Information provided by the Washington State Liquor and Cannabis Board.BENTON COUNTYNEWWit Cellars, 505 Cabernet Court, Suite A, Prosser. License type: beer/wine on premises endorsement; domestic winery <250,000 liters. Application type: added/change of class/in lieu.Sushiya, 731 N. Columbia Center Blvd., #120, Kennewick. License type: spirits/beer/wine, restaurant, service bar. Application type: assumption.Divots...
One of the Tri-Cities’ biggest cheerleaders is going to lead a Kennewick-based nonprofit focused on empowering and supporting people with disabilities.Michael Novakovich is leaving his post as the head of Visit Tri-Cities to join Columbia Industries as its new CEO and president. CI announced the news May 9.“Michael is a...
Lamb Weston declares dividendEagle, Idaho-based Lamb Weston Holdings Inc. will pay a 24.5 cent dividend to shareholders on June 3.The board of the frozen potato giant announced the dividend March 24 in advance of the April 7 release of its latest quarterly results on April 8.Lamb Weston has significant production,...
HPM Corporation, the occupational health services contractor to the Hanford site, and its owners, Grover Cleveland Mooers and Hollie Mooers, will pay $2.94 million in restitution and penalties to resolve civil and criminal liabilities associated with allegations they defrauded the federal Paycheck Protection Program (PPP).Vanessa Waldref, U.S. attorney for the...
Our annual section on the work being done to clean up the Hanford nuclear reservation north of Richland provides updates from the main contractors engineering and doing the work and the regulators tasked with making sure it gets done safely.We also have stories on the massive budget required to clean...
Murray earmarks $3M for MLK Center in PascoPasco’s Martin Luther King Jr. Center will get a major facelift after securing $3 million in a federal appropriations bill signed into law in March.U.S. Sen. Patty Murray, D-Washington, directed $116.4 million to local projects across the state.Some of the other appropriations to...
Naima Chambers-SmithCEOTri-Cities Diversity & Inclusion CouncilNaima Chambers-SmithNumber of employees you oversee: We have less than five paid employees. However, we have approximately 30 members of the council and over 130 volunteers in the last year alone.Brief background of your businessor organization:Tri-Cities Diversity & Inclusion Council (TCD&IC) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit...
NEW HIRESThe East Benton County Museum in Kennewick has hired Cathryn Tames as its new executive director/administrator. Tames, the former executive director of the Children’s Development Center in Richland, brings more than 35 years of experience in the nonprofit sector. Christy Watts, the former executive director, has retired.• Michael D....
Report: Share of millennial homebuyers continues to riseThe share of millennial homebuyers nationwide increased significantly over the past year. This group also is the most likely generation to use the internet to find the home they ultimately purchase and most likely to use a real estate agent.This is according to...
