As a family advocate for the Richland Early Learning Center, Lisa Thompson has been on a mission to help as many children as she can.Because whether or not people believe it, there are a lot of people in the Tri-City region who don’t get enough to eat—and many are young...
Joe Gonzalez never wanted to be a business owner.He was happy being an electrician.“I was really comfortable in what I was doing,” he said. “And then sometimes you need to get out of your comfort zone.”That’s what Gonzalez finally did back in the early 1990s.“My old boss who I worked...
Sage Brewing Co. will serve up multiple IPAs, hop-fed pales, easy-drinking beersWhen Tyson Crudup and Ben Grogan met each other while working at Yakima Chief Hops a few years ago, little did they know at the time they would eventually become business partners.This fall, the men expect to open Sage...
Esprit Graphic Communications will become Minuteman Press by year’s endSkip and Shannon Novakovich began Esprit Graphic Communications in downtown Kennewick in 1989.They’ve long been active in the Tri-City business community, as well as involved in local charities over the past 30 years.They’ve received numerous awards over the years—including Kennewick Downtowners...
The past year has been a wild ride for the Boys and Girls Clubs of Benton and ranklin Counties.The nonprofit took over the Richland School District’s before- and after-school child care program in June 2018.
Athalia Clower has always wanted to help people.And she has done so for more than 25 years.“I have been a certified physician assistant (PA-C)since 1993,” said Clower in an email interview. “I started working for Kadlecduring March of 2010.”For Clower, this has been a high calling.But so has her charity...
The first detection of gravitational waves from deep space were recorded at the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory, or LIGO, out on the edge of the Hanford Nuclear Reservation in September 2015 and announced in February 2016.Ever since that announcement, people from all walks of life — manyof them students —...
Sports continues to bebig business in the Tri-Cities.Visit Tri-Cities, the Tri-City area’s visitors and convention bureau, reports that last year there were 212 sports, convention and group activities that attracted 127,931 visitors who spent $38,157,557. The same reportestimates that in 2019 and beyond there will be 227 sports, convention andgroup...
Tri-City constructioncompanies must try harder than ever to recruit skilled workers.Amos Constructionrecently stationed an employee holding a “now hiring” sign on a busy street inKennewick.“I’ve run radio ads,placed ads on Craigslist in three cities, done the signage, done logos, I’veFacebook advertised, and I still can’t find enough employees,” said companyowner...
The Dive to open in June at Shrub Steppe’s old siteBusiness has been great since Mike and Dashia Hopp openedBombing Range Brewing Co. nearly three years ago in north Richland.The microbrewery and restaurant at 2000 Logston Blvd. hasloyal customers. People who live at nearby Horn Rapids and those commuting tothe...
