By Beau RuffMany business owners believe executive employment contracts are unnecessary. Or, that they might lose the ability to fire at-will. Beau Ruff,Cornerstone Wealth StrategiesPerhaps the employer believes having less specificity about the job, the employer maintains more flexibility and control.Business owners also can be put off by the amount...
By Marilou SheaBy the time you read this, The Food Pointe at the Port of Pasco will have launched its new lunch program in east Pasco. Marilou Shea,Food Truck AcademyYep, that’s right folks, another food truck pod is live in the Tri-Cities.Food trucks will serve up lunch from 10 a.m....
One of the big planning challenges for professional service organizations is attracting new talent — young doctors, lawyers, accountants and others — to ultimately take over the business or the practice, and facilitate the business succession strategy.
By Dennis Gisi Dennis Gisi, John L. Scott Real EstateI am finishing up my month-end reports for my John L. Scott Offices for September with the television in my office talking about yet another tropical storm.Last month it was the damage from hurricanes Harvey and Irma. They are truly catastrophic...
By R.J. Marx and Brenna Visser, The Daily Astorian, & TCAJOB staffThe owner of Richland’s newest waterfront hotel died Sunday morning at his home after a short illness. He was 64. Tom Drumheller, Escape LodgingTom Drumheller envisioned The Lodge at Columbia Point as a regional boutique hotel unique to the...
By Marilou SheaJust south of the Tri-Cities in Stanfield, Oregon, a hard-working couple raise calves to satisfy their customers’ insatiable taste for beef. Pat and Tammy Mallon own Pat-n-Tam’s Beef, a boutique beef processing company. Marilou Shea, Food Truck AcademyPat Mallon has been raising calves and selling them since he...
By Stacey DennyAnel Suarez credits a group of female colleagues for encouraging her to apply for a new position at Mission Support Alliance.Suarez said members of MSA’s Synergy Network bolstered her confidence to seek the promotion.“All of the women in the group were very supportive and encouraging. I’m not sure...
By Paul RandallIn late August, 862 juniors and seniors from area high schools crossed the threshold of Tri-Tech Skills Center in Kennewick to take the next step to improve their competitiveness in the job market and expand their post-secondary options. Paul Randall,Tri-Tech Skills CenterTri-Tech is a public school of choice...
By Laura KostadA national car parts store has decided expanding into the Tri-City market is a good idea.[blockquote quote="We’re the largest retailer of after-market auto parts in North America." source="Travis Timmons, general manager at the Kennewick store" align="right" max_width="300px"]Advance Auto Parts opened at 105 N. Ely St. in Kennewick in...
By Robin WojtanikA local broker is using paid actors to showcase how a listed house can be a home.Tri-Cities Life Real Estate of Kennewick has used this unusual approach for one of its higher-end home listings and has plans to shoot another video.Broker Steve Lambert isn’t making videos for every...
