co., led by...

An Atlanta-based organization that offers a faith-based approach to health insurance has been banned from operating in Washington because it does not meet the legal definition of a “health share ministry.”