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...
Sports continues to bebig business in the Tri-Cities.Visit Tri-Cities, the Tri-City area’s visitors and convention bureau, reports that last year there were 212 sports, convention and group activities that attracted 127,931 visitors who spent $38,157,557. The same reportestimates that in 2019 and beyond there will be 227 sports, convention andgroup...
By Marilou SheaI’m often surprised at the number of people who don’t know what “hospitality” means, but I am always pleasantly surprised once I enlighten them. A happy face appears, as a warm memory traverses their heart to their head. It’s clear good hospitality leaves a lasting, memorable imprint.Hospitality shares...
By Jennifer L. DreyThe Washington Hospitality Associationis hoping to see more job seekers land work in the hospitality industry thisyear through a proposed bill in the state Legislature.The bill would provide $150,000 for theassociation’s nonprofit educational wing to use to hold career fairs focused onon-the-job-learning opportunities, said David Faro, director...
When he was young, Tim Krantz wantedto be a doctor so he could take care of people.But that dream never came true for theRichland man.Instead, Krantz has spent the last 22years working in the restaurant industry, taking care of his employees andcustomers.As the director of operations foreight Olive Garden restaurants...
By D. Patrick JonesNearly allcommunities want to be popular with visitors. The sentiment has sound economicsbehind it since visitors bring new dollars into the local economy. Their visitscatalyze economic transactions that wouldn’t have happened otherwise. Thereare, of course, other, non-monetary reasons to embrace visitors, such asintroducing the outside world to...
