The Port of Kennewick is asking the public to weigh in as it updates its plan for the downtown waterfront.The planning area covers Clover Island and other port-owned property along East Columbia Drive in Kennewick.The port will give virtual overviews at 5 p.m. Monday, Aug. 3, and noon Tuesday, Aug....
Richland taps former employee as next leaderA former Richland educator will return as the district’s next superintendent.Shelley Redinger, who led the Spokane School District for the past eight years, is the district’s new choice to succeed longtime superintendent Rick Schulte, who retired June 30. Two prior superintendent picks did not...
Home furnishings retailer Tuesday Morning will close its Kennewick store after filing for protection from creditors under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code in May. Dallas-based Tuesday Morning Corp. (NASDAQ: TUES) informed customers of the decision via email on July 23. The company is conducting a store closing sale at 7411 W. Canal Drive until it shutters its doors. The off-price retailer specializes in home...
The state can file lawsuits against people or businesses that do not pay taxes, resulting in a judgment against property that person or business owns. Judgments are filed in Benton and Franklin Superior Court. The following is from the Franklin County Superior Court Clerk’s Office.Ram General Contractor LLC, unpaid Department...
The jobless rate fell sharply in June across Washington and in the Tri-Cities as local economies partly reopened under the Safe Start program, according to figures released July 21 by the Washington Employment Security Department. In the Tri-Cities, unemployment fell to 9.1%, down three full points from the 12.3% rate posted in May and...
Brad Fisher, a wealth manager, former Kennewick mayor and unflagging advocate for Tri-City control of the Columbia River shoreline, died July 19, 14 months after being diagnosed with glioblastoma, a type of brain cancer. He was 63. Fisher’s daughter, Chelsea Goff, announced his death Monday on Facebook. Goff said her father intended to retire when he was 70. Instead, doctors told...
As Tri-City business and civic leaders work to tame local Covid-19 infection rates so more businesses can open, some of the Mid-Columbia’ biggest employers say forgivable paycheck loans were a “lifeline” that helped them keep valuable employees.Benton and Franklin counties moved into a modified version of Phase 1 of Washington’s...
Tri-City home sales are defying the expectations of a stressed economy. But real estate insiders aren’t surprised.A tight inventory of homes for sale coupled with unprecedented low mortgage interest rates and an unemployment rate that’s lower than the rest of the state is keeping the market moving.The first five months...
Great disruptions can bring great opportunities.For Derrick Stricker, a Tri-City commercial real estate broker, working during the Great Recession in Chicago drove that idea home.Now, a decade older and working in the Mid-Columbia, he’s one of the many local entrepreneurs who see new opportunity in the Covid-19 pandemic.Or rather, an...
There’s no established playbook or business strategy for weathering the Covid-19 pandemic.The rules keep changing as the cases keep rising. Uncertainty seems the only certainty.But there’s a mindset we can adopt to help us to meet these challenges.Our former Secretary of Defense, retired Gen. Jim Mattis, offered insight on leading...
