Lamb Weston’s expansion of its Richland potato processing plant adds two million more pounds of frozen french fries daily to the worldwide market.The new $200 million addition has nearly doubled the company’s output of frozen spuds in Richland.“We’ve incorporated 45 years of making french fries into this factory,” said Mark...
A new trade school in west Pasco will provide classroom and laboratory space for apprentices pursuing careers in skilled trades, including future electricians, plumbers and sheet metal workers, all jobs in demand across the state.The Construction Industry Training Council of Washington, or CITC, is opening its first dedicated schooling site...
New machine can produce 400,000 tons a year of corrugated paper productsA $150 million investment at the Boise Paper plant in Wallula will replace one machine for another, nearly doubling the mill’s output.Port of Walla Walla Executive Director Patrick Reay described the change as transitioning from “white copy paper to...
Owner-brothers building Temple of ’Cue with capacity to smoke 3,000 pounds of meat at a timeA second Porter’s Real Barbecue restaurant set to open this spring in Kennewick is only the tri-tip of the meaty master plan.Brothers Porter and Reed Kinney have plans to launch two more restaurants within the...
Columbia Basin College will launch a hospitality training program in January to better prepare workers to join the ranks of more than 6,000 people who work in the growing industry in Benton and Franklin counties.The new program was created in direct response to the increased demand for skilled restaurant and...
“I am meal planning inept,” joked Lisa Maloof as she put together loaded barbecue pulled pork bites at a Kennewick meal-prep store.“It’s not my thing and it never has been,” she said.Combine this with a husband she describes as “extremely picky,” Maloof said she relies on Dream Dinners to fill...
The enthusiasm Craig Eerkes feels for his community is unmistakable when he talks about the plan to build a new clubhouse in Kennewick for the Boys and Girls Clubs of Benton and Franklin Counties.“This whole thing is to be proactive with kids,” Eerkes said, his voice filled with pride, and...
State leases 334 acres behind Richland Target; lease expires in 2021Agricultural land owned by the state of Washington since the beginning of statehood may eventually be for sale following the completion of the current lease terms.The land on Kennedy Road, north of Vintner Square and behind the Richland Target, includes...
An extensive remodel is underway at an affordable senior housing complex in east Kennewick that’s requiring residents to be temporarily relocated and their belongings packed up.The lengthy list of improvements coming to the Kennewick Garden Apartments on West Fifth Avenue includes new flooring, lighting, millwork, doors, appliances and landscaping.[blockquote quote="We...
The Gesa Credit Union branch in north Richland will be closing permanently Oct. 31.Gesa reports that the 808 Dalton St. branch is “underutilized” and its “transaction volumes are low” compared to other locations in the Tri-Cities.As a nonprofit cooperative, the credit union determined it wasn’t a good use of members’...
