Articles by Wendy Culverwell
98-year old remembers Day’s Pay campaign that helped build Kadlec
Hanford workers gave up a day’s pay in 1944 to buy a B-17 Flying Fortress for the Army Air Forces. A less known fact: Hanford workers were rallied to support…
Tri-City Chamber postpones annual meeting over coronavirus
The Tri-City Regional Chamber of Commerce has postponed its annual meeting over fears about the COVID-19 pandemic. The meeting, originally scheduled for March 18 at the Three Rivers Convention Center,…
Tri-City cleaning company stands ready to scrub out coronavirus
As questions and concerns poured in after officials confirmed 11 coronavirus deaths in Washington, Carlos Martinez called an emergency meeting of the 70-plus employees of Dura-Shine Clean, his commercial cleaning…
Don’t want to declare a party to vote in Tuesday’s primary? A senator has your back
As thousands of Washingtonians register their displeasure over being required to declare a party preference in the state’s presidential primary on May 10, a state lawmaker is taking action. Washington Sen. Steve O’Ban, R-Tacoma, introduced SB 6697 on March 3…
Catholic Charities to seek new location for homeless project
Catholic Charities of Eastern Washington will spend the coming year looking for a new location for a project to serve homeless Tri-Citians. Jonathan Mallahan, vice president for housing for the…
Your name here! WSU Tri-Cities dangles naming rights for new academic building
Washington State University broke ground on its newest academic building in Richland on March 12. However, there’s still time to influence the 40,000-square-foot, $30 million project: Naming rights are up…
New fund raising up to $2.5M to back promising Tri-City companies
A Richland business incubator that provides space and mentoring to startups is adding a critical new tool to its lineup – money. Fuse SPC, a unique social-purpose corporation with offices…
Benton County breaks ground on $13.6M admin building
Benton County is tapping its $24 million capital projects fund to build sunlit offices for its administrators and free up space in its crowded Kennewick courthouse. The county planned to…
