A new Taco Time planned for south Richland means the closure of the city’s current Taco Time franchise in Richland’s downtown core.The newest restaurant will open at 2222 Keene Road, near the busy intersection of Keene Road and Queensgate Boulevard, next door to an Chevron gas station.Taco Time on Swift...

MacDonald-Miller to open its Eastern Washington headquarters in fall after moving Moses Lake officeASeattle-based mechanical contractor is looking to expand its Tri-City customerbase by opening a shop where customers can fulfill commercial needs forheating, ventilation and air conditioning as well as other mechanical services.MacDonald-Miller Facility Solutions has plans to open...

Two popular spots in Kennewick’s Columbia Park reopen June 15 – just in time for summer. A dedication ceremony is at 11 a.m. for the Toyota of Tri-Cities Playground of Dreams and at noon for the Columbia River Landing building at the newly renamed Columbia Park Golf Tri-Plex.The celebration includes...

Former Circle K site at Leslie, Gage being cleaned to prep for saleTheowner of Roasters Coffee wants to build a drive-thru coffee stand at the busycorner of Leslie Road and West Gage Boulevard by spring 2020, as part of hislong-range goal to open 25 shops by 2023.Formerlythe site of a...

U.S.Department of Energy contractor CH2M Hill Plateau Remediation Co. has partneredwith Richland-based Polestar Technical Services to further clean up the CentralPlateau and along the Columbia River.DOE’sOffice of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization recently approved amentor-protégé agreement between CHPRC and Polestar, a small woman-ownedbusiness.To help provide a level playing field for...

By Kris JohnsonThe 2019 legislative session was a busy one by any measure, with unprecedented challenges for Washington employers, and it led to dramatic growth in the state budget.One of the bright spots was watching thousands of hairstylists and salon owners rally in Olympia like never before to tell lawmakers...

The Columbia Basin’s rich agricultural resources are well known at local dining room tables and restaurants. The confluence of the Yakima, Snake and Columbia rivers in the region, good soil for growing crops and a long growing season provide not just food resources but also fuel economic growth,...

By Mark FountainToday, many people do not know where their food comes from. But Tri-City residents can just look down the road and see some of the country’s largest food and beverage manufacturing facilities. Mark Fountain,Food NorthwestThe Pasco-Kennewick-Richland area and its surrounding counties are a major hub of food processing....

After a four-year run, the Tri-City Development Council won’t be putting on its annual FABREO conference this year.The Food and Beverage Retention & Expansion Opportunities program, which began in 2015, was held annually to bring food and beverage processors together with industry brokers, distributors, retailers, exporters and service providers from...

By D. Patrick JonesManufacturing in the greater Tri-Cities is synonymous with agricultural processing. Out of the nearly 7,900 manufacturing workers in the two counties in 2017, more than 70 percent commuted daily to an agricultural processing facility. Unlike other EasternWashington metro areas, manufacturing doesn’t rank in the top five by...