The Wilson family has expanded from a single floating food counter aboard a pontoon on the Columbia River to three full-service restaurants in Kennewick and Richland.Their third restaurant, called Foodies too, is expected to open before Christmas in Richland’s The Parkway, occupying the space once home to Paper Street Brewing...
Tri-City home building permits remain a fraction of the cost they are in larger cities like Seattle and Portland, but the final price tag still has seen steady increases in recent years across Pasco, Kennewick and now Richland.“My counterparts in other regions would probably laugh at our fees. In the...
Nearly a year into the #MeToo movement, the awareness of sexual harassment in the workplace has prompted many large and small business owners to take a closer look at their own policies and procedures. John Heaton, president of Pay Plus BenefitsJohn Heaton, president of Pay Plus Benefits in Kennewick, believes...
The Food Network taught Leticia Whitten how to cook and even some English.“She watched a lot of Martha Stewart. Well, until (Stewart) got in trouble,” joked Leticia’s husband, Mark Whitten. As a Mexican immigrant, Leticia built her skills in the kitchen while raising three daughters, eventually perfecting her recipes for...
A Richland mainstay for more than 40 years, the M Hotel will soon offer guests refurbished rooms when its first phase of renovations are completed at the end of this month.This stage of work includes the hotel’s original 120 rooms surrounding the large, indoor pool at the property on 1515...
Bright Now! Dental is bringing the first of its two Tri-City clinics to Kennewick by the end of October.The practice is targeting an Oct. 29 opening date after representatives say they’ve fielded repeated requests to open in the region.“We’ve been asked by a lot of our union clientele to go...
The city of Pasco is working quickly to identify historic African American buildings and locations of significance in the community before they’re lost to city growth.“It just seemed like it was prime time, if you will, to capitalize on this opportunity and preserve the history of this community,” said Tanya...
The rising price of building materials and other costs continues to drive up the price of new homes being built in the Tri-Cities, pushing sale prices up as much as 20 percent in some cases.“I’m building the same home right now that I finished on a different lot two years...
The growth at Goose Ridge Estate Vineyard & Winery is quickly apparent to drivers near the crossroads of interstates 82 and 182 because a large building rises alongside the current processing facility at the corporate headquarters on East Jacobs Road near Benton City.The scope of the growth is even more...
The Tri-Cities is poised to welcome its third plasma donation center when a new location opens across from the main Pasco Post Office on Court Street, alongside Goodwill, this fall.California-based GCAM Plasma already has an Eastern Washington clinic in Pullman.The $1.4 million Pasco office would be GCAM’s second in the...
