The Pasco City Council faced a difficult decision in its final meeting of 2022.Should it fund the Downtown Pasco Development Authority, the troubled nonprofit responsible for managing the Pasco Specialty Kitchen, Cinco de Mayo, Fiery Foods Festival and downtown business revitalization efforts?In the end, it said “yes,” voting 5-2 to...
A Nov. 30 order from the Washington State Supreme Court is injecting confusion into the controversy surrounding a capital gains tax approved by the 2021 Legislature.The state’s high court said the Department of Revenue may begin collecting the tax in 2023 pending its own future ruling in a case that...
Our online readers love their restaurant and retail news.Four of the stories on our most-read story list from 2022 involve places to eat – new restaurants opening, owners retiring, planned expansions. Three involve retail news.Two of our top read stories of 2022 were from 2021: Amazon confirms plans to build...
ManagerBuck TaftTri-Cities AirportNumber of employees you oversee: Approximately 23Briefly describe the Tri-Cities Airport:PSC is a small hub commercial service airport that serves Southeast Washington and Northeast Oregon. The airport served 347,438 enplaned passengers in 2021 (Federal Aviation Administration data). This is down slightly from our peak in 2019 of 438,015.PSC...
The Tri-Cities said good-bye to leaders who helped create the community we know and love this past year and in late 2021, including Dennis Poland, the builder and one time Kennewick Man of the Year; Robert L. “Bob” Ferguson, the U.S. Department of Energy’s first deputy assistant secretary of nuclear...
Hanford board seeks membersThe Hanford Advisory Board is seeking applicants for several vacant seats.The board is a nonpartisan group of local representatives that provides recommendations to the three parties responsible for the Hanford site cleanup. They include the U.S. Department of Energy, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the state...
Documents filed under Washington’s environmental review process reveal a list of projects in the works for the Mid-Columbia.The State Environmental Review Act, or SEPA, often provides the first look at the mixed-use projects, mini storage facilities, apartments, industrial expansions, subdivisions and more that are working their way through the various...
Bankruptcies are filed under the following chapter headings:Chapter 7 — Straight Bankruptcy: debtor gives up non-exempt property and debt is discharged.Chapter 11 — Allows companies and individuals to restructure debts to repay them.Chapter 12 — Allows family farmers to restructure finances to avoid liquidation for foreclosure.Chapter 13 — Plan is...
Top property values listed start at $700,000 and have been rounded to the nearest hundred figure. Property values are public record and can be found by visiting the county assessor's office.BENTON COUNTY334 Columbia Point Drive, Unit 202, Richland, 3,389-square-foot home with detached garage. Price: $1.1 million. Buyer: Gina M. Richey....
BENTON COUNTYAWT LLC, 53511 N. Sunset Road, Benton City, $6,000 for heat pump. Contractor: Delta Heating & Cooling.Prosser School District, 102101 W. Foisy Road, Prosser, $28,000 for fire alarm system. Contractor: Moon Security Services Inc.Michael Detrick, 106904 E. Detrick PR SE, Kennewick, $93,000 for fire alarm system. Contractor: Blue Mountain...
