By Don C. BrunellToday, many elected officials are fixated on tearing down coal-fired power plants and replacing them with solar and wind farms. But that isn’t practical, because when there is no wind or sunlight those plants produce no electricity.There is an alternative.Nuclear power plants supply 10 percent of world’s...
The Tri-City Regional Chamber of Commerce distributed $30,000 in grants to local small businesses through its 2015 Small Business Incentive Program. The awards were announced at the Chamber’s BIZCON Network Tri-Cities Luncheon.More than 400 people attended the luncheon and the event, which was held at TRAC in Pasco on Oct....
BANKRUPTCIESBankruptcies are filed under the following chapter headings:Chapter 7 — Straight Bankruptcy: debtor gives up non-exempt property and debt is charged.Chapter 11 — Allows companies and individuals to restructure debts to repay them.Chapter 12 — Allows family farmers to restructure finances to avoid liquidation for foreclosure.Chapter 13 — Plan is...
The Allied Arts Association in Richland was started by a group of women whose husbands worked for the Manhattan Project at Hanford in 1943. Two silk mosaic creations, by Las Vegas artist Prince Duncan-Williams, hang in the Allied Arts Gallery at 89 Lee Blvd., Richland. The large artworks look like...
The new U-Pull-It Auto Parts will be complete in February at 802 S. Oregon Ave. in Pasco at the corner of Oregon Avenue and A Street.The automotive parts and accessories store consists of two Nucor pre-engineered steel buildings, which were supplied and erected by general contractor CRF Metal Works.Each building...
[blockquote quote="This is the first time we’ve had dancers from both of those companies — so we’ve very excited to have them" source="Debra Rogo, Artistic Director of the Mid-Columbia Ballet" align="right" max_width="300px"]TheNutcracker is as synonymous with the holidays as gingerbread cookies and pumpkin spice mochas. For many families, attending a...
[blockquote quote="My goal is for every women to leave the shop feeling beautiful." source="Amanda Kuhn, Pink Pearl owner" align="right" max_width="300px"]The frustration of customers being treated like numbers, rather than being respected as people, while shopping at large retailers led Amanda Kuhn to launch her own independent women’s clothing shop in...
Fair gives to 2nd HarvestThe Benton Franklin Fair donated $2,484 to 2nd Harvest Tri-Cities to help fight hunger and feed hope in the community. The fair donated $2 for each adult admission ticket sold on opening day before 2 p.m. An additional $412 was raised during the People’s Choice vote...
[blockquote quote="We always have a wide variety of vendors that have something to offer to a broad spectrum of different commodities" source="Colin Hastings, the Pasco Chamber’s Executive Director" align="right" max_width="300px"]The Pasco Chamber of Commerce has changed the name of its popular January expo to the Eastern Washington Ag Expo.Colin Hastings, the...
Construction on the second building of Boulder Heights Plaza is nearly complete at 3801 S. Zintel Way in Kennewick.Conner Construction was the general contractor on the 4,500-sq.-ft., single story building that has two professional suites. Jason M. Archibald of ALD Architects in Richland designed the buildings. Doug and Carrie Lundgren...
