Some consider the world full of annoying sounds — buzzing cell phones, honking cars, kids playing and people chattering.[blockquote quote="Without hearing, you’re disconnected from the world." source="Dr. Neil Aiello, owner of Columbia Basin Hearing Center" align="right" max_width="300px"]For others the world is silent.Imagine if you’d never heard the first cries of...
Food for Fines DriveThe Mid-Columbia Library will have its annual Food for Fines Drive through Dec. 31. Library customers can pay their fines using non-perishable food items. Each food item counts as $1 toward overdue fines, up to $10 per account. All food will be donated to local food banks...
Lifequest Fitness at 4215 Convention Place in Pasco has completed an addition that added two new swimming pools, two hot tub/Jacuzzis, a steam room and a dry sauna.CMS Builders was the general contractor on the $1 million, 5,600-sq.-ft. addition. McCue & Associates was the project’s architect. .The new swimming pools...
H & N Electric has completed a 45,000-sq.-ft. expansion of its facility at 4224 E. B St. in Pasco.DGR Grant Construction Inc. of Richland was the general contractor on the project, which provides space at H & N Electric’s headquarters for one of the largest generator motor repair service centers...
Haberling Financial Group is merging its wealth management business into a newly-formed subsidiary of Community First Bank in Kennewick.[blockquote quote="We are the only locally-owned bank in the Tri-Cities and we will now be the only locally-owned trust company." source="Eric Pearson, president of Community First Bank" align="right" max_width="300px"]The transaction is subject...
You can’t drive very far around the Tri-Cities without seeing new buildings rising, backhoes leveling land or tell cranes moving steel beams into place.The new Fairchild 12-plex movie theater opened last week in Richland’s Queensgate shopping area. In Kennewick, Kadlec has started construction on a new primary care clinic and...
This holiday season rekindle the longstanding fascination of toy trains and locomotives at Christmas during the Northern Pacific Railway’s Toy Train Christmas event in Toppenish.[blockquote quote="We have over a hundred volunteers to help make this happen." source="Judy Boekholder, event organizer for Northern Pacific Railway's Toy Train Christmas" align="right" max_width="300px"]The popular event...
There’s a maker movement gaining momentum in the Tri-Cities and it was never more apparent than on the first-ever Mini Maker Faire put on by Barnes & Noble in early November. The event was open to all ages and allowed participants to interact with the local maker community through product...
Faamausili selectedLaauli Faamausili, a crop insurance manager for Basin Pacific in Kennewick, has been chosen to participate in Class 38 of the AgForestry Leadership Program. The program offers leadership development for those who work in the natural resource industries and related services in Washington state. As a member of the...
NEW BUSINESSESAnn’s Best Creole and Soul Food Café has opened at 1901 Terminal Dr. in the Richland Airport. The restaurant serves Cajun and creole soul food and is open for breakfast and lunch. The hours are 6:30 a.m. – 3 p.m. Monday – Saturday. For more information call 509-947-3011. The...
