Kennewick’s new Goodwill store opened at 345 S. Columbia Center Blvd. on Aug. 30.This is the first Kennewick retail Goodwill store location to be built from the ground up. G2 Construction of Kennewick was the general contractor for the $3.1 million retail store and warehouse. Archibald & Co. Architects of...
Signs of new construction on the south side of Badger Mountain—includinga new service station and convenience store that will include a fast-foodchicken restaurant—signal more growth coming to the planned development that’sbeen years in the making.Badger Mountain South’s owner and developer Nor AmInvestments has an end-goal of building 5,000 household units,...
By Andrew KirkSeveral Tri-City employers and nonprofit leaderscriticized the state’s proposal to overhaul its worker overtime exemption ruleat a recent public hearing, citing concerns about their bottom lines andability to serve customers and clients.More than 50 people attended an Aug. 6 hearing inKennewick—one of seven meetings held across the state—to provide...
3 departments merged near Tri-Cities, expanded services coming to Prosser Theprocess of jumping through the required hoops to start new constructionprojects is set to run more efficiently in Benton County once a new “one-stopshop” opens in the Tri-Cities, replicating some services currently onlyavailable in Prosser. Themove will merge the county’s...
Following a successful effort to land a daily, nonstopflight to Los Angeles, the Tri-Cities Airport is setting a course for addingcapacity to existing routes. “I think that’s more realistic than trying to get somenew market when you don’t have any grant dollars,” said Buck Taft, director ofthe airport. “Add capacity...
A Benton County Superior Court judge hasissued a decision against a Kennewick company in one of its three pendinglawsuits.And the state Department of Labor andIndustries has found i-3 Global owes more than $18,000 in unpaid wages to eightformer employees. The business and its president, KristopherLapp, came under fire this spring...
By Andy PerdueOne of Washington’s topwinemakers has consolidated his operations in the Tri-City area.Andy Perdue, Wine Press Northwest Victor Palencia, owner ofPalencia Winery and Vino La Monarcha, recently closed his Walla Walla operationto focus on a tasting room and winemaking facility in downtown Kennewick and anew tasting room in West...
The past year has been a wild ride for the Boys and Girls Clubs of Benton and ranklin Counties.The nonprofit took over the Richland School District’s before- and after-school child care program in June 2018.
By Andrew KirkDespite recent ownership challenges, the Tri-Cities CancerCenter is not going anywhere and there will be no noticeable difference in itsoperations or the care it provides to cancer patients. That’s the message Chief Executive Officer Chuck DeGooyeris working hard to share.It’s an important message because a lot recently haschanged....
Athalia Clower has always wanted to help people.And she has done so for more than 25 years.“I have been a certified physician assistant (PA-C)since 1993,” said Clower in an email interview. “I started working for Kadlecduring March of 2010.”For Clower, this has been a high calling.But so has her charity...
