CERTIFICATIONMaria Alleman, convention sales manager of Visit Tri-Cities, earned her certified faith-based meeting professional credentials through the Religious Conference Management Association in October. The association’s certification program is designed to equip meeting professionals in the essentials of faith-based meeting planning. Certification is valid for five years, after which time, those...
Stories highlighting the need to shop early for the holidays as supply chain issues clog the path from factory to store shelves have been grabbing headlines since September.With the arrival of Christmas with the next flip of the calendar page, there’s an easy solution to avoid supply chain issues.Head to...
By Wendy Culverwell and Kristina LordCindy Mosley-Cleary took over a gift shop in downtown Kennewick about six years ago and made it her own, packing it with charming pick-me-ups and home décor items.She may be relatively new at owning a retail business, but she had decades of retail sales experience...
Junus KhanCarbitex Inc., the Kennewick tech manufacturer that turns carbon fabric into flexible carbon composites, had a choice to make when it debuted in 2012.Its patented, flexible-yet-rigid composite material could be used in any number of products. Junus Khan, founder and chairman, had to figure out which one to target.Four...
Years after a Richland entrepreneur launched a business and grew it into an established IT support provider, a Utah company has acquired it, transforming Elevate into Executech.The service will stay local, all jobs will remain, and the former CEO of Elevate, Paul Carlisle, is proud to report that each employee...
Washington State University Tri-Cities has launched a new Entrepreneurs in Residence program to provide students with direct connections to successful entrepreneurs for mentorship opportunities.Through the program, students can meet with entrepreneurs to receive free advice, coaching and networking connections for potential partnerships.Regional entrepreneurs Christina Lomasney and Paul Carlisle are excited...
2 restaurants tie for best tacos in Pasco Taco CrawlTrejo’s Mexican Restaurant and Super Quesadilla Gigante, both in Pasco, tied as winners in this year’s Taco Crawl, both receiving the “Best Taco in Pasco” award.More than 8,000 tacos were consumed during the fifth annual event, which ran from Oct. 1-16.The...
The late developer Robert “Bob” Young liked to give his apartment complexes dignified names.The Villas. Washington Square. Broadmoor. Jadwin Stevens. Highlands.Young, who lived in San Francisco but left a mark on the Tri-City landscape, died in 2014 at age 82.The company he founded, once known as Robert Young and Associates,...
Shorter days and cooler temperatures are tell-tale signs that autumn has arrived.Unfortunately, another sign of the season is the beginning of increased flu activity. Flu season can last from autumn to as late as May, peaking between December and February.According to a study published by the Centers for Disease Control...
Judge Dan Kathren expected miracles in 2019, when Benton County launched a special court to help veterans charged with crimes turn their lives around.Forty veterans and 20 graduates later, he has not been disappointed.“It’s absolutely doing what we were hoping it would,” said Kathren, a seasoned Benton County District Court...
