Articles by Jeff Morrow
Physical therapy clinic expands to telehealth services
For years, Mindi Irvine had the idea of offering a video-type health care service as part of the Oasis Physical Therapy daily routine. But it just never happened, thanks to the busy, day-to-day operations of her five clinics in the Tri-Cities and, most recently, in Walla Walla. “We’d been talking about this for a while,”…
Richland company continues to evolve to best serve customers
When your company has been in business for 76 years, you’ve been doing something right. You can expand and thrive during the best of economic times, and you adapt and become more flexible during the rough times. With the coronavirus pandemic hindering almost all business, U.S. Linen and Uniform in Richland is finding ways to…
Opening of new axe throwing, laser tag business delayed
It’s tough having a small business that’s been forced to shut down in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic and state orders to stay home. It may be even more difficult when a new business was just about to open for the first time. It’s like being between a rock and a hard place. That’s…
Richland bakery knows all you knead is fresh bread plus solid customer base
Richland’s Denise Thai always wanted to have her own bakery, but life got in the way while raising three children. Now decades later, the children are grown with lives of their own, and the grandchildren are busy teenagers. Thai, 58, decided a few years ago that maybe there are second chances in life. So she…
Family’s foundation strives to put more kindness into world
Their line of wearables tries to raise awareness, promote thoughtfulness toward people with special needs The button idea really was a simple one. Yet it took a Tri-City couple, Michael and Linde Thomas, more than 20 years to turn it into reality. The Thomases recently created a foundation called Kindhearted for Special Needs. They offer…
Chiropractor, massage clinics combine to better serve patients
Owner of Richland practice says move could mean future expansion Owner Matt Lucas was running out of room for his massage therapists at Chiropractic Care of Tri-Cities in Richland. His business’ neighbor, Mark Whitten, also was struggling with a problem. He ran Riverside Therapeutic Massage, but wanted to spend more time helping his wife, Leticia,…
Tri-Citians launch new roof spray treatment business
Roof Maxx’s award-winning technology can extend the life of roofs Jeremy Dimond and Pete Kelley once worked together as wine salesmen. But they always wanted to own their own business. It happened this year when they launched Roof Maxx. Kelley was scrolling through Facebook one day when he learned about the Roof Maxx story. It…
Bookwalter Winery plans $4M expansion
Construction begins on the Richland winery’s addition in February, with completion set for summer’s end For nearly 10 years, John Bookwalter dreamed of expanding his winery and restaurant. The dream begins taking shape in February, when J. Bookwalter Winery breaks ground on a $4 million expansion that will more than triple the size of its…
Downtown changes coming with sale of Herald building
It took almost eight years and a lot of on-again, off-again negotiations with different prospective buyers, but the Tri-City Herald building in downtown Kennewick has new owners. Pasco investors Mike Detrick Sr., his son Mike Detrick Jr. and their wives bought the building at 333 W. Canal Drive for $3.9 million in October with plans…
Small Kennewick financial firm values personal relationships
Professional Investment Management Services celebrates 20 years in business in 2020 A Kennewick independent boutique investment advisory firm is closing in on 20 years of business next year. That’s the case for Professional Investment Management Services, or PIMS for short, at 7103 W. Clearwater Ave., Suite B, upstairs in the new Copiers Northwest Building in…
