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  • Amazon upping minimum pay, adding other worker benefits

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    Online retailer Amazon, which is expected to hire hundreds of additional workers in the Tri-Cities in the coming years, is looking to make its positions more appealing to potential employees. 
  • PNNL energy grid tool goes to market

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    A tool developed at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory aimed at helping utilities evaluate and identify problems with power plants as they respond to power grid disturbances is going commercial. 
  • Pretreatment facility restarts at Hanford site

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    The system that pretreats hazardous tank waste at the Hanford site before it can be transformed into glass is back online after a more than six-month shutdown. 
  • The Reach Museum.

    Richland PFD eyes $5M revamp of Reach Museum amphitheater

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    Trump nominates Pete Serrano for US attorney in western WA

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    Alcohol-free bottle shop to close

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    Drivers rejoice! Construction at Steptoe, Tapteal is complete

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    A Kennewick landmark

    Iconic grain elevator headed to auction

    A Tri-Cities landmark that has guided travelers, served as an inspiration to artists, and, more recently, played a role in the region’s communications network is up for grabs.

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    Dave’s Hot Chicken chain opening outlet in Pasco

    A new national fast-food chain is making plans to come to Pasco. Dave’s Hot Chicken is setting up shop in the former Subway restaurant at 7235 Burden Blvd. in Pasco.  

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    Amazon works to stem data center fears at Burbank open house

     

    Amazon hosted an open house in Burbank about its proposed data center in the Wallula Gap. Attendees questioned Amazon staff about reported issues connected to the company’s other data center facilities and shared their reservations about the project. 

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Banking & Wealth Management

  • Sheameehan
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    Will Washington’s income tax be gone before we pay it?

    Since Washington adopted its new income tax in March, the law has continued to generate intense debate. Yet with a constitutional challenge pending and a repeal measure headed to voters, many are asking a simple question: Will anyone ever pay it?

  • Michelleclary oct25
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    Consider these strategies to pursue more stable investing in AI

    AI has dominated economic headlines for several years now, but investing in the transformative potential of AI can still seem a murky area to investors who want to catch the wave of opportunities evoked by those headlines. 

  • Mattewpetersen
    Opinion

    The liquidity blind spot business owners often overlook

    Liquidity planning for business owners should begin well before any business sale transaction is considered. Unfortunately, for many business owners, the first time they think about building accessible liquidity is when an offer is being made to purchase their business, or a life event occurs that forces a change of ownership.

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Women in Leadership

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    State’s top teacher to give keynote at fall education summit

    This year’s Washington State Teacher of the Year – a Pasco High educator – is the keynote speaker at Washington State University Tri-Cities’ annual Education Summit.

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    BFHD’s top administrator built her career on connection, not credentials

    In nearly 13 years at Benton-Franklin Health District, the agency's district administrator worked her way from administrative assistant to district administrator – without the four-year degree many assumed the job required. Her approach to leadership, built on relationships rather than credentials, has shaped how the health district operates today.

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    Washington Roundtable leader pushes for crucial conversations amid growing business concerns

    The president of a nonprofit coalition of the state’s largest companies doesn’t deny business owners are feeling pressured from all sides. But Rachel Smith, president of Washington Roundtable, is “not part of the Chicken Little crowd."

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    Women overcome setbacks to lay foundation of new shop

    It’s been a story of setbacks and survival for two women trying to launch their business, but with luck and a lot of resilience, they’ve opened a shop in West Richland. 

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    Book lover finds her storybook ending in West Richland

    Amber Puzey is the first to tell you her shop, A Lettered Home, is not merely a bookstore – it’s a love letter to the city of West Richland, written with her own hand.

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    This Kennewick shop has connected generations of comics, game fans

    At this downtown Kennewick shop, new inventory arrives daily, the phone rings often, a rescue dog pines for pets, and owner Dan Sanders can usually tell you whether he has the card, comic, figure or game someone is hunting for, even if it is buried in the store’s crowded maze of shelves, boxes and back room inventory.

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Building Tri-Cities

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    Health First Urgent Care

    Health First Urgent Care has completed its renovation of the 4,431-square-foot facility at 5211 W. Clearwater Ave. in Kennewick.



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    Building Tri-Cities

    Pasco Goodwill Retail Store, Mission Services & Employment Connection Center

    Goodwill Industries of the Columbia Inc. is developing a new 35,000-square-foot facility at 7511 Wrigley Drive in Pasco, next to Walmart and Mid-Columbia Libraries West Pasco branch.



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    Century Pipe LLC Manufacturing Facility

    Century Pipe LLC has completed construction of a new 53,000-square-foot manufacturing facility at 1181 Railex Road in Burbank.



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  • Paulcasey
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    Courageous decision-making means pulling the trigger

    Courageous decision-making doesn’t mean eliminating fear. It means refusing to let fear make the decision for you.

  • Michelleclary oct25
    Opinion

    Consider these strategies to pursue more stable investing in AI

    AI has dominated economic headlines for several years now, but investing in the transformative potential of AI can still seem a murky area to investors who want to catch the wave of opportunities evoked by those headlines. 

  • Mattewpetersen
    Opinion

    The liquidity blind spot business owners often overlook

    Liquidity planning for business owners should begin well before any business sale transaction is considered. Unfortunately, for many business owners, the first time they think about building accessible liquidity is when an offer is being made to purchase their business, or a life event occurs that forces a change of ownership.

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