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Nov washington hardware

Kennewick hardware store changing gears after 100 years

Robin Wojtanik
The owner of a 100-year-old retail mainstay in downtown Kennewick is winding down operations.“Age and time and generations running out; the business is healthy, happy and doing great, but it’s just time for us to change course,” said John Gravenslund, owner and general manager of True Value Washington Furniture and...
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Local unemployment rate hits lowest point in 28 years

Guest Contributor
By Jennifer L. DreyIt’s a good time to be a job seeker in the Tri-Cities.The unemployment rate for Benton and Franklin counties hit a record low in September, dropping to 4.1 percent and marking its lowest point in the 28 years kept on record by the state’s Employment Security Department....
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Report shows income inequality widespread across state, U.S.

TCAJOB Staff
The top 1 percent of earners take home 19.7 percent of all the income in Washington.That top 1 percent also make 24.2 times more than the bottom 99 percent in the state.That’s according to a recent Economic Policy Institute report on income inequality.The institute, a nonpartisan Washington, D.C.-based think tank, reports that income...
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Nov salary

Washington L&I considers salary revision for exempt employees

Elsie Puig
The Washington State Department of Labor and Industries could soon be proposing new wage requirements for salaried executive, administrative and professional employees.The wage requirements would be tied to the state’s minimum wage, which is set to go up $1.50 every year through 2020 with the passage of Initiative 1433. The...
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Nov kane employees

Empowering employees helps business owners succeed

Guest Contributor
By Danielle KaneCongratulations, business owner. You have successfully found and hired a team of smart and capable employees to help accomplish the organization’s goals. The team is working well – until one day, your top manager needs an unexpected couple of days off during a busy time when you and...
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A pumpkin primer in time for the holidays

Guest Contributor
By Marilou SheaIt came as no surprise to my mom when I told her that Lurene Fleshman of Harris Produce in Pasco told me that they don’t use pumpkins in their pie-making. They use squash. In New England, where we’re from, squash pie was the original pumpkin pie. It was...
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