Nearly a year into the #MeToo movement, the awareness of sexual harassment in the workplace has prompted many large and small business owners to take a closer look at their own policies and procedures. John Heaton, president of Pay Plus BenefitsJohn Heaton, president of Pay Plus Benefits in Kennewick, believes...
The Food Network taught Leticia Whitten how to cook and even some English.“She watched a lot of Martha Stewart. Well, until (Stewart) got in trouble,” joked Leticia’s husband, Mark Whitten. As a Mexican immigrant, Leticia built her skills in the kitchen while raising three daughters, eventually perfecting her recipes for...
A Richland mainstay for more than 40 years, the M Hotel will soon offer guests refurbished rooms when its first phase of renovations are completed at the end of this month.This stage of work includes the hotel’s original 120 rooms surrounding the large, indoor pool at the property on 1515...
Bright Now! Dental is bringing the first of its two Tri-City clinics to Kennewick by the end of October.The practice is targeting an Oct. 29 opening date after representatives say they’ve fielded repeated requests to open in the region.“We’ve been asked by a lot of our union clientele to go...
The city of Pasco is working quickly to identify historic African American buildings and locations of significance in the community before they’re lost to city growth.“It just seemed like it was prime time, if you will, to capitalize on this opportunity and preserve the history of this community,” said Tanya...
The rising price of building materials and other costs continues to drive up the price of new homes being built in the Tri-Cities, pushing sale prices up as much as 20 percent in some cases.“I’m building the same home right now that I finished on a different lot two years...
The growth at Goose Ridge Estate Vineyard & Winery is quickly apparent to drivers near the crossroads of interstates 82 and 182 because a large building rises alongside the current processing facility at the corporate headquarters on East Jacobs Road near Benton City.The scope of the growth is even more...
The Tri-Cities is poised to welcome its third plasma donation center when a new location opens across from the main Pasco Post Office on Court Street, alongside Goodwill, this fall.California-based GCAM Plasma already has an Eastern Washington clinic in Pullman.The $1.4 million Pasco office would be GCAM’s second in the...
After 40 years in an A-frame building off Edison Street, a Lutheran church soon will move to the Southridge area of Kennewick.Pastor Tim Wilkens, 34, said King of Kings Lutheran Church has outgrown its current space and hopes to be in the new building by late next year.The church has...
AJ Schneider didn’t expect the hobby of a former girlfriend would one day lead to a role as co-owner and partner of a gymnastics facility and head team coach.“I have no background in gymnastics. I’d drop her off for tumbling and I’d stick around and watch, and I learned by...
