Community First Bank recently underwent a rebranding to modernize its curb appeal and to unify its different business lines, which now include wealth management, trust services and home mortgages.Formed in 1997, Community First Bank, headquartered in Kennewick with branches in Richland, Pasco and Connell, is the longest running community bank...
By Annie FowlerThe most iconic trophy in sports made an appearance in the Tri-Cities last month, helping to raise $15,000 for the Responding to Autism Center in Kennewick.The Stanley Cup, the guest of former NHL goalie Olie Kolzig, made an appearance Oct. 23 at the Carson Kolzig Foundation in Kennewick...
Imagine driving down to Columbia Park and playing a few holes of golf.And when you envision golf, it doesn’t necessarily have to be the kind played with a club and small white ball – although it could.It also could mean kicking a ball into a bigger hole, called foot golf,...
Business has been good for the only Firehouse Subs restaurant in the area.The Burbank franchise has done so well that another is planned – along with a Sun Market convenience store and gas station – in the Badger Canyon area in Kennewick.Shawn Sanderson, division manager for Kennewick’s Sun Pacific Energy,...
The Tri-City Union Gospel Mission’s new, nearly 40,000-square-foot men’s facility in downtown Pasco is due to open before the end of the year.As the Columbia Basin’s only homeless shelter, the mission serves as a safety net for some of the most vulnerable people in the community, providing alcohol recovery programs,...
An expansion plan approved nearly 20 years ago is underway for the local chapter of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers.IBEW Local 112 is building a new $3.4 million union hall that includes an auditorium on vacant land at 114 N. Edison St. in Kennewick, just south of West Clearwater...
Perfection Glass, a residential and commercial glass supplier, recently completed tenant improvements to an existing two-story building at 1238 Columbia Park Trail in Richland.The two buildings on the 2.5-acre site are about 18,000 square feet and 2,500 square feet in size, respectively.The building was transformed from a boat repair and...
The Tri-Cities soon will be welcoming two new Mediterranean restaurants known for their chicken kabobs, gyro sandwiches and shawarma plates.The Kabob House will open in Richland’s Vintner Square at 2762 Duportail St. at the end of November and in Pasco’s Sandifur Crossing at 5802 Road 68 in early spring.The Richland...
Work soon will be completed on the new Kennewick Clubhouse for the Boys & Girls Clubs of Benton and Franklin Counties at 910 W. Seventh Place in Kennewick.The facility is set to open to area youth in January 2019.The building north of Park Middle School will be a full-service Boys...
By Beau RuffGenerally, in Washington state, income-producing real property should be placed into a Washington limited liability company, or LLC.What is real property? Real property is any property that is of a non-movable nature: land, house, condo, building, etc. It is distinguished from personal property.What does it mean to be...