By D. Patrick JonesRanking sixth doesn’t land an industry much coverage in Benton-Franklin Trends. For display purposes, only the top five sectors find their way into our graphs, such as the one covering the five largest sectors by employment. The hospitality industry of the greater Tri-Cities finds itself in this...
Instructor will research tasting offerings, pricing practices in winery tasting roomsA Washington State University Tri-Cities professor plans to travel to Austria as part of a Fulbright Program Scholar grant to research tasting offerings and pricing practices in winery tasting rooms.Beginning in March 2021, Byron Marlowe will teach and conduct research...
Construction on Tri-City Court Club’s new courts began in SeptemberThe 200 active pickleball players in the Tri-Cities soon will have indoor courts to play on.Construction on the Tri-City Court Club’s new pickleball courts began in September. A grand opening to celebrate the six new courts is planned for Nov. 18-20.Pickleball—a...
The Tri-Cities will add more than 300 hotel rooms to the market when multiple hotels open in the next year.And more rooms will be available in 2021 and beyond, with other hotel projects currently in the planning stages.The opening of three hotels with a combined value of $21.5 million will increase the...
By Beau RuffWe have all been there. We take a vacation to Florida, Hawaii, Arizona or Mexico, and we are presented with the deal of a lifetime: a timeshare. Proponents of thetimeshare declare it is an affordable way to own a slice of a dream property.Furthermore, the owners often can...
Bentonand Franklin counties received more than $1.8 million in state recreationgrants to pay for a variety of projects, including improving a Pasco boatlaunch, developing a Pasco sports complex, renovating Prosser’s pool and buyingland for a Benton City riverfront park and future sports complex.FranklinCounty received $1 million, and Benton County received...
Community-wideevents to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the Hanford B Reactor kick off inAugust.Theworld’s first large-scale nuclear reactor went critical for the first time onSept. 26, 1944. Builtin just under a year, the reactor and the 1,200 or so other buildings thatpopulated the Hanford site by that time were the...
Get a digital pass to experience some of the Tri-Cities’best locally-owned dining and entertainment options for a fraction of the cost.Tri-Fun, a membership-based program providing deals at local eateries and venues, is growing under new ownership.Jane Winslow, owner of WinSome Design in Richland, boughtTri-Fun from Preston House, owner of the...
The first detection of gravitational waves from deep space were recorded at the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory, or LIGO, out on the edge of the Hanford Nuclear Reservation in September 2015 and announced in February 2016.Ever since that announcement, people from all walks of life — manyof them students —...
Boating is surging in popularity across Tri-City waterways, with boat sales jumping more than $1 million in Benton and Franklin counties year over year. “Ithink everyone’s having growth and good times. I just hope it stays for awhile,” said Willie Nelson, general manager for Nixon’s Marine Inc. in Pasco.“It’s definitely...
