Petersen Hastings, an independent wealth management firm in Eastern Washington, has joined forces with National Advisors Trust Company. The move has enabled the firm to create Petersen Hastings Private Trust, a new private-labeled trust services brand.[blockquote quote="Our firm’s goal is to establish lifelong relationships with clients, their families and others...
Evans Fruit, one of the largest apple producers in the U.S., will pay $272,000 to 20 claimants as part of a settlement resolving sexual harassment and retaliation claims pending before the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.The U.S. Equal Opportunity Commission, or EEOC, announced the settlement in late January. As part...
Digital technology and social media are great ways to gather information on your customers — existing and potential — but don’t discount face-to-fact contact. Shirley Simmons, owner of Country Gentleman Restaurant & Catering, a family-run business in Kennewick was presented with the 2016 ATHENA International Leadership Award.That was the bottom...
In the three years she’s been a volunteer at 2nd Harvest Tri-Cities in Pasco, tons of food have passed through Kathy Mitchell’s hands. Mitchell is a retired Kennewick School District teacher, who spent decades teaching first graders the fundamentals of reading, writing and arithmetic.[blockquote quote="We need about 1,000 volunteer hours...
Tri-Cities area residents will soon have additional places to store their extra furniture, family keepsakes, even out-of-season toys like boats and RVs.Broadmoor Storage Solutions, Inc., is adding 125 storage units to those already at 9335 Sandifur Parkway in Pasco.Sound Investment Group LLC, a Tri-Cities’ company, owns the facility. The architect...
It’s been more than two decades since the Tri-Cities Cancer Center first opened its doors.[blockquote quote="Volunteers are a big issue. We can’t do what we do without them." source="Phil Gallagher, Tri-Cities Cancer Center Foundation board president" align="right" max_width="300px"]The Cancer Center started as a partnership between three local hospitals, Kadlec Regional...
When you have a hankering for deep-fried chicken and a glass of high quality Red Mountain wine, there’s only one place to go — The Chicken Shack in West Richland.“I know it sounds odd but it works,” said Steve LaMarr.LaMarr and his wife, Tracy, and partner Ken Poletski, opened The...
Crimson Wine Group (OTCQB: CWGL) has purchased the Seven Hills Winery in Walla Walla for $5.75 million.Seven Hills was founded in 1988 by Casey McClellan, the winemaker, and his wife, Vicky. It was the fifth winery in Walla Walla at the time.Casey McClellan was a fourth-generations farmer who planted the...
The Kennewick Irrigation District’s new administration building at 2015 S. Ely in Kennewick is now complete.The $4.5 million, 15,000-sq.-ft. building was constructed on KID-owned property where its operations team was previously located.The energy efficient building was designed by SOLARC Architecture & Engineering of Portland.The general contractor was T.W. Clark Construction...
A new 16,700-sq.-ft. BioLife Plasma Center will be built at the southeast corner of Road 76 and Wrigley Drive in Pasco, across from the Mid-Columbia Library’s West Pasco branch.The general contractor on the construction project, which is estimated at $2.7 million, is W.D.S. Construction Inc., of Beaver Dam, Wis.BioLife operates...
