NEWKinwell Medical Group has opened a primary care clinic at 7505 Sandifur Parkway, Suite 103, Pasco. The primary care clinic has seven suites and offers in-person or teleheath visits, online appointment scheduling and reduced wait times. It is an exclusive network provider of Premera Blue Cross and also accepts patients...
The Senior Times Expo returns to an indoor venue this spring. The pandemic forced organizers to turn the senior-focused event into a drive-thru event. “It’s our first in-person expo since October 2019 and we’re excited to welcome back seniors, their families and our vendors,” said Melanie Hair, CEO of Senior Times and the Tri-Cities Area Journal...
Tri-City libraries have shared their 10 most popular fiction and nonfiction titles checked out in 2021 – in print and audiobook formats.The top 10 lists from Mid-Columbia Libraries and Richland Public Library feature an eclectic collection of popular New York Times bestsellers, biographies, romance, self-help and thrillers.Popular business magazines can...
New flights prop up traffic at Tri-Cities AirportThe Tri-Cities Airport reports a respectable increase in air traffic in 2021 thanks in part to the arrival of new carriers.With 346,503 people boarding flights, enplanements were up 83% over 2020, when the Covid-19 pandemic battered travel and left planes mostly empty.Buck Taft,...
The Port of Kennewick commission has agreed to hire an outside attorney after it was faulted by the state auditor’s office for reimbursing a commissioner for $49,000 in legal fees. The Washington State Auditor issued the port its first such finding in 27 years on Jan. 19, faulting its decision to...
The Washington Attorney General’s Office filed a civil rights lawsuit against Thelbert “Thadd” Lawson Jr. and the Wenatchee nonprofit he founded to serve veterans, saying they discriminated against and sexually harassed at least a dozen women who worked at its two thrift stores.Operation Veterans Assistance & Humanitarian Aid operates thrift...
We were heartbroken to see 10 people lose their homes and at least seven businesses destroyed by a two-alarm fire in the heart of Kennewick’s historic downtown on Feb. 4.The two-story building that burned was at West Kennewick Avenue and North Cascade Street. Built in 1940, it contained a mix...
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How to keep experienced older workers from retiringExperienced older workers will retire eventually, but a recent study suggests how employers could persuade some of them to stick around for a few more years.It all comes down to offering a specific type of work environment – one that includes autonomy, participation...
Trios Southridge Hospital is expanding its medical/surgical floor as it adapts the existing hospital for the new birthing center, which opens in the spring.LifePoint Health, parent to the Kennewick hospital, is spending $22 million on the birthing center and added $6 million to the budget to expand the third-floor medical...
