Dupus Boomer’s closes doors amid financial challengesThough the Richland restaurant intended to anchor Swift Boulevard corridor development has closed, the owner said the site would be great for another eatery.Dupus Boomer’s shuttered its doors on Christmas Eve after operating for about a year and a half.“We had a good business....
Eight instructors work between Richland, Kennewick studiosThe owner of Steel 3 Yoga plans to open a third studio to eager Tri-City yoga enthusiasts for “workshops, training and some classes to come” this month.Brenda Steel, an ex-corporate worker turned yogi, took over 11Exhale Yoga’s two existing studios in Richland and Kennewick...
More than 450 people have enrolled statewide, with 117 signed up in southeast WashingtonWashington state’s Department of Social and Health Services recently added two new support programs intended to make more services available to more than 850,000 unpaid family caregivers statewide and the loved ones they care for.The two new...
Ground has been broken on a new Tri-City Title and Escrow office in the Grandridge Business Park in Kennewick.After learning their current office at 8131 W. Grandridge Blvd. had sold, owners Linda Denchel and Chris Willson decided to build their own office to better suit their workflow and customers’ needs.“We’re...
Bartholomew Winery to open before Christmas, Monarcha Wines in FebruaryA year after the Port of Kennewick announced that Monarcha Wines and Bartholomew Winery would be tenants in the new Columbia Gardens Wine and Artisan Village on Columbia Drive in Kennewick, both tasting rooms are poised to open soon.“It looks and smells...
Pronghorn expects plant to create 30 new jobsA North Dakota-based firm plans to build a concrete and asphalt batch plant in Finley that could create 30 new jobs.Pronghorn LLC recently bought about 35 acres in the Twin Tracks Industrial Park in Finley.The company bought the land, which is vacant and...
The Tri-City’s top port officials talked about their agency’s recent accomplishments and goals for the new year at the Tri-City Regional Chamber of Commerce’s State of the Ports luncheon.Officials from the ports of Pasco, Benton and Kennewick participated in the Nov. 29 panel discussion moderated by Mike Gonzalez, evening news...
Retiring president hopes successor leads efforts on water taxi system, science tourismA nationwide search kicks off this month to replace the longtime leader of Visit Tri-Cities.Kris Watkins, president and chief executive officer of the agency that promotes the region as a destination for visitors, announced her retirement last month.“It’s very...
Lobbying for federal funding, supporting entrepreneurs, adding new flights among its goalsAfter celebrating two major projects boosting the region’s employment in 2017 — the extensive Lamb Weston potato processing plant expansion and the opening of the AutoZone distribution center— the Tri-Cities Development Council is looking ahead to 2018.On the economic...
Pasco warehouse’s 245 employees coordinate 270 weekly deliveries across seven statesAs AutoZone celebrated the grand opening of its new Pasco distribution center earlier this month, the company was offering $7,500 sign-on bonuses to entice qualified truck drivers to join the team.The company’s $50 million distribution center and truck maintenance yard...
