Understanding the differences between retirement, nursing and adult day homes and assisted living facilities can be challenging.It’s easy for seniors — and their families — to become overwhelmed by all the “providers” vying for their business, said Karen Sousley of Living Well Senior Home Placement.“There is so much information that...

When Danielle Andre opened Today’s Generation Dance Co. in Pasco, she hoped to continue a legacy of award-winning dance instruction that her mother Lori Baker and co-founders Peggy Earl and Janet Bergeson started 19 years ago in Moses Lake.Andre and her husband moved around the U.S. while he finished his...

A new place for bargain shoppers will swing open its doors in Kennewick next year.Goodwill Industries of the Columbia, which oversees nine retail stores in seven cities, including five in the Tri-Cities, plans to build a $3.1 million retail store and warehouse with 20,205 square feet of space on Columbia...

Kennewick is the best city to buy a home in all of Washington.That’s according to a report by HomeArea.com, an online neighborhood and real estate resource for consumers and researchers.Kennewick is listed as the top city in the state where it’s better to buy than rent.Kennewick’s median monthly mortgage costs...

Lowe’s has announced plans to close 20 underperforming stores across the U.S. and 31 in Canada.But don’t fear Tri-Citians, the Kennewick and Pasco home improvement stores are safe for now.Washington state’s 35 Lowe’s stores are not included on the Nov. 5 closure list.Lowe’s expects to close the 51 stores by...

The longtime advertising director of the Tri-Cities Area Journal of Business and Senior Times died Oct. 26 from advanced cancer.Mike D. Haugen of Richland died at The Chaplaincy Hospice House in Kennewick after complications related to his cancer treatments. He was 66.He joined the Tri-Cities Area Journal of Business and...

The Tri-Cities can finally book nonstop flights to Los Angeles, starting March 31, 2019.The Tri-Cities Airport and United Airlines announced the new nonstop service to Los Angeles International Airport on Oct. 15, 2018.

Contractors who once did business with Vandervert Construction Inc. are separating themselves into two groups: lucky or unlucky.“We are one of the lucky ones,” said Mary Rosen, controller for Richland-based Garrett Electric Company Inc.The lucky ones are those who got paid most or all of what they were owed for...

By Jennifer L. DreyThe corporate structure of the Tri-Cities Cancer Center will change in the wake of RCCH HealthCare’s acquisition of member hospitals Trios Health and Lourdes Health, but patient care and related services will continue as they have for nearly 25 years.The intention on all sides is to find...

Pasco is ready to offload nearly seven acres of land on the western side of the city once intended for a regional aquatics center.Pasco’s Deputy City Manager Stan Strebel said the 6.7-acre property is under contract with Moore Holdings at $5 a square foot, for a total purchase price of...