The owners, staff and workers at Apollo Inc. and Apollo Sheet Metal, both in Kennewick, are thinking 30 this year. It's the 30th anniversary of the founding of the two companies owned by Bruce ...

Apollo, founded in 1981 in Kennewick by Bruce Ratchford, has grown to more than 700 employees with branches in Seattle, Spokane, Portland and Wolf Point, Mont.

A prominent Kennewick businessman’s longtime personal assistant is charged with siphoning off more than $400,000 from his business accounts. Janice Crawford, 71, is accused of stealing the money from ...

Ratchford is the founder, President and CEO of Apollo, based in Kennewick, Washington and is also a Founder and current board member of Kennewick based Community First Bank.

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A longtime employee of a prominent Kennewick businessman admitted to siphoning off money from his businesses to pay her bills, for shopping and to take a trip. Janice Crawford admitted to stealing ...

Janice Crawford, 71, is accused of stealing the money from Bruce Ratchford’s business accounts from 2014 to 2019 to pay for a home security service, Amazon purchases and cable and TV packages.

Crawford worked for Bruce Ratchford, the owner of Apollo Inc., restaurants and other businesses, for more than 30 years. She was his personal assistant for at least five years, court documents said.