The Association of Washington Business toured several local manufacturing and research centers during its sixth-annual Manufacturing Week bus tour, which visited 30 businesses Oct. 6-13.The Mid-Columbia leg included stops at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory in Richland and Columbia Label in Benton City. Workers at Columbia Label in Benton City...
Taxable retail sales posted strong gains in the first quarter of 2022, including in Benton, Franklin and Walla Walla counties.Retail sales rose 5.5% in Benton County, 37% in Franklin and 9.3% in Walla Walla, according to the most recent figures released by the Washington Department of Revenue. Statewide, taxable retail...
CPA / PartnerPorterKinneyChris PorterNumber of employees you oversee: 18Brief background of your business:Soon after moving to the Tri-Cities in 2006, I started a small, home-based tax preparation company in addition to my full-time job. In 2012, I quit my day job and transitioned my company to a full-time CPA firm....
Deadline coming for Benton, Franklin property taxesOct. 31 is the deadline for property owners to pay the second half of their property tax bill.In Benton County, property owners can pay online by electronic check, credit cards or Visa debit cards. Transaction fees are charged.Avoid the fees by leaving payments in...
Darigold Inc. broke ground on its state-of-the-art milk-processing facility in north Pasco in early September.The $600 million plant will open in early 2024 with the capacity to process8 million pounds of milk per day, supplied by 100 dairy farms in the region. It will employ 200.Darigold first disclosed it had...
Minority homeownership is falling behind in WashingtonMore than 143,000 minority-led households would have to become homeowners to close the ownership gap between white and households that identify as Black, Indigenous and people of color, or BIPOC.The 2021 Washington Legislature funded formation of the Washington State Homeownership Disparities Work Group to...
Foodies Brick and Mortar will relocate to Columbia Park after being displaced from its downtown Kennewick home by the devastating fire in the neighboring Cascade building in February.Foodies, led by Joanna Wilson, is leasing the 2,600-square-foot building from the city of Kennewick at the Columbia Park Golf Tri-Plex, 2701 Paul...
Homebuilders were excited to swing wide the doors on their latest homes for visitors during this year’s Parade of Homes.The Home Builders Association of Tri-Cities event, which ran from Sept. 16-18, highlighted four new homes, all in Richland.The popular event showcases the latest in construction, architectural trends, design and décor....
Atkins Nuclear Secured broke ground on a $20 million technology center at its north Richland campus in September.The site is next to the existing Atkins Engineering Laboratory off George Washington Way and across the street from the Washington State University Tri-Cities Wine Science Center.Fowler General Construction Inc. is the contractor...
Documents filed under Washington’s environmental review process reveal a long list of projects in the works for the Mid-Columbia.The State Environmental Review Act, or SEPA, often provides the first look at the mixed-use projects, mini storage facilities, apartments, industrial expansions, subdivisions and more that are working their way through the...
