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Articles by Robin Wojtanik

Southridge senior kick-starts nonprofit to promote teen financial literacy

August 14, 2023
Robin Wojtanik

 

While some teens used the pandemic shutdown to play Minecraft or learn TikTok dances, Ashwin Joshi was reading “Rich Dad, Poor Dad,” a book published decades ago about increasing your financial IQ.

It was the start of the 17-year-old’s mission to empower youth and educate them about financial literacy...

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Shoppers dig for deals at Tri-City liquidation stores

August 14, 2023
Robin Wojtanik

Items that once lined the shelves of Target, Walmart, Costco, Best Buy, JCPenney or the virtual shelves of Amazon are now ending up at a handful of local retailers specializing in liquidation sales.

Three stores have opened in the last year, the latest being Daily Deals in Pasco in...

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Designers work to bring dream homes to life

August 11, 2023
Robin Wojtanik

A longtime Kennewick gift shop now offers a personalized approach to interior home design by helping customers visualize different looks featuring the rooms in their own homes.

The new 3D experience provides a way to experiment with different color palettes, materials and styles before buying any furniture or decor,...

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New studio aims to make everyone feel like an artist

July 12, 2023
Robin Wojtanik

An artist with a passion for teaching and working with others recently opened a studio in west Pasco that lets anyone become an artist and go home with a creation they love.

Hollie Zepeda was often told she wouldn’t make a living in art, and decades later, she’s hoping...

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Low yields don’t damper hop growers’ optimism

June 14, 2023
Robin Wojtanik

Last year has been described as a challenging one for the hop industry, coming off a previous record crop, unseasonably cold and wet spring and increased costs for production.

But the industry is hopeful 2023 brings a better hop crop.

“We’re about one week behind in heat units with another...

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Label maker manufacturer finds its niche in wine country

June 13, 2023
Robin Wojtanik

A Benton City wine label maker continues to grow its company, portfolio and staff of women managers. Headed up by part owner and general manager, Katii Deaton, Columbia Label has built out its niche near Red Mountain, offering big city capabilities in the heart of Washington’s wine county.

“It’s...

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Pasco-based business still manufactures local mustards by hand

June 13, 2023
Robin Wojtanik

A small shop in Pasco pumps out tens of thousands of jars of mustard annually, all made by hand with recipes created in the 1980s by Alice Jones, now 90.

The business is now run by Jones’ daughter, Juli Massingale, yet still bears her mom’s initials, AJ’s Edible Arts.

Jones...

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Leadership Tri-Cities’ service project helps nonprofit launch new store

May 12, 2023
Robin Wojtanik

A boutique resale shop that will provide a future income stream to support clients of Domestic Violence Services of Benton & Franklin Counties is set to open in Kennewick, wrapping up a lofty project for the most recent class of Leadership Tri-Cities.

Mariposa, located next door to the Washington...

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Interior designers parlay food truck success into Richland delicatessen

May 11, 2023
Robin Wojtanik

Roberta Chalaris-Davis and Marina de Albuquerque have an eye for design, and they’ve branched out from interior spaces to designing artisanal charcuterie boards and home décor at a storefront in Richland’s Parkway.

Set to open in June, just in time for the return of the Richland Farmers Market, ROMA...

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Market aims to restore dignity with free food distribution

March 10, 2023
Robin Wojtanik
There seems to be no coincidence between a family whose last name is “Sparks,” and the way they have set ablaze a full-time lifestyle of impacting the community.From churning out 200 cloth masks a day during the start of the pandemic to offering drive-thru food box pickups, the family’s most...
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