Their line of wearables tries to raise awareness, promote thoughtfulness toward people with special needsThe 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...
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...
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.
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.
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...
Professional Investment Management Services celebrates 20 years in business in 2020A 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...
Sign Gypsies owner delivers personalized messages for friends, family, customersRobin Wojtanik of Richland didn’t expect to become an expert on Tri-City area soil density when she launched her new business, Sign Gypsies, this summer.But putting up signs with custom messages at homes, schools and businesses has turned her into one.“North...
Lurene Harris Fleshman sat at a table in her garage recently at Harris Farm, looking out at the land as she pondered what it would look like filled with houses and streets.“I’m not ever gonna look again!” she said with a chuckle, before admitting that yes, she’d want to see...
As the Tri-City’s population climbs toward 300,000, its three school districts continue to work to keep pace with it.Student enrollment numbers for 2018-19 put Kennewick’s student enrollment at 19,750 students; Pasco’s at 18,774; and Richland’s at 14,204, according to data from the state Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction.Voters seem...
Continued growth at the higher education campuses in the Tri-Cities will be moving forward at a steady clip in the coming year.At Washington State University Tri-Cities, the school is proceeding with plans to build a 40,000-square-foot academic building for undergraduate studies in biology, chemistry and education in science, technology and...
