The three biggest school districts in the Tri-Cities have a lot in common. Richland, Pasco and Kennewick each passed major bonds for new schools and other improvements in the years prior to the pandemic. In late 2022, all three were wrapping up these bond-authorized projects.Pasco and Richland expect to ask...

Kamila Greutman believes that every person is good at something.The Richland woman discovered her talent in interior design.Since Greutman and her family – a husband, three kids and two dogs – moved to the Tri-Cities seven years ago from Albuquerque, New Mexico, she has operated a successful business called Detailed...

Dusty Powers has had a love-hate relationship with motorcycles his whole life.Fortunately for local riders and those who want to learn to ride, it’s been a love affair for more than a decade.Powers, 66, joined Motorcycle Training Inc. in north Richland as an instructor and later became its owner. The...

When Bunim Laskin was a kid in New Jersey, he was always looking for things to do.“I am the oldest of 12 kids,” he said. “And growing up, I never attended summer camp.”One day during a long, hot summer, Laskin eyed his neighbor’s swimming pool.“I convinced the neighbor to let...

Guty Villa probably could have been content continuing his work as owner of G’s to Gent’s Barbershop in Kennewick.He’s happily been cutting hair and running the shop for seven years now. It’s a successful shop with plenty of customers and barbers.He also has a great family.But something was missing: Boxing.“I...

Science and technology have made many things better when it comes to sports.And they will continue to do so in the future.The Tri-Cities Area Journal of Business talked to some Tri-City area high school athletic directors and one football coach about what science and technology have done for sports.Here is...

Thanks to a very wet April, the Pacific Northwest has a lot of water.That’s potentially great news for water users.After declaring a drought in the Mid-Columbia on July 14, 2021, the Washington Department of Ecology downgraded Benton and Franklin counties to “drought advisory” status in late May.Five watersheds spanning parts...

For almost two decades, Chris and Lore’K Garofola have been hard-working franchise owners of Auntie Anne’s Pretzels and Cinnabon.The couple own four Auntie Anne’s – two in the Tri-Cities and two more in Southern California. They own two Cinnabons, with one in the Tri-Cities and the other in Southern California.But...

Jeramy SchultzJeramy Schultz was trained to be a fighter during his five years in the Marine Corps.Ever since, the Richland High School graduate has used those skills to battle the day-to-day skirmishes that a small businessman needs to overcome to be successful.For Schultz, who has been in the kettle corn...

Malin Bergstrom had never really planned on working in the family business.“I was going to be a veterinarian,” she said.But things quickly changed, said the president of Bergstrom Aircraft Inc.“Growing up, I worked summers and weekends to help out,” she said. “The summer after my senior year, I was approached...