Kristina Lord

Kristina Lord has more than 21 years of journalism experience and has been editor of the Tri-Cities Area Journal of Business and Senior Times since July 2016. She spent more than 17 years at the Tri-City Herald and also worked at weekly newspapers in Prosser, Grandview and Yelm. She’s a longtime member of the Society of Professional Journalists’ William O. Douglas chapter and a board member of Warrior Sisterhood, a Tri-Cities Cancer Center support group. She and her husband have two young daughters and they live in West Richland.

A new 2,600-square-foot DQ Grill & Chill restaurant will be located on Duportail Street behind the Maverik gas station in Richland.

New Dairy Queen to open off Duportail Street in Richland

1 week ago by Kristina Lord

The restaurant known for its Blizzards and soft-serve ice cream treats is coming soon to Richland’s growing Duportail Street area. The owners of the local Dairy Queen franchise also plan to close their Columbia Center mall store at the end of the month as planning begins in earnest for the new one. The new 2,600-square-foot […]

State Attorney General Bob Ferguson spoke to more than 250 people on May 25 at the Three Rivers Convention Center in Kennewick about protecting themselves from scammers and encouraged them to report concerns to his office by calling 1-800-551-4636. The “Unmasking the Imposters” event was organized by AARP Washington. (Courtesy AARP Washington)

AARP survey shows public overconfident in spotting scammers

1 week ago by Kristina Lord

Beulah Green of Pasco didn’t fall for any of the scam calls she recently received. One scammer called from a Florida number claiming she missed jury duty and police would be coming to arrest her. Another said he was calling about her computer, but Green doesn’t own one. A third one said she owed back […]

An automated system at Columbia Basin Ice in Kennewick puffs a jet of air into the bags to open them up before the machine drops the pre-measured ice into a bag. It’s then sealed and sent along a conveyor belt to be stacked onto a pallet.

Ice makers expect to manufacture nine million bags of ice this year

1 week ago by Kristina Lord

Kennewick’s Columbia Basin Ice anticipates $7M in sales for 2017 Tri-Citians reaching into big store coolers to grab a bag of ice on their way to a picnic, party or boat this summer most likely will be chilling their food and drinks with ice manufactured by a growing Kennewick company. Columbia Basin Ice’s 15,000-square-foot manufacturing […]

Mayra Reyna, director of properties for the Port of Pasco, stands beneath a 15-ton capacity overhead crane inside a 43,200-square-foot warehouse at the Big Pasco Industrial Center. The building includes 6,000 square feet of office space. It’s been vacant since 2012 when Parsons Constructors and Fabricators Inc., an engineering firm that did work at Hanford, left.

Big Pasco Industrial Center offers blank slate of possibilities

1 week ago by Kristina Lord

Occupancy rates have ranged from 57 percent to 87 percent in past five years When the Port of Pasco’s director of properties walks around the huge warehouses in the Big Pasco Industrial Center, she sees business possibilities. “I see a lot of potential. Every time I walk through, I try to think outside the box,” […]

Tri-City electricity producers, providers pay more than $9.3 million in taxes

1 week ago by Kristina Lord

Privilege tax generated $51.2 million for state last year Three Tri-City public power electricity producers and providers recently paid more than $9.3 million in privilege taxes to the state. The annual tax is levied on public power electricity producers and providers for the privilege of generating electricity or providing electricity in the state. Energy Northwest paid […]

Mickey Hull of Hermiston celebrates his mother’s achievement of logging 15,000 miles inside Columbia Center mall in Kennewick. Patsy Hull, 89, received a plaque to honor the milestone on May 15. She started tracking her miles as part of the Kadlec Healthy Ages mall walkers program 25 years ago.

Kennewick 89-year-old logs 15,000 mall miles

1 week ago by Kristina Lord

Patsy Hull is proof a long journey begins by putting one foot in front of the other. She’s done it so many times she’s racked up 15,000 miles. The 89-year-old Kennewick woman reached the milestone last month amid applause and fanfare from her Kadlec Healthy Ages fellow mall walkers, friends and family. Hull, who turns […]

The expansion of Griggs Ace Hardware & Sporting Goods store into the vacant Hastings store at 1425 George Washington Way is expected to be completed this summer. Grigg Enterprises bought the space for $5.5 million.

Griggs Ace Hardware expanding into vacant Hastings space in Richland

1 month ago by Kristina Lord

A loyal customer base at the Griggs Ace Hardware & Sporting Goods store in north Richland has prompted an expansion into the vacant space next door once occupied by Hastings Books Music & Video. “The vision is that sometime this summer we’ll have that store up and going,” said Charlie Grigg, vice president of Pasco-based […]

More than 800 caregivers at Kadlec Regional Medical Center voted on April 19-20 to join SEIU Healthcare 1199NW, a statewide union of nearly 30,000 nurses and health care workers. The caregivers cited a need for a voice in staffing, wages and benefits as reasons to form the union.

Kadlec caregivers vote to join statewide health care union

1 month ago by Kristina Lord

Members hope to begin contract negotiation in coming months More than 800 nursing assistants, radiology technicians, dietary and housekeeping staff, certified surgical technologists and other caregivers at Kadlec Regional Medical Center in Richland voted last month to join a statewide union. The vote was 422 to 297 to align with SEIU Healthcare 1199NW, which boasts […]

The Columbia Gardens Urban Wine & Artisan Village riverfront development under construction on Columbia Drive in Kennewick recently received a $2.1 million boost from Benton County’s Rural County Capital Fund. (Courtesy Port of Kennewick)

Benton County resurrects economic development grant program

1 month ago by Kristina Lord

Kennewick wine village gets $2.1 million boost Benton County handed out its first check after resurrecting a sales tax-generated economic development program: $2.1 million toward the Port of Kennewick’s urban wine village project on Columbia Drive. It was a joint award going to the port and city of Kennewick. The grant will be used for […]

Einan’s at Sunset spent $2 million over two years to renovate and improve its funeral home off the bypass highway in Richland.

Richland funeral home finishes $2 million remodel

1 month ago by Kristina Lord

Einan’s at Sunset planning Memorial Day weekend events The staff at Einan’s at Sunset in Richland already know how difficult it is for family members to visit a funeral home after the death of a loved one. And they’ve taken care to improve the experience with a recent $2 million remodel. They’ll celebrate the completion […]

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