By Beau RuffYour property can be taken from you even though you have ostensibly done nothing wrong. You have paid your bills, you are current on your taxes, and you have exercised customary precautions in the acquisition and ownership of your property. Whether you like it or not, whether it’s...
By Andrew KirkKennewick entrepreneurReid Lunde named his company Kaizen Speed after the Japanese business term forcontinuous improvement. Since 2005, Kaizen Speed has been steadily growing, andin November won a prestigious industry award for Lunde’s new prototype. Fifteen years ago,Lunde was attending Columbia Basin College and started Kaizen Speed in borrowedspace...
By Andy PerdueThe Tri-Cities is philosophically and geographically in the heart of Washington wine country. And when the federal government approves a new American Viticultural Area north of Pasco, where some of the state’s oldest vines were planted nearly a half-century ago, the region’s position in the wine industry will...
Inthe coming decade, investors are betting that hydrogen will become a prominentfuel that can eliminate carbon dioxide discharges from the vehicles it energizes.Accordingto the U.S. Energy Information Administration, the transportation sector hasdominated the growth in U.S. carbon dioxide emissions since 1990, accountingfor 69 percent of the total increase. Itis important...
By Andrew KirkWith a nuclear reservation, national laboratory and cutting-edge agricultural processing in the Tri-Cities’ backyard, Jeff Leskovar expected Mitsubishi’s plug-in hybrid electric vehicle Outlander would be well received.“We thought they’d bepopular with Hanford scientists, a high-tech product like this,” he said. “Butwe sell a lot of them to Spokane.”Almost...
By Todd MyersShould Washington state risk 11 years of salmon recovery funding on something scientists believe will do little to increase salmon populations? How about eliminating electricity generation equivalent to every solar panel and wind turbine in Washington state? Essentially,those arguing we need to destroy the Snake River dams suggest...
By Andrew KirkSIGN Fracture Care International ends its 20th year in business with a goal to more than triple the number of patients it serves each year over the next five years. Doctors trained byRichland-based SIGN treat long-bone fractures in 30,000 people per year indozens of developing countries. The nonprofit...
Tyler Russell By Tyler RussellYour Better Business Bureau Northwest and Pacific wants you to be safe navigating the world when your money and personal information are involved. Scams popping up in your backyard are a fact of life, but we don’t have to be happy about it, and we can...
By D. Patrick JonesIn this year-in-review issue, I’d like to look forward – far forward to the impacts of early childhood education in at least a couple decades. This is not the usual stuff of my columns, but the topic has significant implications for the future, including economic ones, of...
By Beau RuffPersonal liability exposure is an important planning consideration. A person should be able to identify potential risks and assess means to mitigate those risks with the ultimate goal of reducing liability and the costs associated with the liability. In the world of liability, “man’s best friend” presents notable...
