Laura Kostad

Laura Kostad

Laura Kostad is a freelance reporter for the Tri-Cities Area Journal of Business and Senior Times. After completing her bachelor’s degree in creative writing at the University of Washington in 2015, she moved to Kennewick to pursue new opportunities and launch her career. She has been with the Tri-Cities Area Journal of Business since 2017 and has enjoyed getting to know her new community through journalism. In her spare time, she enjoys working on the many book ideas she has and the occasional poem.

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Aug public market vote

Tri-Cities Public Market begins to gain traction in Pasco

Laura Kostad
For years, there’s been talk of a year-round public market opening in Tri-Cities that might look like Pike Place Market in Seattle or Wenatchee’s Pybus Public Market.The vision is slowly beginning to take shape.The nonprofit Tri-Cities Public Market Coalition welcomed 61 prospective vendors to its recent vendors vision and information...
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Aug highlands

Tri-City health food stores make switch to Highlands Organic Market

Laura Kostad
A new name recently appeared above the doors of two long-standing Tri-City health food stores, Highland Health Foods in Kennewick and Richland Health Foods.But longtime customers needn’t worry.Highlands Organic Market will continue to feature the same items.Owner Nathan Lull said it was time to unify both stores under the shared...
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July fabreo

E-commerce experts offer tips for navigating digital marketplace

Laura Kostad
The new storefront is online and to be successful there, it’s best to learn all you can about how to do it.That’s according to James Bledsoe, director of the U.S. Department of Commerce, International Trade Administration’s eCommerce Innovation Lab in Tacoma.“That’s how people are finding you and finding your products,”...
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Spratling tony

Company creates new position to ‘lean’ into efficiencies

Laura Kostad
Bouten Construction recently made a progressive business move not often seen among Eastern Washington construction firms, but more common among larger companies across the nation: it hired a director of performance and innovation.“We’ve come to a point now where we’ve grown a little bit in size,” said Tony Spratling, who...
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June ag consultants pour

Kennewick lab provides fast, accurate analysis of ag samples

Laura Kostad
For more than 35 years, Northwest Agricultural Consultants has been providing the Columbia Basin with quality, in-house soil, plant and water testing services, continually upgrading its equipment and testing methods to deliver fast results.Company President Wade Carter said the accredited lab strives for one-day or better turnaround, processing tens of...
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June hills restaurant

Hill’s Restaurant and Lounge plans to reopen this fall

Laura Kostad
Less than a year and a half since a kitchen fire closed Hill’s Restaurant and Lounge in Kennewick, the diner is making a comeback.A majority of the original building has been demolished, but when the restaurant reopens in November, Tri-Citians will once again be able to enjoy their favorite homestyle...
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