By Ted Escobar, Daily Sun NewsKnown for its low prices for common grocery items, Grocery Outlet will open a new store in Sunnyside. The store will open at 2600 Yakima Valley Highway, in the former Kmart building.Grocery Outlet spokeswoman Kelly O’Rourke said construction will start soon.“Delivering thrilling deals has become our mission,” O’Rouke said. “It’s...
By David ForsythPlants are the ultimate energy-conversion machine, taking energy from sunlight along with carbon dioxide to produce plant biomass and oxygen. Wine grapes, like many plants, will store some of this energy as sugar in the fruit. David ForsythThe grapevine using the captured energy, along with water, nitrogen and...
By Emily Goodell, Yakima Valley Business TimesNestled inside Desert Wind Winery in Prosser is Jade Visser’s pride and joy: Jade’s British Girl Treats, a confection shop, bakery and deli.Every day, Visser crafts chocolate concoctions and English toffee, designs delicate desserts and — most importantly to her — finds daily enjoyment...
By Dave Leder, Yakima Valley Business TimesStandard Paint & Flooring has been busy this spring — busier, perhaps, than at any other time in its 64-year history.During the past month, the Yakima-based home décor chain not only opened two new showrooms in Richland and Sunnyside, but also improved its online...
By Beau RuffWhy in the world would I write about such an esoteric issue as the disclaimer trust? Simply put, it is one of the best and most frequently used trusts by estate planning attorneys to reduce or eliminate the estate tax and provides great flexibility in your own estate...
By Josh KandleSometimes when I talk about search engine optimization, or SEO, with people, I can actually see their eyes glaze over. This is especially true when the topic of citations comes up.The question I get most is: what exactly is a citation? Josh Kandle,Cougar Digital Marketing & DesignHint: It’s...
By T. Michael TallmanI can still remember the days of working with my dad and grandpa on the farm. Each fall while they were driving a harvester, I drove a truck to get our crops to market. It always seemed like we spent more time on repairs and maintenance of...
By D. Patrick JonesThe Tri-Cities prides itself on being a bit different from the rest of Eastern Washington. So is its manufacturing sector. Unlike most metro areas this side of the state, manufacturing here doesn’t loom among the top five sectors by employment. As Benton Franklin Trends indicator 3.3.4 shows,...
By David ForsythMaking a wine is an active process. A winery is a functional factory, like any other production facility. The factors are the raw materials, in this case grapes, and the available technology to blend them.The process begins with growing the grapes, then harvesting the grapes and crushing or...
By Marilou SheaI’m still in mourning over the wrenching tale of what happened to our Washington asparagus industry.In the late 1980s, asparagus was a thriving industry in the fresh and processed markets with 32,000 acres of the green spears shooting up from the fertile soils in Franklin, Walla Walla and...
