The Tri-City Development Council named a chief executive officer to succeed its longtime leader Carl Adrian. Karl Dye, president and CEO of Valley Vision Economic Development Association in Lewiston, Idaho, will take the reins in early February.TRIDEC announced its new director Jan. 24, two days after it feted Adrian for his 16 years...

Wave Division Capital to buy company’s Washington operations for $1.4 billionFrontier Communications customers may submit comments tostate regulators on the proposed sale of the company.The company announced in May 2019 that it has entered intoa definitive agreement to sell its operations and all associated assets inWashington, Oregon, Idaho, and Montana...

Pasco and Richland are beginning the new decade with newmayors, while Kennewick opted to retain its veteran.The three city councils each voted for a new mayor andmayor pro tem at their first meetings in January. The three cities have a council-manager form ofgovernment. The councils elect mayors to serve two-year...

Steve Lee is probably the only small business owner in theTri-Cities who isn’t complaining about government regulation. Well, he’s not complaining about the rules governing his newestventure, Green2Go Wellness, the CBD retail and delivery business heopened in the former Franz Bakery Outlet, 419 W. ColumbiaDrive, in December. That’s because Lee and his wife, Jessie, also operateGreen2Go Recreational, a legal cannabis retailer with stores in Finleyand Tokio. The...

George CicotteEmployers might be tempted to take a wait-and-seeattitude toward Washington’s new overtime rules that will dramatically increasepay for some salaried workers. Unlike the new minimum wage rate and paid family leave,which took effect on New Year’s Day, the overtime rules don’t change until July1.Between now and then is the short...

Brian McDermottColumbia Industries has added another business to itsportfolio of profit-making enterprises to support its missionto serve hundreds of Tri-Citians with disabilities. The Kennewick nonprofit announced it purchased HarmonExpress, a Lewiston, Idaho-based FedEx Ground independent provider. The dealclosed on Nov. 10. Terms were not disclosed. Harmon Express is now rebranded as CIExpress Inc. and services delivery routes in Pullman, Moscow, Idaho,...

Carl AdrianThe Tri-City Development Council is expected toname a chief executive officer to succeed its longtime leader CarlAdrian by the end of January. The TRIDEC search committee interviewedfive candidates and narrowed the field to two finalists by earlyJanuary. It was expected to make a finaldecision on Jan. 9, after the deadline for this edition ofthe Tri-Cities Area Journal of Business. The online version of thisstory will be updated...

By LoAnn AyersCensus 2020 is unlike any of the 23 that came before it. For the first time, in addition to mail or phone, people will be able to respond online from any device. The U.S. Constitution requires this once-a-decade snapshot of how many people live in each community. A...

Lamb Weston Inc., the Northwest potato giant witha substantial Mid-Columbia footprint, reportedsignificant revenue growth in a quarterly report released in earlyJanuary. It also suggested it could be on the cusp ofannouncing a new production facility.  Eagle, Idaho-based Lamb Weston (NYSE: LW) reportednet income of $140.4 million on more than $1 billion in revenue inthe second quarter of its 2020 fiscal year, which ended Nov.24. Revenue grew...

The Pasco Chamber ofCommerce and the Port of Pasco will induct seven longtime farmers and advocatesfor agriculture into the 2020 Mid-Columbia Ag Hall of Fame at the 20th annualdinner and installation gala on Jan. 16 at the Pasco Red Lion Hotel andConference Center.The Ag Hall of Famehonors farmers, families and...