Seattle Children’s will move its Tri-City clinic to larger offices in Kennewick next spring.The Seattle nonprofit with a mission to provide care to “anyone who needs it” leased a 13,000-square-foot building at 8232 W. Grandridge Blvd. It will move once its facilities crews renovate the space.The move is driven by...
The state can file lawsuits against people or businesses that do not pay taxes, resulting in a judgment against property that person or business owns. Judgments are filed in Benton and Franklin Superior Court. The following is from the Franklin County Superior Court Clerk’s Office.Ram General Contractor LLC, unpaid Department...
The jobless rate fell sharply in June across Washington and in the Tri-Cities as local economies partly reopened under the Safe Start program, according to figures released July 21 by the Washington Employment Security Department. In the Tri-Cities, unemployment fell to 9.1%, down three full points from the 12.3% rate posted in May and...
Brad Fisher, a wealth manager, former Kennewick mayor and unflagging advocate for Tri-City control of the Columbia River shoreline, died July 19, 14 months after being diagnosed with glioblastoma, a type of brain cancer. He was 63. Fisher’s daughter, Chelsea Goff, announced his death Monday on Facebook. Goff said her father intended to retire when he was 70. Instead, doctors told...
There’s no established playbook or business strategy for weathering the Covid-19 pandemic.The rules keep changing as the cases keep rising. Uncertainty seems the only certainty.But there’s a mindset we can adopt to help us to meet these challenges.Our former Secretary of Defense, retired Gen. Jim Mattis, offered insight on leading...
Ballots for Washington’s Aug. 4 primary election will be mailed July 17 and hit local mailboxes a few days later.Results will set the stage for the Nov. 3 general election, when everything from the presidency to local county commission posts are up for grabs.Ballots must be returned or postmarked by...
Rebekah DobbsSTCU Commercial and Business Services Commercial Banking ManagerNumber of employees youoversee: 2What is STCU’s footprint in the Tri-Cities? We have locations in the Southridge area of Kennewick, Queensgate area of Richland and will be opening our Pasco location on Road 68 soon. We also have a Home Loan division and...
Pasco and Richland were among the state’s top 10 cities for population growth, and Benton and Franklin counties each grew about 2 percent in the past year.Benton County, the state’s 10th largest county, grew 1.9%, adding 3,900 people, and Franklin County, the state’s 14th largest county, grew 2.2%, adding 2,080...
The local nonprofit that built public trails on Badger and Candy mountains is preparing to open a new trailhead as it presses for a 20-mile through-trail linking Amon Basin and the Yakima River by way of Little Badger, Badger, Candy and Red mountains.Friends of Badger Mountain, which marked its 15th...
NEW HIRES• Danielle Connor has been hired as the Port of Benton’s director of finance/auditor. She graduated from Central Washington University with a bachelor of science in accounting and a master’s of professional accountancy. She is a certified public accountant and has more than 12 years of experience in accounting...
