Rosemary Merckx, 95, has a studio in her apartment where she paints what inspires her. She’d taken a break from art for a while, but then during the height of the Covid-19 pandemic, she had a renaissance of sorts.
The company’s “knowing and fraudulent conduct resulted in the loss of many millions of dollars to the United States, while jeopardizing the safety of Hanford site workers, the public, and the environment by failing to effectively use public dollars to perform critical fire protection work,” prosecutors said.
Vatik Dulo of the Camas, Washington-based Akula Group and investor Ryan Foster are negotiating to buy a 13,077-square-foot parcel in the former airport that's now envisioned as a vibrant, walkable mixed-use development. A purchase and sale agreement is expected to come before the Port of Kennewick commission soon.
Kylee Sullivan owns and operates multiple child care locations serving more than 1,000 kids in the Tri-Cities – and she's not showing any signs of slowing down.
"There are so many neat things going on here, and we're excited to be part of that growth," said Kagen Cox, who bought the building for $650,000 in November with Kellen Adcock.
Two new lifesaving devices are being installed at Badger Mountain to help improve outcomes if someone goes into cardiac arrest while hiking or riding on the trails. The automated external defibrillators, or AEDs, are going in at Trailhead Park at the base of the hill, and at the Badger summit.