Localdonors contributed more than $3.1 million to address community needs throughUnited Way of Benton and Franklin Counties’ 2018 campaign. Thiscampaign marked the organization’s 60th anniversary.UnitedWay revealed the campaign total at its annual Live United Awards Ceremony onApril 23. The fundraising year ran from April 1, 2018, to March 31, 2019.Moneyraised goes...
A hospitality job fair is planned from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. May 22 at Columbia Basin College’s Career and Technical Education building, off Argent Road on the Pasco campus.The Be Our Guest hospitality fair, which is free and open to the public, is being offered by CBC, WorkSource Columbia...
The state’s new two-year budget includes several milliondollars in projects for the Tri-City area, including two big Richland projects:a $27 million new academic building at Washington State University Tri-Citiesand a $15.2 million military readiness center in the Horn Rapids area.In north Richland, $7.7 million has been earmarked for aLaser Interferometer...
Richland will be home to the Tri-Cities’ third Planet Fitness gym this fall.The new fitness center will be at 1711 George WashingtonWay, Suite 399, in a storefront formerly occupied by Mid-Columbia Wine andSpirits, next door to Office Depot.The Washington Plaza development in north Richland isanchored by Safeway.Planet Fitness recently signed...
Two Pasco companiesrecently earned statewide manufacturing awards.The Bogert Group, which is an umbrella for businesses that make military equipment, hydraulic pumps, accessories for recreational boating and small aircraft and a line of jacks for safely lifting heavy equipment, earned a gold award for being an innovator in manufacturing.The Bogert Group...
Number ofemployees you oversee? Artisticstaff of eight. Number of singers: 150. Volunteers: our singers are our primaryvolunteers. Briefbackground about Mid-Columbia Mastersingers: Founded in 1986 as Consort Columbia, Mid-Columbia Mastersingers, or MCM, is the premiere adult community chorus of the Tri-Cities and surrounding areas. Our mission is to transform lives through the...
West Richland voters say yes to $12.5M police stationWestRichland voters approved a $12.5 million bond to build a larger police stationduring the April 23 special election.Thebond will add 42 cents per $1,000 of assessed value to property taxes. Thatmeans owners of a $200,000 home will pay $84 a year.Themeasure passed...
The parentcompany of hospitals in Sunnyside, Toppenish and Yakima has filed for Chapter11 bankruptcy protection.Astria Health and 13 related companies, including Astria Sunnyside Hospital, Astria Toppenish Hospital, and Astria Regional Medical Center in Yakima, filed for Chapter 11 protection on May 6 to restructure its finances, give it time to...
A new restaurant delivery service option has arrived in the Tri-Cities.Postmates has launched inmore than 1,000 cities across the country, effective April 23.Customers can order fromtheir favorite restaurants and have their order brought to their door inminutes. The current delivery area includes Pasco, Kennewick and Richland.Postmates joins Instacart, UberEATS and...
The new executive director of the Historic Downtown Kennewick Partnership is excited to join the community-focused organization.The downtown association recently hired Jess Stangeland to thefull-time position. Her first day was April 15.“I love the community down here, and I know a lot of the businessowners already,” she said.Stangeland is a...
