Kennewick School District’s first phase of the new AmistadElementary expansion project is a 43,500-square-foot building. The new addition features 22 classrooms, plus a gym andoffices, at 930 W. Fourth Ave., near the district’s Administration Center. Students in grades 3 to 5 will occupy the building whenschool starts Aug. 27. The...
Theremay be a chance for creditors to recover money owed to them by a prominentTri-City homebuilder who filed for bankruptcy earlier this year, citing $9.2million in debts. Thetrustee handling the Chapter 7 bankruptcy case for Marco Solferino recentlyfiled court paperwork stating “assets have been recovered by the trustee” andrequested creditors...
Anew powder-coating company capable of handling oversize materials has opened inPasco.GreatAmerican Powder Coating and Eco-Blasting recently opened a 6,000-square-footfacility that boasts an oven 25 feet long, 8 feet wide and 8 feet high at 1620E. Salt Lake St., Building A.Thenew business also offers an environmentally-safe, mobile eco-blasting system.Thislarge-scale operation is...
Alongtime Tri-City painting company is moving to Richland to build a new homebase for two businesses, Paintmaster Services Inc. and Columbia IndustrialCoatings. Thecompanies will share three buildings at 2670 First St. in north Richland, offKingsgate Way and north of Horn Rapids Golf Course.Thebuildings will include an office, shop and facility...
An $85 million construction project at Wildhorse Resort andCasino near Pendleton will add a new 24-lane bowling alley, food court andlarger arcade.Work began last month on the first phase of the project thatincludes the expansion of the Children’s Entertainment Center, afamily-friendly wing filled with video games, jungle gym and karaoke,...
A$2.6 million remodel to make way for a new home décor store is underway insidethe vacant Shopko store in Kennewick.The Texas-based retailer At Home is poised to open its third Washington store in late fall, after recently opening stores in Spokane and Puyallup. The At Home store in Puyallup opened...
A Richland dermatologist is constructing a $6.1 million buildingalongside his current practice on Fowler Street. Dr. Sidney Smith practices at DermaCare of Tri-Cities and DermaHealth Dermatology & Dermasurgery at 1305 Fowler St., a clinic visible from Highway 240. Construction is underway at the empty lot next door at 1295 FowlerSt....
Asthe famous brassy trumpets from the “Rocky” movie pumped out of the speakers,Lamb Weston officials cut a ribbon to celebrate the opening of their newHermiston plant.Likeboxer Rocky Balboa, they’ve been training and focusing on their prize: a $250million 300,000-square-foot expansion.Theaddition of the new french fry processing line to Lamb Weston’s...
Community Health Plan of Washington has opened an office in Pasco.The not-for-profit managed care plan’s Pasco office will provide arearesidents with a place to seek help finding answers to pressing Medicare andMedicaid questions.Leanne Berge, CEO of Community Health Plan of Washington, speaks at the open house for the new Pasco...
Developers planning luxury apartments with an ‘edge’Longtime Tri-City commercial developers are planning theirmost ambitious project to date: a luxury apartment complex on 8.25 acresadjacent to Vista Field, across from Lawrence Scott Park in Kennewick. Although the project is in its very early stages — theChavallo family currently is looking for...
