Lorena GonzalezProsser’s Chukar Cherries is getting unusual attention after it played a starring role in a mailer promoting the campaign of a native Lower Yakima Valley resident for Seattle mayor.Prosser-born M. Lorena Gonzalez, currently president of the Seattle City Council, advanced to the November general election after the crowded August...
Mask up, folks.As the delta variant drives Covid-19 rates up to 2020 levels, the business community wonders what the future holds.The Tri-Cities Area Journal of Business has struggled along with the rest of you, adopting a hybrid schedule that blends working from home much of the time with working in...
Hanford talk focuses on salmon, sturgeonSalmon, sturgeon and more are the topic of the Aug. 25 edition of the Let’s Talk About Hanford series of virtual science talks.The program is a collaboration with the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife and will explore the fish found in the Columbia River...
Inline Computer & Communications in Richland recently donated five laptops to Light of the Valley Baptist School in Belize. The laptops allow the teachers and children to be able to connect to the outside world and increase their educational opportunities, said Greg Hammer, president of the Inline. He said his...
3 Rivers Foundation opens grant applications3 Rivers Community Foundation expects to award at least $160,000 in grants to 501(c)(3) nonprofits in Benton and Franklin counties during its 2021 funding cycle.Applications will be accepted through 5 p.m. Sept. 17.Funding for the grant program comes from a percentage of the community foundation’s...
Robert “Bob” SchuetzEnergy Northwest executive Robert “Bob” Schuetz is the new chief executive officer for the Richland-based power cooperative that operates the Columbia Generating Station nuclear power plant.Schuetz is a 28-year Navy veteran who joined Energy Northwest in 2013 and most recently served as site vice president. He succeeds Brad...
Awards & HonorsFour scientists, Dick Kouzes, Ljiljana Paša-Tolić, Jon Schwantes and Katrina Waters, from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory have been selected to join the Washington State Academy of Sciences.They will join other scientists and engineers from across the state being recognized for outstanding scientific achievement...
The state Department of Commerce has identified 351 parcels in Benton County and 177 in Franklin County that may be subject to the state’s clean building law.The state’s new commercial clean buildings standard is one of several pillars of Gov. Jay Inslee’s 2019 climate package and is the first of...
Goodwill opens donation center in West RichlandGoodwill Industries of the Columbia Inc. has opened a new attended donation center at 3250 Kennedy Road in West Richland.The center has a covered area for customers as well as a loading dock to facilitate distribution. The building is 1,200 square feet and includes...
Planning is underway to open a Bezos Academy preschool for low-income families in Pasco.The Montessori-inspired preschool will be at 333 W. Court St. in the Sprucewood Recreation Center in east Pasco.The Housing Authority of the City of Pasco and Franklin County own the 8,263-square-foot building.The academy plans to open in...
