The little runabout was so perfect, Roy Keck couldn’t help himself.When the like-new 1962 Dorsett El Dorado the color of harvest gold came up at auction, the boating enthusiast had to have her.The 15-foot fiberglass beauty had fewer than 90 hours on its Mercury 50 engine. The original owner garaged...
Jackson Contractor Group Inc. of Walla Walla breaks ground in July on the Pasco Fire Department’s long-anticipated new fire station and headquarters.Jackson submitted the winning bid of $7.5 million to build the 21,800-square-foot Fire Station 84, administrative offices and storage at 4929 W. Court St. The project is expected to...
Dutch Bros Coffee, the popular Oregon coffee chain with a dedicated fan base, will open its seventh local stand in Richland, where it has a deal to buy land on the road leading to the new Duportail Bridge.Bruce Barnes, a Pasco-based Dutch Bros franchisee, will buy a 42,000-square-foot site for...
While Lamb Weston and Mid-Columbia potato growers were dealing with an unexpected surplus of spuds this spring, Mid-Columbia asparagus farmers had a different tale to tell.They had the skilled cutters they needed to bring in the harvest and prices were strong. 2020 was a solid year for the iconic first...
Washington’s agricultural exporters faced brutal headwinds in 2019 and they are facing them again in 2020.Trade wars, retaliatory tariffs targeting the state’s most iconic crops and a new Pacific Rim trade alliance that didn’t include the U.S. marred the 2019 season, driving producers to seek new markets in Vietnam, the...
Growing conditions are strong on Washington hop farms but growers are curtailing expectations of modest growth as beer-drinking patterns shift and an entire industry is disrupted by the Covid-19 pandemic.The unknowns mean 2020 will look a lot like 2019, when the National Agricultural Statistics Service said Washington growers produced about...
Shaun Ehlers ended 2019 on a contented note.He’d opened a second edition of his small fashion boutique in Columbia Center mall in September.By year’s end, the Free Culture Clothing stores in downtown Kennewick and at the mall were breaking even.He knew the first few months of 2020 would be rough....
Airport seeks passenger inputThe Tri-Cities Airport is inviting those who traveled by air in the last 12 months to complete a survey about their future plans.The survey asks participants to share their thoughts on what will make them feel comfortable about traveling by air again.Go to flytricities.com/ psc-passenger-survey.The Covid-19 crisis...
The region’s largest potato processor sheds new light on french fry-making in its first-ever corporate sustainability report.Lamb Weston Holdings Inc. issued its 2020 Environmental, Social, and Governance Report on June 2. In it, the Eagle, Idaho-based company describes its corporate and environmental goals, the steps it is taking to meet...
Some of the finest homes in the Tri-Cities line the Pasco riverfront.Soon, renters will be able to call the Columbia River shoreline home too.The first 60-unit phase of a 288-unit luxury complex opens to residents in September at 2120 W. A St. in Pasco.Columbia River Walk, named for its intimate...
