Educational Service District 123 is celebrating the grand opening of its newly expanded Professional Development Center at 9:30 a.m. Jan. 12 at 3924 W. Court St. in Pasco.Following a grand opening ceremony, public building tours will be offered from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The building is at the corner...
It’s been 10 years since the Food and Drug Administration approved a vaccine against the primary culprit behind cervical cancer — the human papillomavirus, or HPV.Dr. Amy Person and nurse Heather Hill of the Benton-Franklin Public Health District will provide an update on this “public health success story.”Their free talk,...
Get the 2017 forecast for the Tri-City’s real estate and labor markets at the Pasco Chamber of Commerce’s January luncheon.Ajsa Suljic, regional labor economist with Washington State Employment Security Department, will provide a labor market and analysis, and Dennis Gisi, president of John L. Scott, will provide the snapshot of...
Businesses and residents have recently been targeted by two separate phone scams, both falsely identifying themselves as Benton REA representatives.A business owner reported that a caller threatened to immediately shut off the power unless a large payment was made. Another Benton REA member informed the cooperative that someone told her she...
A recent settlement with Warren Orchards will help make major environmental improvements to the Touchet River near Dayton, which provides critical habitat for threatened steelhead, according to the state Department of Ecology.The Department of Ecology fined Warren Orchards for illegally watering a 100-acre apple and pear orchard in Columbia County...
The Washington State Department of Revenue has launched a web page with links and resources to help annual business filers submit their returns and state taxes on time.Businesses have until Jan. 31 to file and pay online, by phone or by mail. If a business had no activity in 2016,...
PNNL’s Baker receives ACS Rising Star award Erin Baker, a bioanalytical chemist at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, is one of six winners of the American Chemical Society’s Rising Star award. The ACS Women Chemists Committee gives the national honor to up to 10 exceptional early to mid-career women chemists.Baker is a senior...
Pasco School Board holding roundtable forumThe Pasco School District’s Board of Directors will hold its second board forum from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Jan. 19 at Ochoa Middle School, 1801 E. Sheppard St. in Pasco.The forum on increased parental and family involvement will be presented in a roundtable format. Board members...
NEW BUSINESSESBioLife Plasma has opened at 7430 Wrigley Drive, Pasco. The facility collects life-saving plasma from qualified donors. For an appointment contact: 509-545-3008, biolifeplasma.com.The Crazy Crab Pot has opened at 131 Vista Way, Suite A, Kennewick. The restaurant serves an assortment of seafood including crab, shrimp, mussels and clams. Hours:...
More than half of the projected 740,000 job openings expected in the state of Washington in the next five years will be jobs requiring higher skills.But only a third of the state’s students are prepared for most of these job opportunities, according to a recent Partnership for Learning report called,...
