News

Read recent and past articles from Basin Business Journal here

Updated 1 month, 2 weeks ago

Spokane Seed provides product, knowledge backed by a century

Evolution is a thing in business as well as biology. Spokane Seed has been around for more than a century, and it …

Updated 1 year, 1 month ago
Apple sales to India rebounding after tariffs lifted

MATTAWA — The end of tariffs on Washington apples sold to India has resulted in a significant rebound of sales in that country. The announcement that tariffs w…

Updated 1 year, 1 month ago
40 Under 40: Brittney Ketterer

Brittney Ketterer is involved in a wide variety of community activities and operates her own Mary Kay beauty consulting business in Moses Lake. Ketterer ta…

Updated 1 year, 1 month ago
40 Under 40: Kevin Moran

Kevin Moran is a Community Development Officer at STCU in the Tri-Cities area, where he’s worked for nearly six years now. He also serves on the board of direc…

Updated 1 year, 1 month ago
40 Under 40: Ian Bivona

For the last two years, the Columbia Basin Herald and Basin Business Journal have benefited greatly from the addition of Ian Bivona to our team. Covering 11…

Updated 1 year, 1 month ago
40 Under 40: Eric Salgado

Eric Salgado is working to make a difference, and nominator Nestor Heredia says he’s done that for her. Heredia began working with Salgado through Just Right C…

Updated 1 year, 1 month ago
40 Under 40: Luis Jimenez

Luis Jimenez has been a deputy with the Grant County Sheriff’s Office for years and is working with his third K-9 officer, K-9 Uno, as a dog handler for GCSO. …

Updated 1 year, 1 month ago
40 Under 40: Jacob Barth

If you go to enough auctions in the Columbia Basin, chances are you’ll end up hearing one of the auctioneers from Chuck Yarbro Auctioneers rattling off prices.…

Updated 1 year, 1 month ago
Export market causing reduced hay prices, despite high quality

MOSES LAKE — The quality of Washington hay is pretty good in 2024, but the price – well, not so much. Mark Anderson, president and CEO of Anderson Hay and G…

Updated 1 year, 1 month ago
40 Under 40: Alma Farias

Addiction is a hard thing to face, but it’s a lot easier when the right people are standing beside you and guiding you toward recovery. If you’re in Grant Coun…

Updated 1 year, 1 month ago
40 Under 40: Melody Anguiano

Desert Rose started as a flower and gift shop, then grew to a boutique and eventually a cafe, all the work of owner Melody Anguiano. Anguiano bought her bu…