Crumbl Cookies, the Utah-based dessert juggernaut, is continuing its expansion into the Tri-Cities with plans for a Kennewick location.Ranae and Matt Rusk of Pasco will open Crumbl Cookies at 1102 N. Columbia Center Blvd., a former GameStop location outside the Kennewick Target. The Kennewick shop is the second Tri-City outlet...
Jersey Mike’s Subs is building not one but two restaurants in the Tri-Cities. The New Jersey-based company confirmed it has leased space in a new strip mall at 1659 N. Columbia Center Blvd., in the parking lot of JCPenney. It will be sandwiched between a Starbucks coffee shop that opened recently, as well as the future outpost for Kennewick’s first MOD Pizza. Jersey...
Cathy and John Franklin were vacationing with family in Arizona one year ago and watching television when former President Donald Trump advised citizens to avoid groups of more than 10.As the couple watched the president and Dr. Anthony Fauci address the Covid-19 threat, they felt the weight of the coming...
Trios Health is moving its birthing center to Southridge, a move that could accelerate plans to transform the former Kennewick General Hospital into a detoxification and recovery center for Tri-Citians facing drug addiction and mental health disorders.If everything comes together, the birthing center and Two Rivers Rehabilitation Center both will...
It took 10 years of meticulous planning, but a modern take on a military armory is taking shape in north Richland.The Washington Army National Guard is building a $15 million, 40,000-square-foot readiness center at Horn Rapids Industrial Park to serve a 150-member Stryker Infantry Unit.It will be ready by spring...
One of Paul Baugher’s favorite memories of growing up in Richland involves snow.On the rare occasions it accumulated, Baugher and his friends would slip into smooth-soled shoes and hold onto the bumper of a slow-moving car as it pulled them across compact snow and ice.The child nearest the tailpipe would...
Viticulturist Matt Halldorson came from Arizona to make the vineyards of the Yakima Valley his professional home, working most recently for the biggest of the big, Ste. Michelle Wine Estates.In February, he made another big move when he left the mega producer to join Kiona Vineyards and Winery, the family-owned...
In a little more than two years, Pasco’s Grocery Outlet validated the decision to open on Road 68.Of the 150 or so Grocery Outlets dotting the Northwest, Pasco recorded the biggest growth in sales in 2020, said Charles Grimm, who operates the store with his wife, Janice.The Grimms opened the...
A state grant is helping a West Richland custom slaughter business grow to meet rising demand from small farmers and ranchers.Gene’s Custom Slaughter, owned since 1993 by Stacy McCorkle, used the grant to buy and equip two trucks to travel to customers through the Mid-Columbia. McCorkle is training his son...
A West Richland couple is betting a popular Pasco pizza restaurant known for its pickle face and beer garden pizza specials will thrive in the heart of Kennewick.Bethany and Ryan Pierson opened the second edition of Rocco’s Pizza March 20 at 7911 W. Grandridge Blvd., former home of Pacific Pasta...
