Back in 2014, Julianne Wright took her son to Huntsville, Alabama, for a week at Space Camp.While he was learning what it was like to be an astronaut, Wright spent that week in her hotel room drawing up a plan for an escape room business.Now, nine years later, Wright’s business,...

For a young couple with two kids, John and Kelsey Plughoff found the dream place to run a business: a brewery on a farm in north Pasco.The Pasco couple bought the 10-year-old Paper Street Brewing Company last April from Robby Burns. The pub sits on a farm at 241 Fanning...

Tri-Citians should be aware that there is a new wave of bobalicious goodness coming their way soon. Actually, it’s already here. But more is coming.The region is experiencing an explosion of boba tea drinks.Food trucks such as Bobablastic sell it. Pearl Tea at the Columbia Center mall thrives on it....

Steve Sprague and Ida Ann Wright love dogs.Sprague’s favorite is a German shorthair, but the truth is, he loves every dog.“I think we’d be pretty miserable without dogs,” he said. “They give you that unconditional love. I think the potential with them is incredible. They enrich your lives in so...

More opportunities are coming for food truck vendors and those who love to frequent them.Bush Developments is building a food truck park, along with a three-suite building at West Okanogan Place, near Kamiakin High School and just off Edison Street in Kennewick.Blake Bush of Bush Developments said the food park...

The pandemic took its toll on Charles and Marlys Aspinwall.The Richland couple readily admits it. There were just too many opportunities to socially drink with friends and neighbors as everyone was forced to stay home from work during Covid-19.But in December 2021, they both had had enough, tired of the...

When Salina Savage took the stage on Nov. 17 to receive the Association of Washington Business Employer of the Year award, she was understandably excited.It was well deserved.If the Northwest hadn’t heard of Apogee Group LLC before it received AWB’s top honor, it soon learned about the small, woman-owned company...

Michael Kohlhoff and his business partners, Justin Jones and Terry Osborn, think they’ve found the perfect restaurant for Tri-Citians.It’s a franchise called the Dog Haus Biergarten, located at 7425 Sandifur in Pasco, and it’s set to open in February.“We’re hoping to open right on the heels of the Super Bowl...

Most people drive gasoline-powered vehicles. Others have moved over to electric vehicles.But imagine a third option – driving a hydrogen-powered car or truck at a lower cost per mile.That possibility is coming sooner than you think, thanks to a local startup company called STARS Technology Corporation.The Richland-based company is deploying...

Merced Flores-Garcia gave pizza fans an early Christmas present in October when he reopened his Mercy’s Pizza Taco restaurant in Pasco.Facebook and Instagram responses were full of excitement.City of Pasco employees were ecstatic they could cross the street to enjoy what has become a growing trend: Italian pizza and Mexican...