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Kristina Lord

Kristina Lord

Kristina Lord has more than 20 years of journalism experience and has been editor of the Tri-Cities Area Journal of Business and Senior Times since July 2016. She spent more than 17 years at the Tri-City Herald and also worked at weekly newspapers in Prosser, Grandview and Yelm. She was a longtime member of the Society of Professional Journalists’ William O. Douglas chapter and is a board member of Warrior Sisterhood, a Tri-Cities Cancer Center support group. She and her husband have two daughters and they live in West Richland.

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Experts call Tri-City commercial real estate market ‘hot’

January 16, 2018
Kristina Lord
Standard Paint and Flooring buys vacant Staples building for store expansionCommercial real estate growth in the Tri-Cities continues to mirror the region’s robust residential housing growth.“The market is hot,” said Vicki Monteagudo, a broker and principal with NAI Tri-Cities Commercial in Richland.Key growth areas in the Tri-Cities for commercial real...
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Love of softball keeps Kennewick business owner fit and focused

January 16, 2018
Kristina Lord
When Connie Wormington isn’t running one of her three businesses, she can usually be found on the softball field.A love for the game has helped keep the 69-year-old Kennewick woman fit, healthy and focused over the years.“It’s the thrill of hitting the ball and making a base hit. It’s tough...
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Construction underway for Richland’s pancake restaurant

January 11, 2018
Kristina Lord
Construction is underway on the Tri-Cities’ second The Original Pancake House and if the winter weather cooperates, it could be open by summer.The 4,544-square-foot restaurant at 424 Keene Road in Richland, in front of Yoke’s Fresh Market, will offer occupancy for 214 people and a covered patio area, according to...
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Trios Health cuts more staff amid financial crisis

January 11, 2018
Kristina Lord
More Trios Health employees lost their jobs in January amid continued financial challenges throttling Kennewick’s public hospital district.Among the most recent issues are: Twenty employees losing their jobs Jan. 19. Declining patient volume. Delayed reimbursement for services to the tune of $11 million over five years. Resignation of Trios’ chief...
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Areva NP gets new (old) name

January 4, 2018
Kristina Lord
Areva NP is now called Framatome.The international company’s Richland plant supplies fuel and fuel-related products for commercial pressurized water reactors and boiling water reactors.Framatome isn’t an unfamiliar name to Areva. The company changed its name to Areva NP in 2006.Resurrecting the Framatome name won’t affect much at the Richland plant,...
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American Cancer Society closes Kennewick office

December 14, 2017
Kristina Lord
Fate of Tri-City-based Relay for Life, Making Strides fundraiser walks uncertainThe Kennewick office of the American Cancer Society ended its 25-year run in the Tri-Cities.The nonprofit shuttered its doors at 7325 W. Deschutes Ave. on Dec. 8.The closure was part of a larger regional downsizing to be more cost-effective, said...
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Father, son run their separate insurance agencies as one business

December 14, 2017
Kristina Lord
Jerad Groth owns Pasco Allstate agency, his dad owns one in RichlandJerad Groth didn’t plan to follow his father’s footsteps into the insurance business.But he’s glad he did.The young entrepreneur bought an established Allstate agency in Pasco in 2011 at age 25.“Since 2011, we’ve nearly doubled our clientele and grown...
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Longtime hearing clinic to combine offices at new Kennewick location

December 14, 2017
Kristina Lord
Forty years after opening two separate hearing clinics, Columbia Basin Hearing Center will launch a combined clinic at the beginning of the year in Kennewick.Doctor-owners Shannon and Neil Aiello bought the old Center Vision Clinic building at 4015 W. Clearwater Ave. in Kennewick.The Richland office on Van Giesen Street and...
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Grocery Outlet, Planet Fitness, Dollar Tree under construction at Road 68 development

December 14, 2017
Kristina Lord
A new $5 million, 13-acre development off Road 68 will be anchored by Pasco’s first Grocery Outlet and Planet Fitness, as well as a Dollar Tree store.The Sandifur Crossing development is under construction at the corner of Road 68 and Sandifur Parkway, adjacent to Gesa Credit Union.Signed leases are in...
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Couple challenges community to match pledge to Meals on Wheels

November 15, 2017
Kristina Lord
Tom Seim wasn’t sure anyone would step up to match his $10,000 pledge.The Richland man threw out the challenge in July, vowing to contribute up to $10,000 to the Mid-Columbia Meals on Wheels program if others in the community donated the same amount.The donations were slow in the beginning of...
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