Brett Lott’s entry in the 2022 Parade of Homes was everything a move-up buyer in the Tri-Cities could want.Upscale south Richland address? Check. Comfortable home office? Check. Well-appointed kitchen overlooking an elegant living room with coffered ceiling and a custom-built mantle over the fireplace? Check, check and check.But four months...
As local emergency rooms, urgent care centers and walk-in clinics fill with patients reporting respiratory distress, Tri-City doctors have a plea to employers: Be flexible.If an employee calls in sick, do not require a note from a doctor.Sick employees who can’t immediately access doctors often turn to emergency rooms that...
A small Kennewick nonprofit is rebranding itself as demand rises for its English classes.Family Learning Center, now B5, offers English classes and a range of other services to support clients director Theresa Roosendaal prefers to call “newcomers,” often refugees arriving from Afghanistan, Somalia, Central America and other spots.The new name...
The Falls will marry apartments and commercial space in a single development in Kennewick’s Southridge area.It promises to be one of the first true mixed-use project in Kennewick and to showcase the ambitions of its builder, Pasco’s Elite Construction + Development.Mixing uses in a single development is not new, but...
The Washington Army National Guard welcomed a 150-member company of soldiers to its $14.2 million Richland Readiness Center on National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day on Dec. 7.It took 10 years to conceive, fund and build Richland’s first armory and the first new National Guard facility in Benton County since the...
Local Bounti Corp. has resumed construction of a $40 million project to establish commercial greenhouses in east Pasco following a months-long pause while it absorbed the purchase of a California rival.Local Bounti will cultivate live lettuce, herbs and leafy greens sold through groceries. It is not a cannabis company.The Pasco...
The Washington Department of Financial Services has issued a fresh warning to residents to be cautious about investing in “unregulated” products in light of the failures of FTX and BlockFi, the cryptocurrency exchanges that collapsed into bankruptcy.“Today, more than ever, it’s important for investors to be fully aware of the...
The ink was barely dry on a $39 million road improvement plan for Pasco’s Broadmoor area when Big Sky Developers dispatched excavators.Big Sky’s heavy equipment as much as anything signifies development is coming to Broadmoor, the 1,200-plus acre collection of sand dunes that has long been the spot where Pasco...
As nights get longer and colder, staff at the Tri-City Union Gospel Mission shelter for women face an unenviable task.When the shelter is full, they’re forced to turn away women and children seeking accommodations as they escape domestic violence, poverty, substance abuse and the myriad other challenges that leave them...
Veterans Warehouse Thrift was moving to clear its 40,000-square-foot store on Nov. 11 in anticipation of a 72-hour eviction notice. The store announced it was selling its entire inventory at 50% off on Friday, Nov. 11 and 75% on Saturday, Nov. 12 and invited organizations that serve the homeless to take any...
