Matt BoehnkeWe asked state Rep. Matt Boehnke, R-Kennewick, about his priorities for the 2022 state legislative session, which kicked off Jan. 10, entering the third year of the global Covid-19 pandemic.Boehnke announced in December his plan to run for the state Senate after Sen. Sharon Brown, R-Kennewick, said she would...
Kennewick Albertsons to become a SafewayPlanning is underway to turn the Albertsons store at 5204 Clearwater Ave. in Kennewick into a Safeway store.A commercial alteration permit recently filed with the city of Kennewick indicate the “banner flip” won’t add any square footage but about 184 linear feet of non-load bearing...
This year’s inductees to the Mid-Columbia Agriculture Hall of Fame will be honored at a Jan. 19 dinner and ceremony at the Red Lion Hotel & Conference Center in Pasco.In its 22nd year, the Hall of Fame honors Mid-Columbia farmers, families and agribusiness leaders in Franklin County and its neighboring...
Johnson Lighting Services, a commercial lighting maintenance company in Kennewick whose trucks have been a familiar sight around the Tri-Cities and Yakima region since 1972, has new owners.Preferred Industrial Electric LLC bought Johnson Lighting Services from longtime owner Bob Spaulding of Kennewick.The deal closed Nov. 21, 2021. Terms were not...
The Benton Franklin Legal Aid Society recognized two local attorneys with its highest awards for service to the community for 2021.The nonprofit matches Tri-City residents who can’t afford attorneys to represent them with volunteer lawyers to handle noncriminal cases, ranging from evictions to bankruptcy, family law, protection orders and more.Al...
Bill would create an alert system for missing Indigenous womenAttorney General Bob Ferguson and Rep. Debra Lekanoff, D-Anacortes, plan to propose a bill in the upcoming legislative session to create an alert in Washington state to help identify and locate missing Indigenous women and people.The alert, similar to “silver alerts”...
Benton-Franklin Superior Court Judge Cameron Mitchell is resigning from the bench, effective March 11 after 18 years in office. Gov. Jay Inslee’s office announced the resignation on Jan. 3.Mitchell, the only Black member of the Benton-Franklin bench, was first appointed in 2004 and won his current term in 2020.A Richland...
AIA Central Washington honors best of 2021AIA Central Washington, representing the region’s architects, honored three projects with its 2021 Design Awards in November.EB Architecture + Design of Portland received the Honor Award for its High Prairie Residence. The residential project in Lyle, north of the Columbia Gorge, is described as...
Doug MitchellPrincipalMMEC Architecture and InteriorsDoug MitchellNumber of employees you oversee: We have seven partners and a total staff size of 19.Brief background of your business:I along with three others formed MMEC in 1999 in Spokane. We opened our Kennewick office in 2012.We do a lot of public projects – many...
