Two Tri-City businesses, along with 13 others from Eastern Washington and Northern Idaho, have been selected as finalists for the 2018 Better Business Bureau Torch Awards – Business of the Year.They are the Tri-Cities Area Journal of Business and Senior Times, Kennewick-based newspapers owned by TriComp, a woman-owned business, and Campbell...
Trios Health laid off 32 people this week.The reduction in force at the Kennewick hospital was necessary because staff outnumbered need, based on national standards and existing patient census numbers, according to a Trios press release.Trios’ August hospital admissions were down nearly 25 percent compared to the same time last...
Washington State University Tri-Cities will hold a career fair from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sept. 20 in the Student Union Building at 2770 Crimson Way in Richland.The event will feature more than 50 employers from around the region.It offers employers an opportunity to reach staffing goals while allowing WSU Tri-Cities...
Employers in the Benton, Franklin and surrounding counties are invited to learn about programs to retain workers, improve their work force, increase employee productivity and hear essential information about the state’s new Paid Family and Medical Leave program.Expert panelists from SharedWork, Paid Family and Medical Leave, the State Board for Community and Technical...
Two new Kadlec Express Care clinics will be embedded in Walgreens stores on Road 68 in Pasco and George Washington Way in Richland.The clinics offer same-day appointments for minor ailments like sore throats, colds, the flu, sprains and cuts.The Pasco clinic at 5506 N. Road 68 opened Sept. 10.The Richland...
A West Richland clock repairman featured in our July issue died at his home Sept. 2. He was 71.Al Nihart owned Nihart Clock Repair, taking over the business from his father in the 1980s.“My business has gotten bigger and bigger because all of my competition has died. I’m one of...
A Tennessee-based health care company now owns two hospitals in the Tri-Cities.RCCH HealthCare Partners bought Lourdes Health Network in Pasco on Sept. 1.The state approved the $21 million Lourdes sale, as well as its conversion from nonprofit to for-profit.RCCH bought Kennewick’s Trios Health on Aug. 4.Lourdes had been part of...
The U.S. Department of Energy and Bechtel National Inc. are collaborating with Columbia Basin College in Pasco to help prepare chemists for their work at the Hanford Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant’s analytical laboratory.The 3,300-square-foot laboratory at CBC will be used to prepare the analytical laboratory’s future staff for work...
An event featuring national speakers and activities designed to bring together job seekers, policy makers, educators, labor unions, tribes, veterans and a variety of industries is from Oct. 1-3 at the Three Rivers Convention Center in Kennewick.Called Connect Tri-Cities, the event is part job fair, scholarship challenge and conference that...
Deb Bowen,Executive director,Washington State STEM Education FoundationNumber of employees you oversee:Three, although we plan to grow our staff this year. Brief background of your business. The STEM Foundation serves as a catalyst in ensuring all area young people are aware of, and prepared to participate in, our vibrant STEM economy. We have...
