A Kennewick developer will build restaurants, shops and other businesses at the Tri-Cities Airport Business Park after securing a 50-year lease for 2 1/2 acres with the Port of Pasco.The port signed off on the deal with The Landing LLC, which is led by John Hawley, in October.The site is...
Natural gas customers in Washington started seeing higherenergy bills beginning Nov. 1 due in part to last winter’s colder temperaturesand a 2018 gas pipeline explosion in British Columbia.The state Utilities and Transportation Commission recentlyapproved rate adjustments ranging from 4 percent to 15 percent for Avista,Cascade Natural Gas, NW Natural and...
General Manager/Executive Vice President of Benton Rural Electric AssociationMichael BradshawNumber of employees you oversee: 72 Brief background aboutyour electric cooperative:Benton REA is a not-for-profit, electric cooperativethat has been providing the people of Benton, Yakima and Lewis counties withhigh-quality, reliable service since 1937. Our structure of being owned andcontrolled by the...
Mission Support Allianceknows finding ways to reduce energy consumption at the Hanford site helpsshrink the site’s carbon footprint and reduce costs.MSA, the U.S. Departmentof Energy contractor, helps DOE and its contractors with energy management andequipment upgrades. MSA’s energy managementteam works with site contractors, often in the planning phase of theirprojects,...
Richland asks residents to register video systemsRichland residents are being asked to voluntarily register their videosurveillance systems with the police department to aid criminal investigations.The database will help investigators track down video when crimes occurin the community. Officers would ask participants in the Voluntary CameraPartnership, or VCP, to check their...
Whatdo Tri-Cities Area Journal of Business’ online readers love to read most?It’salways news about restaurants, developments and big contracts.Storiesabout the opening of a new Kennewick indoor playground for kids, a newBrazilian steakhouse and taco restaurant, and a massive West Richland housingdevelopment were among the stories receiving the most clicks this...
NEW HIRESLourdes Health has hired Dr. Dianna Lang as a pediatrician. Lang completed her residency at BronxCare Health System in New York. She has joined Dr. Paolo deVera and Dr. Geraldine Dizon at Lourdes Pediatric Services at Road 68 and Wrigley Drive in Pasco.Stephanie Button has been hired as the...
Kenyon Zero Storage isexpanding its cold storage complex after closing a $1.1 million deal for 21acres at the Port of Pasco’s Foster Wells Business Park.Kenyon will begin construction of a 202,000-square-foot facility to serve growing demand from the Pasco Processing Center. The addition is next to an existing 410,000-square-foot cold...
A controversial planto overhaul the state’s overtime rules will change the way tens of thousands ofworkers will be paid.The new rules increasethe minimum amount workers must earn to be exempt from overtime. Beginning July 1, thestate minimum salary threshold will increase to $675 a week, or $35,100 a year,for all...
The city of Pasco andthe Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation have agreed to negotiateterms for the tribes to pay for police, fire and other services as they move todevelop a casino and other amenities on land in the city.The Colvilles paid$10.8 million for 184 acres in early 2019, part...
