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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2 wineries plan to move into new Kennewick wine village

December 14, 2016
Kristina Lord
The vision for a vibrant riverfront wine village in Kennewick that’s been a decade or so in the making now includes two wineries.[blockquote quote="The wineries … are going to be a real asset to our whole project at Columbia Drive." source="Skip Novakovich, president of the Port of Kennewick commissioners" align="right"...
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Tri-City students get wooed to manufacturing industry

November 15, 2016
Kristina Lord
Caleb Olson wants to be an engineer like his father and grandfather someday.The 17-year-old from Hanford High thinks getting a job and skills in the manufacturing industry would be a logical first step on that career path.He was one of about 40 students from three high schools who participated in...
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Women Helping Women raises $125,000 at annual luncheon

November 15, 2016
Kristina Lord
When 950 people get together to empower Tri-City area women and children, they’re able to raise a lot of money.This year’s 16th annual Women Helping Women Fund Tri-Cities collected about $125,000 on Oct. 13 in Pasco.That brings the total amount the nonprofit has raised to more than $2 million, funding...
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Family Home Care acquires AtHome Care

November 15, 2016
Kristina Lord
A longtime provider of in-home private health care in Eastern Washington and Idaho has bought AtHome Care, which has an office in Kennewick.Liberty Lake-based Family Home Care acquired AtHome Care, a 30-year provider of in-home services based in Boise, Idaho, with offices in Kennewick and Spokane. The acquisition was finalized...
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State to launch online marketplace to combat ‘retirement crisis’

November 15, 2016
Kristina Lord
The golden years imply the living is easy, affordable and carefree.The reality is that not very many people are financially prepared for life after retirement, according to a new study by AARP.“We have a retirement savings crisis,” said Cathy MacCaul, advocacy director for AARP Washington.Forty-five percent of Washington adults have...
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Social Security recipients to see modest bump in 2017

November 15, 2016
Kristina Lord
Social Security recipients will receive a modest increase in their benefits next year after getting no cost-of-living adjustments in 2016.Benefits for more than 65 million Americans will increase 0.3 percent in 2017, the Social Security Administration announced last month.The cost-of-living adjustment will begin with benefits payable to Social Security beneficiaries...
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Ag labor force training center to open in Kennewick

November 15, 2016
Kristina Lord
A training center for agricultural workers is scheduled to open Dec. 1. in Kennewick.Lacey-based Wafla, formerly known as Washington Farm Labor Association, opened in 2006 and this will be its first training center, said George Zanatta of Kennewick, Wafla’s chief operating officer.“We are planning to utilize the Kennewick office for...
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