Voice of the Mid-Columbia | Kennewick, Pasco and Richland, Wash. |

  • Published Tuesday, Feb. 09, 2010

    A federal judge has prohibited a Hanford subcontractor from hiring or even contacting employees of another company that has accused it of "hijacking" employees it found for Hanford jobs.

  • Published Tuesday, Feb. 09, 2010

    KENNEWICK -- Two new studies detailing costs of closing and redeveloping Vista Field and the economic impact of the small airport will be presented today to Port of Kennewick commissioners.

  • Chuck Garlinghouse CARS Richland 2010
    Herald/Kai-Huei Yau

    Chuck Garlinghouse stands near the edge of the property the city of Richland hopes to sell, which Garlinghouse says would block the entry to his service bay on 95 Goethals Drive in Richland. “I’ve been turning wrenches in Richland for 30 years now,” he says. “I just feel they’re shutting my business down.” See story below.

    Published Monday, Feb. 08, 2010

    RICHLAND — A Richland man fears the sale of some city-owned land fronting his business could force his auto repair shop to close.

  • Stage-savvy stylist
    Herald/Kai-Huei Yau

    Chauné Fitzgerald, who owns Salon Remedi in Richland, works on cutting, highlighting and straightening Rosa Smith's hair. Fitzgerald, who also styles hair for contestants in the Miss USA and Miss Universe pageants, opened her salon because she felt there was a need for a multicultural stylist capable of working with different types of hair. Smith says she loves going to Fitzgerald because most stylists are intimidated by her curly hair.

    Published Sunday, Feb. 07, 2010

    RICHLAND -- Chauné Fitzgerald wants people to know that if you have a problem, she has the remedy to make you feel and look better.

  • Published Saturday, Feb. 06, 2010

    NEW YORK -- Game on! Super Bowl ads are returning to their goofy roots. Men march across a hillside without pants, toys joyride in Vegas and the miserly Mr. Burns from The Simpsons loses his fortune but finds happiness. It's a sign that people are feeling better -- or at least want to feel better -- about the economy, experts say.

  • Published Friday, Feb. 05, 2010

    KENNEWICK -- When Chase Lundgren picks up an artist's brush, he creates vines winding across walls and ceilings, windows opening onto unending vistas and stonework that looks rough and real but that's flat to the touch.

  • Published Thursday, Feb. 04, 2010

    KENNEWICK -- Wine drinkers typically assume wineries are environmentally sustainable, an impression that is reinforced if vineyards achieve certification of that status from reputable consumer or environmental organizations, experts say.

  • 6 degrees10pte
    Herald/Paul T. Erickson

    Jenae Skerritt, co-owner of Six Degrees: A Restaurant & Bar in Kennewick, gives a briefing Wednesday to the serving staff prior to opening. The restaurant's classic rock atmosphere should appeal to a wide range of customers, co-owner Travis Walker recently told the Herald.

    Published Thursday, Feb. 04, 2010

    Kennewick's newest restaurant owners hope their combination of comfort food with a gourmet twist and a rock 'n' roll atmosphere will resonate with customers.

  • Published Wednesday, Feb. 03, 2010

    PASCO -- Richland's Fowler Construction has been awarded a contract to construct the first building at the Port of Pasco's proposed riverfront business park, Osprey Pointe, near Oregon and Ainsworth avenues.

  • Published Tuesday, Feb. 02, 2010

    The old Roxy theater is evolving along with downtown Kennewick.

  • Published Tuesday, Feb. 09, 2010

    The former president of the only facility that can dispose of low-level radioactive waste for 36 states said Tuesday that he wants to open a new disposal facility in Utah.

  • Published Tuesday, Feb. 09, 2010

    Partisanship is reaching new heights in Washington, even as President Barack Obama makes almost daily pleas to get along. He's scheduled a bipartisan health care summit, and just Tuesday he hosted GOP leaders at the White House for the first time in two months.

  • Published Tuesday, Feb. 09, 2010

    Honda Motor Co. is adding more than 378,000 cars to an existing safety recall for air bag inflation problems, the company said Tuesday.

  • Published Tuesday, Feb. 09, 2010

    IMS Health Inc., which provides market data to pharmaceutical and health care companies, said Tuesday its fourth-quarter profit shrank 27 percent as rising expenses and restructuring charges failed to offset higher revenue.

  • Published Tuesday, Feb. 09, 2010

    Restaurant operator Bob Evans Farms Inc. late Tuesday reported that it moved to a profit in its third quarter, but results missed Wall Street's expectations and sent shares down in after-hours trading.

  • Published Tuesday, Feb. 09, 2010

    RealNetworks Inc. and MTV Networks said Tuesday that they plan to spin off Rhapsody America LLC, their digital music service joint venture, into an independent company.

  • Published Tuesday, Feb. 09, 2010

    The head of Warner Music Group expressed hope on Tuesday that the recent "fracas" over the price of e-books would help give content creators such as his company more pricing power over device makers.

  • Published Tuesday, Feb. 09, 2010

    Internet company IAC/InterActiveCorp's Ask.com search engine is the fourth-largest in the U.S., trailing offerings from Google Inc., Yahoo Inc. and Microsoft Corp.

  • Published Tuesday, Feb. 09, 2010

    In a first for U.S. diplomacy, the State Department has used Twitter to announce an upcoming overseas trip by Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton.

  • Published Tuesday, Feb. 09, 2010

    Online payments service PayPal says its suspension of certain transactions in India could last months.


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