Articles by Wendy Culverwell
Growing Pasco pipe company plans Foster Wells expansion
A Pasco company that fabricates and installs pipe systems for farms, wineries and industry is making a bold bet on the future. Allynda and Kyle Callies, owners of Callies Welding…
Washington adding more hospital beds in coronavirus fight
The COVID-19 pandemic is exacerbating a health crisis that has claimed more than 120 rural hospitals in recent years. But it is also raising the fortunes of at least one…
Optometrist’s grand opening vision thwarted
Dr. Jason Hair fulfilled his long-held ambition to own his own practice when he opened Tri-City Eyes in early March in Richland. The coronavirus pandemic as well as the stay-at-home…
Picking up phone may help seniors feel less isolated during outbreak
As Tri-Citians adapt to a statewide order to stay at home to combat the spread of the coronavirus, organizations serving seniors are racing to support those hit heaviest by the…
Tri-City port districts consider rent breaks amid pandemic
Tri-City ports are contemplating rent relief policies for tenants as the coronavirus pandemic takes its economic toll. The Ports of Pasco and Kennewick authorized three-month rent deferral program for tenants…
Tri-City health care agencies seek homemade masks, gowns
A Tri-City nonprofit that serves the terminally ill and their families sought volunteers to make masks and gowns to protect its caregivers from infectious diseases during the coronavirus pandemic. With…
Governor halts construction during coronavirus stay-home order
Tri-City homebuilders and colleagues across the state are pleading with Gov. Jay Inslee to reclassify homebuilding an essential activity after the industry was sidelined by the Stay Home, Stay Healthy…
Pasco’s historic Moore Mansion sells for $2.7 million
Pasco’s storied Moore Mansion is starting a new chapter after being sold by the couple who saved it from demolition. Debra and Brad Peck sold the historic mansion to a…
