Awards and Honors• Rich Breshears of Breshears Professional Photography in Kennewick has earned the photographic craftsman degree from Professional Photographers of America, a nonprofit photography trade association. The degree was presented at the association’s annual convention, Imaging USA, held Jan. 19-21 in Nashville, Tennessee. Breshears has met the standards of...
The Tri-City Regional Chamber of Commerce honored a prominent broadcaster and a newly retired executive from the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory with its prestigious Athena Awards. Tracci Dial and Peggy Vasquez were honored during the annual Athena Luncheon, the highlight of the Women in Business conference. The event was held Jan....
Catholic Charities of Eastern Washington stands to lose a $2 million grant after the Pasco City Council voted 4-3 against selling the site it wanted for a 52-unit apartment-style complex to serve chronically homeless Tri-Citians. The Spokane-based nonprofit has asked the city to help it salvage its plan to build the $13.2 million...
Starbucks Co. and Habit Burger expect to join MOD Pizza in a new strip mall taking shape in front of JCPenney at Columbia Center in Kennewick.The 7,363-square-foot building is being built on land recently sold to a Yakima developer known for building strip malls and hotels.Hogback Development Co., led by...
The Tri-Cities' favorite homegrown barbecue joint is moving out of the Richland spot where it all started. Porter’s Real Barbecue announced on Facebook it will move the Richland restaurant to a new strip mall at 1080 George Washington Way, near Homewood Suites by Hilton. The original Porter’s at The Parkway will close by the end of May. The move doesn’t affect Porter’s Kennewick or Pasco locations. Porter’s...
An Atlanta-based organization that offers a faith-based approach to health insurance has been banned from operating in Washington because it does not meet the legal definition of a “health share ministry.”
The Tri-City Development Council named a chief executive officer to succeed its longtime leader Carl Adrian. Karl Dye, president and CEO of Valley Vision Economic Development Association in Lewiston, Idaho, will take the reins in early February.TRIDEC announced its new director Jan. 24, two days after it feted Adrian for his 16 years...
Wave Division Capital to buy company’s Washington operations for $1.4 billionFrontier Communications customers may submit comments tostate regulators on the proposed sale of the company.The company announced in May 2019 that it has entered intoa definitive agreement to sell its operations and all associated assets inWashington, Oregon, Idaho, and Montana...
Pasco and Richland are beginning the new decade with newmayors, while Kennewick opted to retain its veteran.The three city councils each voted for a new mayor andmayor pro tem at their first meetings in January. The three cities have a council-manager form ofgovernment. The councils elect mayors to serve two-year...
MOD Pizza confirms it will open its second Tri-City location this summer. MOD, specializing in made-to-order pizza and salads, will be one of three businesses housed in a new strip mall taking shape in the parking lot of Columbia Center mall, the region’s largest retail center. Charlotte Wayte, spokeswoman for Seattle-based MOD Pizza, said the chain will...
