Randy Hayden spent two years shepherding the team that wooed Darigold Inc. to spend $500 million to build a state-of-the-art milk processing plant in Pasco, the largest investment in Darigold’s 104-year history.Work has just started at the site of the future plant, but Hayden, executive director of the Port of...
Firefighters working to contain a devastating fire in the Cascade building in downtown Kennewick entered a neighboring business at 6:30 a.m. Feb. 4, 2022, a Friday.Dennis Schoeneberg, who has owned Desert Gem & Appraisal since 2019, got a notification when the alarm on the door rang through to his phone.He...
Richland is bracing for the impact of what removing the Bateman Island causeway will have on the Yakima River Delta and on the Columbia Park Marina and public boat launch.The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is finalizing a $13.9 million plan to fully remove the illegally-built land bridge, which is...
Jerry Sleater was many things. A box boy in Pasco. A grocery store owner in Kennewick. A firefighter and a fire commissioner.When he died in 2019, he left for his children and grandchildren a sizeable real estate portfolio.Now, Sleater’s heirs are selling 18 separate parcels totaling 10 acres at the...
Dan PrestonDan Preston has never lived in the Tri-Cities.But that didn’t stop the Tri-City Regional Chamber of Commerce from honoring him with its 2012 Alumnus of Distinction Award for work related to Hanford that led to the patents behind the OnStar system employed in GM vehicles.Preston is, for the record,...
Kristi Thien retired on a high note as nutrition services director for Mid-Columbia Meals on Wheels, the free senior meals program.In January, Senior Life Resources, which operates the nonprofit, fulfilled two of Thien’s wishes when it began offering a weekly breakfast and extended services at its cafe north of Columbia...
Pacific Clinic, the sprawling fitness and health facility formerly known as the Tri-City Court Club, has a new owner and big plans to evolve as it continues its evolution from fitness center to holistic health campus in the coming year.The BRAE LLC, owned by Stephen White, a former professional athlete,...
Kennewick’s Vista Field could debut an elegant, sheltered gathering spot by mid-2024.A pair of unused aircraft hangars on the south side of the 103-acre former municipal airport will be refashioned into a set of pavilions positioned around a courtyard.Benton County is expected to provide up to $3.4 million to transform...
A pair of Seattle restaurateurs are turning the former Towne Crier in Richland into a cowboy themed bar and nightclub.The Daisy Ranch Saloon is expected to open by late March at 1319 George Washington Way, next to Some Bagels at the Uptown Shopping Center, said Nate Johnson Egerdahl, who is...
Richland’s Kingsgate area seems poised to gain its first hotel, a second apartment complex and a new storage facility.The city of Richland is considering selling 15.44 acres of city-owned property in the Horn Rapids Business Center to Lee Petty, who owns CEL 2 LLC and LCR Construction. The property is...
