The Washington Policy Center is encouraging Gov. Jay Inslee to waive all Business and Occupation taxes retroactively to March 1. If the governor has the legal authority, the research and watchdog group said, he should waive tax due dates, fees and penalties for the businesses severely impacted by Proclamation 20-13, which effectively...
The Tri-Cities and the rest of the nation are hunkering down to prevent the spread of COVID-19 with schools closed, meetings canceled and public gathering spots going dark. Here’s what you need to know, what steps are being taken and what you can do to take control of an unsettling situation. As...
The politicians and lobbyists have had their chance to respond to a court-ordered study that will guide the future of the Columbia River system and its network of dams and reservoirs.The four lower Snake River dams are at the center of the dispute between environmental groups that favor removal and...
AAA reports gas prices tumbling amid market uncertainty The national average for a gallon of regular unleaded gasoline has decreased by three cents to $2.32 in mid-March.The Tri-Cities’ average was $2.71 a gallon, which is lower than the statewide average of $3.05 a gallon, according to AAA.The market plunge is...
Richland students will get a jump start on health care careers thanks to a new academy set to launch this fall.The Richland School District opens its new Academy of Health & Sciences at Richland High School this fall. Students are encouraged to enroll in the courses this winter as they...
Sandra Haynes ChancellorWashington State University Tri-Cities Number of employees you oversee: Approximately 245 faculty and staffWhat is WSU Tri-Cities and how does it fit into the Washington State University system?WSU Tri-Cities is a four-year public research university in the Tri-Cities, and is one of six university campuses in the WSU system....
Instructor will research tasting offerings, pricing practices in winery tasting roomsA Washington State University Tri-Cities professor plans to travel to Austria as part of a Fulbright Program Scholar grant to research tasting offerings and pricing practices in winery tasting rooms.Beginning in March 2021, Byron Marlowe will teach and conduct research...
NEW HIRES• Erika Wier joined Pasco’s Lourdes Health as chief financial officer in February. She previously worked at Memorial Medical Center in Las Cruces, New Mexico, where she was assistant chief financial officer and served as compliance officer and was responsible for the oversight of several departments, including case management,...
Santiago Communities Inc. is a step closer to developing a 200-unit manufactured home park near a water treatment plant in east Kennewick.Santiago is eyeing three separate parcels owned by the Port of Kennewick east of the Kennewick water treatment plant and north of the Oak Street Industrial Complex off East...
Chaplaincy Health Care’s newest and biggest thrift store will open this spring in Pasco.The Repeat Boutique will be at Sandifur Crossing on Road 68, next door to Planet Fitness, Dollar Tree and Grocery Outlet.The store will have 10,000 square feet of retail space. The Kennewick and Richland stores are roughly...
