A Prosser food manufacturer has begun a major expansion project in advance of moving its puree operations from Oregon to the Lower Yakima Valley.Tree Top Inc. will close its Medford, Oregon, plant and move the production line to Prosser in 2023, bringing with it 40 new jobs. The Prosser plant,...
Rolls of blueprints for new buildings – including a $78 million hospital complex – and plans for new developments are piled on chairs and tables in the Prosser Building Department’s temporary office.Steve Zetz, Prosser’s community development director, said there’s a lot of work ahead for his team, pointing to the...
Plans are underway to replace a traffic circle with traffic lights at a key intersection connecting Richland to West Richland.The city of West Richland wants to remove the circle where Bombing Range and Keene roads intersect to reduce backups and delays.Designed in 2001, the traffic circle was intended to last...
A group of Tri-City builders is turning its focus away from commercial development to focus on multifamily projects.It’s a strategy that appears to be a smart business move for Urban Range LLC.Four partners make up the LLC which brings together under one umbrella a group of experienced builders with businesses...
West Richland often is called the Tri-Cities’ bedroom community.Plenty more bedrooms were built in the past year and more are coming with the buildout of the Heights at Red Mountain Ranch.The west end of the city saw a boom of new home construction in 2021.In 2020, the city recorded a...
The proprietor of Headstones by Cemetery Tim makes death look cool.That’s what some of his clients have told him over the years.But Tim Morris isn’t trying to look cool. He’s going for approachable.His headstone company is based in Yakima but he recently opened a showroom in downtown Pasco.His front door...
Pieces of the Franklin County Historical Museum’s collection are scattered throughout the county.Some are stored in the basement of the Pasco police station.Some are tucked into the Kahlotus Grange Hall.The Port of Pasco is storing some items for the museum. Past museum board members opened up their barn space. The...
When you join a cancer support group, you inevitably have to say goodbye to friends. Over the years, this has been the hardest part of serving on the board of Warrior Sisterhood, a program offered through Kadlec Tri-Cities Cancer Center.I recently added another name to my ever-growing list of those cancer took too soon: Libby Boothe, 44, of Kennewick. She died in hospice care...
The 2021 pandemic prompted plenty of Tri-City businesses to reassess and regroup.For Jim and Karen Pridemore, the pause allowed them to double down on the mission close to their heart: to help young adults on the autism spectrum.Their son Tyler is on the spectrum.“It allowed us to say, ‘What now?’...
Triple-digit weather. Frigid temperatures. Notorious Tri-City winds. Smoke-filled summer skies.These will no longer be reasons to cancel tee time, thanks to the arrival of Divots Golf in Richland later this month.The Walla Walla-based Divots Golf specializes in the growing sport of virtual golf, offering competitive virtual games to casual and...
