U.S.Department of Energy contractor CH2M Hill Plateau Remediation Co. has partneredwith Richland-based Polestar Technical Services to further clean up the CentralPlateau and along the Columbia River.DOE’sOffice of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization recently approved amentor-protégé agreement between CHPRC and Polestar, a small woman-ownedbusiness.To help provide a level playing field for...
By Kris JohnsonThe 2019 legislative session was a busy one by any measure, with unprecedented challenges for Washington employers, and it led to dramatic growth in the state budget.One of the bright spots was watching thousands of hairstylists and salon owners rally in Olympia like never before to tell lawmakers...
The Columbia Basin’s rich agricultural resources are well known at local dining room tables and restaurants. The confluence of the Yakima, Snake and Columbia rivers in the region, good soil for growing crops and a long growing season provide not just food resources but also fuel economic growth,...
By Mark FountainToday, many people do not know where their food comes from. But Tri-City residents can just look down the road and see some of the country’s largest food and beverage manufacturing facilities. Mark Fountain,Food NorthwestThe Pasco-Kennewick-Richland area and its surrounding counties are a major hub of food processing....
After a four-year run, the Tri-City Development Council won’t be putting on its annual FABREO conference this year.The Food and Beverage Retention & Expansion Opportunities program, which began in 2015, was held annually to bring food and beverage processors together with industry brokers, distributors, retailers, exporters and service providers from...
By D. Patrick JonesManufacturing in the greater Tri-Cities is synonymous with agricultural processing. Out of the nearly 7,900 manufacturing workers in the two counties in 2017, more than 70 percent commuted daily to an agricultural processing facility. Unlike other EasternWashington metro areas, manufacturing doesn’t rank in the top five by...
By Marilou SheaWhat’s green andtypically soft, smells good and blankets you, your plate or room withswoon-worthy fragrance? Herbs.Marilou Shea,Food Truck AcademyI love herbs! Can’tget enough of them. Mostly because they’re often pretty, smell good and havelots of variety. Sounds like a good first date, right? And what appeals to thelogical...
Tri-City native offers nontraditional setting for personalized careA new membership-based health care clinic is availablein Richland, the brainchild of a board-certified internist who wanted to offermore patient-focused care.Dr.Jessica Schneider, a Hanford High School graduate, decided to jump off the“hamster wheel” she said was inherent in traditional medical practices to openEmpowered...
Blueberry Bridal owner opens Kennewick shop as chain store alternativeBlueberry Bridal Boutique — a concierge bridal store —opened eight months ago in Kennewick, but the path to its opening has been inthe works for nearly eight years.Sitting on a teal tufted sofa inside the brightly litinterior of the carefully designed...
By Don C. BrunellThere are some dams that should come down and those that shouldn’t.Hopefully, as the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers conducts its review of the 14 federal dams on the Columbia and Snake rivers, that will become abundantly clear. That review is expected to be ready for public...
