By Karina EliasSpokane Journal of BusinessAgWest Farm Credit, the newly formed agricultural lending association, plans to focus its resources to enhancing its agricultural customer-owners’ access to technology.This will enable it to modernize its growing methods and deliver efficient and sustainable products, said Mark Littlefield, president and chief executive officer.Spokane-based Northwest...
Washington River Protection Solutions recently awarded a $8.9 million subcontract to Fowler General Construction to install an interim surface barrier over the U Tank Farm.This is the fourth time the Richland firm has been tapped to build such a barrier over the underground waste tanks.The tank farm is a group...
Richland is bracing for the impact of what removing the Bateman Island causeway will have on the Yakima River Delta and on the Columbia Park Marina and public boat launch.The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is finalizing a $13.9 million plan to fully remove the illegally-built land bridge, which is...
Jerry Sleater was many things. A box boy in Pasco. A grocery store owner in Kennewick. A firefighter and a fire commissioner.When he died in 2019, he left for his children and grandchildren a sizeable real estate portfolio.Now, Sleater’s heirs are selling 18 separate parcels totaling 10 acres at the...
Richard “Dick” Vandervert remember him for being a sharp dealmaker and community leader who treated everyone with the same level of respect. Vandervert, 78, died unexpectedly of heart failure Jan. 4.
Kennewick’s Vista Field could debut an elegant, sheltered gathering spot by mid-2024.A pair of unused aircraft hangars on the south side of the 103-acre former municipal airport will be refashioned into a set of pavilions positioned around a courtyard.Benton County is expected to provide up to $3.4 million to transform...
A pair of Seattle restaurateurs are turning the former Towne Crier in Richland into a cowboy themed bar and nightclub.The Daisy Ranch Saloon is expected to open by late March at 1319 George Washington Way, next to Some Bagels at the Uptown Shopping Center, said Nate Johnson Egerdahl, who is...
Construction underway on new Graze restaurantWork is underway at the future Kennewick location for Walla Walla-based Graze, A Place to Eat.Owners Rebecca and John Lastoskie bought the former China Cafe at 131 N. Ely St. in late 2021.The old building, which began life as a Pizza Hut, was demolished and...
Documents filed under Washington’s environmental review process reveal a list of projects in the works for the Mid-Columbia.The State Environmental Review Act, or SEPA, often provides the first look at the mixed-use projects, mini storage facilities, apartments, industrial expansions, subdivisions and more that are working their way through the various...
Richland’s Kingsgate area seems poised to gain its first hotel, a second apartment complex and a new storage facility.The city of Richland is considering selling 15.44 acres of city-owned property in the Horn Rapids Business Center to Lee Petty, who owns CEL 2 LLC and LCR Construction. The property is...
