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...
The community is about to find out what happens when youcombine the Tri-Cities’ most popular classic car, street rod and motorcycleshows.The West Richland Area Chamber of Commerce jumped in to take on organizing Cool Desert Nights car and street festival, along with its wildly popular West Richland Hogs & Dogs...
The long-planned SSC North America supercar productionfacility destined for the Belmont Business District in West Richland is now atthe center of a $10.3 million dispute.A new $3.2 million commercial building — tenant to bedetermined — is going up at the property instead, and the high-performance carmanufacturing plant is moving to...
Bob and Tammy Benson have long wanted to run a batting cagebusiness in the Tri-City area.“We’ve always talked about having a facility,” Tammy said.“We’d look and talk about it. But we wouldn’t do it.”Then a friend showed them information about a D-BATfranchise a few years ago. The Bensons bought a...
