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...
Ryan Wattenbarger and Hilary Bird will be ready to sharetheir craft brews and love of soccer with the Tri-Cities in May.The Tri-City couple are opening Moonshot Brewing at 8804 Victoria Ave., Suite 130, in Kennewick, near the Gage Boulevard and Steptoe Street intersection.“I think we can be open in the...
A massive freezer storage facility in north Richland isabout to get bigger.Preferred Freezer Services has begun a $35 million expansionproject that will add space and jobs.“We’ve been moving dirt for several weeks now,” said BurnieTaylor, director of major capital projects for Preferred Freezer Services. “Andwe have an expected opening of...
Carl Thompson loves what he does.As the superintendent at Columbia Point Golf Course, it’shis mission – and his staff’s job – to make sure the course is in great shapefor the region’s golfers, who played close to 46,000 rounds on the Richlandcourse last year alone.Carl ThompsonAt the same time, Thompson...
Season set to open April 27 with three weekends of racingThe snowystart to this year’s horse racing season delayed training for more than a monthat Sun Downs Race Track in Kennewick. It also postponed the start of the annual six-day meet at Sun Downs.Butdon’t despair, horse race fans, the season...
When he was young, Tim Krantz wantedto be a doctor so he could take care of people.But that dream never came true for theRichland man.Instead, Krantz has spent the last 22years working in the restaurant industry, taking care of his employees andcustomers.As the director of operations foreight Olive Garden restaurants...
If you let him, Donnie Lewis will talk your ears off abouthemp and the virtues of CBD oil.He isn’t alone in his enthusiasm. Many people are turning toCBD to help with a variety of ailments, ranging from lack of sleep, anxiety anddepression to pain relief.That’s why Lewis opened a CBD...
Family-owned business also offers photography classesJim and Karen Pridemore have opened anew business at 627 The Parkway in Richland that aims to create lastingmemories.Picture Yourself is acreate-it-yourself studio for photography and videography in which customerscan rent studio time by the hour or pay for a monthly membership.The company offers various...
