Ashley Meehan is a cookie connoisseur.She has special recipes for at least 12 types of cookies, all of them large and tasty.And for more than two years, she has been selling them to a famished public – from her car, her house, at pop-up stands.“Just to see the joy it...
The Kennewick School District expects to complete the $14.8 million second phase of Amistad Elementary in central Kennewick in August.The 20-classroom building at 123 S. Kent St. will serve students in kindergarten through second grade. It connects to a 22-classroom building serving students in the third to fifth grades, which...
DGR Grant Construction Inc. has completed a new 4,500-square-foot single-story office building at 502 Stevens Drive in Richland.The new building offers nine separate offices, a reception area, conference room, break room, exercise and shower room, storage room and bid room.The exterior is a mix of EIFS, or synthetic stucco, HardiePlank...
The Kennewick School District expects to complete a $9.3 million, 16,000-square-foot addition to the Tri-Tech Skills Center in August.The addition on the north end of the existing Tri-Tech building at 5929 W. Metaline Ave. provides a new location and exhibition area for the culinary arts program, new space for the...
The Pasco School District completed construction of its 17th elementary school in July.Columbia River Elementary at 9011 Burns Road has 34 classrooms and will serve students from kindergarten to fifth grade. The school has a library, gym, multipurpose room with stage, a commercial kitchen and space for administrators.The playground features...
Ray Reynolds Middle School, named for the late Pasco High School principal and school district administrator, is Pasco’s fourth middle school.The school at 9507 Burns Road will serve students in the sixth, seventh and eighth grades when it opens. Construction was expected to wrap up by Aug. 11.The $35 million,...
The Richland School District is completing construction of its new business office at 6970 Keene Road, West Richland, next to Leona Libby Middle School.The $11.65 million project, called the Teaching, Learning & Administration Center, includes 41,000 square feet, offices for six district departments, three classrooms and board meeting space. The...
Karen and Lance Kenmore completed the $2.5 million development of a new office to house the Kenmore Team group of businesses, including residential and commercial sales, property management, construction and an agriculture division in June.The two-story Kenmore office at 9025 W. Tucannon Ave. in Kennewick features a daylight basement.The building...
The developers of WoodSpring Suites Tri-Cities hope to open the 122-room extended stay hotel at 1370 Tapteal Drive on Aug. 1, subject to Benton County’s status under Washington’s Safe Start program.Elevators may not be available until Benton County achieves Phase 2 status, which allows limited reopening of business.The hotel is...
STCU plans to open its new Pasco branch at Road 68 and Sandifur Parkway soon.The Pasco branch is the third Tri-City branch for STCU. Its Southridge Financial and Home Loan Center opened in Kennewick in late 2018, followed in early 2019 by the Queensgate branch.STCU membership is open to anyone...
