Volunteers are needed to serve as company advisers and judges for Enterprise Week, the Pasco School District’s 17th annual business simulation event for high school seniors.Seniors from Chiawana, New Horizons, and Pasco high schools get to experience the business world by developing a new product and working as a company...
Port commissions Latino heritage murals The Port of Kennewick has commissioned professional mural artist Andrew Reid to paint two murals focused on the Latino heritage in the Tri-Cities.Reid was selected by the port’s Latino Heritage Mural committee, which is chaired by Davin Diaz, through a search process from a pool...
Local veterinarians recognizedThe Washington State Veterinary Medical Association recognized several veterinarians, staff and citizens at its Pacific Northwest Veterinary conference in Spokane in early October.Dr. Lauren Neuhaus with Desert Veterinary Clinic in Richland was given the Recent Grad Award for her excellence as a practitioner and advocacy for animal health...
NEW BUSINESSESKagen Coffee & Crepes is now open at 270 Williams Blvd. The restaurant serves sweet and savory crepes and a variety of coffee drinks. Hours: 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday. Contact: Facebook.Northwest Motorsport has opened at 816 N. 28th Ave., Pasco. The dealership specializes in trucks...
Buses retrofitted to look like vintage trolleys began rolling through Tri-City streets on Nov. 16.Ben Franklin Transit decided two years ago to replace three aging vehicles with the low-floor buses designed to look like trolleys.The trolley replica package outfits a modern Gillig transit bus with solid oak seats, brass-colored stanchions,...
Benton County was among the top 10 counties in the state for highest taxable retail sales in the second quarter, according to figures released by the state Department of Revenue.Benton County’s sales grew to $979 million, or 3.7 percent, and Franklin County’s to $374 million, or 7.8 percent over the...
The owner of a Kennewick auto repair shop recently pled guilty for failing to pay more than $40,000 in state workers’ compensation payments.Rodney Eugene Dietrich, 41, was sentenced last month in Benton County Superior Court for employing workers without providing workers’ comp insurance, a gross misdemeanor offense.The state Department of...
Two Hanford contractors report they’ve exceeded their small business goals for the fiscal year.CH2M Hill Plateau Remediation Co. and Mission Support Alliance, both in Richland, are required to award contract dollars to small businesses when procuring goods and services to support cleanup at the Hanford site.CH2M Hill awarded more than...
The Tri-Cities posted its lowest unemployment rate of the year in September, 5.9 percent, up from 5.5 percent a year ago.The state’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate fell to 5.6 percent in September with the state adding 20,000 jobs, according to preliminary estimates from the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics.The state’s...
The Columbia Basin Badger Club is holding a forum on what a Trump-led America will look like.Proposals on term limits for Congress, immigration reform, trade, foreign, energy and economic policy along with tax cuts for everyone are being proposed by President-elect Donald Trump. The club’s two speakers plan to go...
