In 2011, Anne Nolan and her husband were getting ready to retire from their jobs at the Hanford area.There was a real fear of what would happen next, she said. What would they do with their of free time? And with whom?Then she found the Fun, Fit & Over Fifty...

I-3 Global provides IT services to MSA Kris Lapp doesn’t know how to say no.“My willingness to say yes keeps things going,” said Lapp, 35, a Kamiakin High School graduate. “I’ve always said if ever presented an amazing opportunity, say, ‘Yes,’ and we’ll figure out how to do it later.”Because...

The proposed and much anticipated Pasco-to-Los Angeles flight first announced in 2015 hasn’t taken off yet.But local officials haven’t given up hope.“At this point we’re in a holding pattern,” said Carl Adrian, president and CEO of TRIDEC, with no pun intended.Adrian said the Tri-Cities is ready, but it’s just a...

Tri-City Horse Racing Association celebrates 30th year of racing at trackOne of the three horse racing tracks in the Pacific Northwest opens for the season in Kennewick later this month.[blockquote quote="Eastern Washington has a long history in horse racing, especially quarter horse racing. The commissioners want to keep it alive."...

The trucking industry has had a tough time finding qualified drivers over the last 10 to 15 years.So Martinez Trucking decided to do something about it by creating its own truck drivers’ school.[blockquote quote="Today’s truck driver has to be tech savvy." source="Z Martinez, operations manager for Martinez Trucking" align="right" max_width="300px"]It’s...

$1.3 million strip mall also will be home to Orangetheory Fitness StudioOasis Physical Therapy has opened three offices built around the Tri-Cities in the past 15 years.The company’s executive director and owner Mindi Irvine now is adding a fourth location, a $1.3 million building at 1020 Queensgate Drive in south...

Fairchild Cinemas was expected to do well in its new Queensgate location in Richland when it opened in December 2015.But it did better than well, and now the company is planning a new 10-screen movie theater next to the Walmart store near the Canyon Lakes neighborhood in Kennewick. It will...

When a food lover takes a hard look at the Tri-City restaurant scene, a glaring omission in the region is a lack of steakhouses.[blockquote quote="A lot of people have told me it’s nice to have a steakhouse at this end of town." source="Jeff Ballard, co-owner of Fredy's Steakhouse" align="right" max_width="300px"]Jeremy...

The No. 1 job needed in the area is truck driving.That’s what Janese Thatcher, Columbia Basin College’s dean for Computer Science, Engineering and Technical Programs, said she recently learned when looking at the top jobs that companies were hiring for in Benton and Franklin counties.“People running many companies in this...

Copiers Northwest hopes to break ground in March on a new $1.3 million two-story building in Kennewick.The new nearly 12,000-square-foot building at 7035 W. Clearwater Ave. in Kennewick will be next to the current Copiers Northwest office space.The company’s Kennewick office is currently in a strip mall on Clearwater, with...