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Robin Wojtanik

Robin Wojtanik

Robin Wojtanik spent most of her career in broadcast journalism, working at television stations around the country. She spent nearly a decade managing newsrooms in the Tri-Cities and Yakima.

She enjoys volunteering for Junior Achievement and Christ the King School and serves on the board for the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences’ Northwest chapter. She lives in Richland with her husband and children.

for Tri-Cities Area Journal of Business
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Portofkenn1 oct21

Port of Kennewick: Vista Field, Columbia Gardens ready for sale

October 15, 2021
Robin Wojtanik
Almost a decade after closing Vista Field, the Port of Kennewick is poised to start selling land and to welcome new construction after challenges and delays brought on by the Covid-19 pandemic.“Everything has to be talked about against the backdrop of where we’re still at in 2021,” said Tim Arntzen,...
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Portofpasco1 oct21

Port of Pasco: Industrial expansion targets open land

October 15, 2021
Robin Wojtanik
The Port of Pasco is set to become the home base for the largest milk protein facility in North America – employing hundreds of people with well-paying jobs at a new Darigold facility that will anchor the Reimann Industrial Center.Darigold Inc. expects the project to employ more than 1,000. Those...
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Exterior of the Pasco Airport.

Tri-Cities Airport: Pandemic has air travel in a holding pattern

October 15, 2021
Robin Wojtanik
Covid-19 has taken a bite out of air travel at the Port of Pasco-operated Tri-Cities Airport, which hasn’t rebounded as hoped, just as the end of summer tends to “dry up” leisure travel, said Airport Director Buck Taft.“I don’t have the confidence to say anything for certain. It’s taking a...
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Delicakesangela

Pasco businesswoman discovers hidden cake decorating talent

October 13, 2021
Robin Wojtanik
Pilar “Angelica” Hernandez had already earned her cosmetology license and commercial driver’s license before realizing she had a hidden talent as a cake decorator.Now, the Pasco businesswoman owns Delicakes by Angelica, operating out of the Pasco Specialty Kitchen and providing elaborate cakes for weddings, birthdays, quinceañeras, baby showers and other...
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Spudnutssept21

Spudnut remodels to meet ADA requirements after suit

September 13, 2021
Robin Wojtanik
Modern updates have come to Richland’s famed Spudnut Shop, but not from a voluntary desire to change the space that hadn’t been remodeled since 1965.Valerie Driver, the second-generation owner of the iconic Richland restaurant, said she spent tens of thousands of dollars to update the shop after she and several...
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Ayb arthur

Delta High grad-turned-entrepreneur solves problems with design

August 11, 2021
Robin Wojtanik
Arthur Baranovskiy, who credits YouTube and Pasco’s Delta High School for propelling him into technical drawing, is building a successful business offering drafting and related services to Tri-City businesses.Baranovskiy, 24, isn’t shy about touting AYB Drafting, which offers drafting and design services, including technical drawings, blueprints for high-end custom homes...
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Lavendarfarm

Couple transform Flat Top Mountain property into lavender farm

July 14, 2021
Robin Wojtanik
An unassuming West Richland lavender farm brims with purple and possibility as the owners dream well beyond U-pick bunches to becoming the largest lavender-cutting supplier in the state.Terri and Steve Szendre operate SunKissed Lavender on Flat Top Mountain, off Collins Road, where they nurture 2,000 lavender plants, land once covered...
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Cherryblossom

Consumers crave their fresh fruit

June 14, 2021
Robin Wojtanik
The 2021 cherry crop is shaping up to be larger than last year’s but with the usual caveat for the sweet, fragile fruit: A single weekend of wind or rain could cause widespread devastation.The cherry industry didn’t miss a beat when the Covid-19 pandemic arrived a year ago. Washington growers...
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Applesgreen

Fewer apples heading to market

June 14, 2021
Robin Wojtanik
Fewer apples are going to market in 2021, but this isn’t really a complaint.“This has proven to be very advantageous as far as Covid and trade issues go,” said Todd Fryhover, president of the Washington Apple Commission.The industry expects to harvest 122 million bushels in 2021, compared to 134 million...
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Hopskiln

Hop output lower with changes in beer demand, distribution

June 14, 2021
Robin Wojtanik
After a chaotic year, Washington’s hop industry is looking for a win. “Things are starting to get rocking and rolling again,” said Jaki Brophy, communications director for the Washington Hop Commission, following a year of Covid-19 restrictions, lower beer sales and punishment by Mother Nature. Wildfires and windstorms took a...
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