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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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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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Parkway gift shop fueled by sarcasm and sass

March 10, 2023
Robin Wojtanik
A new shop in Richland’s Parkway is filled with snarky gifts, fresh flowers and a few four-letter words for good measure.“I call it a sassy gift shop with a twist,” said shop owner Teresa VanDoorn. “Life is better with sarcasm.”The Teal Box opened in January as a storefront, replacing a...
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Rail site expansion opens local import-export access

March 10, 2023
Robin Wojtanik
A Kansas-based company plans to pick up where Union Pacific Railroad left off and complete an intermodal ramp in Wallula, bringing increased transportation capacity via rail.The project will open up routes to Northwest docks and as far east as Chicago and beyond through a lease and purchase agreement for the...
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Campaign underway to get life-saving medication in everyone’s hands

February 10, 2023
Robin Wojtanik
Overdose prevention could be viewed as the new CPR: the Benton-Franklin Health District wants everyone to be prepared and know how to help anyone at any time.The BFHD is actively marketing its “Carry a Second Chance” campaign in the hope people will equip themselves with naloxone, an emergency medication that...
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