Last spring, WSU Tri-Cities announced a new degree program after the university’s faculty senate approved expanding the Hospitality Business Management Degree to the Richland campus.[blockquote quote="One of the main reasons for bringing the program here is because of the growing wine industry." source="Dr. Robert Harrington, professor of hospitality at WSU"...
Nine-year-old Ameliea Olheiser carefully cut sample slices of her Breakfast Tostada for the judges. She was representing Cascade Elementary School in the Kennewick School District’s 2016 Sodexo Future Chefs Challenge in February at Tri-Tech Skills Center in Kennewick.Olheiser beat out 14 other young chefs representing their Kennewick elementary schools in...
The Kennewick Public Facilities District received the nod from the Kennewick City Council in February to pursue voter approval of a .2 percent sales tax to fund a $35 million theater and expansion at the Three Rivers Convention Center.Corey Pearson, executive director of the Three Rivers Campus, has been seeking...
Plans for Columbia Gardens, an urban wine and artisan village to be built on the north side of Columbia Drive near the Cable Bridge in Kennewick will need to be amended. Bids for the project came in about $1 million higher than expected and were rejected by Port of Kennewick...
It’s the little details that will make Dupus Boomers a big attraction when it opens in April in Richland.[blockquote quote="We’re exciting to be providing something new and different in Richland." source="Carla Markel, co-owner of Markel Properties" align="right" max_width="300px"]From the floor up, the new restaurant will offer Richland diners a new...
Restaurateur Cindy Goulet’s latest project, Lu Lu Craft Bar & Kitchen, is just weeks away from opening.[blockquote quote="Construction is going very well. We’re down to the nitty gritty now, the interior, the appliances, tables and chairs." source="Cindy Goulet, owner of Lu Lu Craft Bar & Kitchen" align="right" max_width="300px"]“Construction is going...
Goodwill Industries has completed a remodel of its Goodwill Retail Store at 201 Wellsian Way in Richland.The remodel of the 19,372-sq.-ft. store was necessary to improve the shopper experience, including the productivity and efficiency of the check-out areas, update the dressing rooms and bathrooms, and to add a new employee...
Meier Architecture Engineering has moved into its new offices at 12 W. Kennewick Ave. in Historic Downtown Kennewick.Meier Architecture Engineering purchased the 16,000-sq.-ft. building from Kennewick Irrigation District and the parking lot across the street from the building in 2015 for $915,000, then invested a significant amount in remodeling and...
Construction on the new 22,200-sq.-ft. HomeGoods store has started. The new building at Columbia Center will be adjacent to Old Country Buffet.HomeGoods is a low-price home fashion store owned by TJX, which also owns the T.J. Maxx and Marshalls brands of low-price retailers.Moorefield Construction of Santa Ana, Calif. if the...
As part of Pacific Northwest National Laboratory’s plan to modernize its campus, it start construction on a new 20,000-sq.-ft. collaboration center this year.PNNL went out to bid on the project in late January and will name the general contractor in mid-April.Greg Koller, PNNL’s manager of external communications, said they also...
