The three biggest school districts in the Tri-Cities have a lot in common. Richland, Pasco and Kennewick each passed major bonds for new schools and other improvements in the years prior to the pandemic. In late 2022, all three were wrapping up these bond-authorized projects.Pasco and Richland expect to ask...

Kennewick, at 85,320 residents strong, continues to expand, develop and reinvent.“If you drive around our city, you can really see that we have progress and projects happening across all areas of Kennewick and there’s synergy. I think that’s important,” said Evelyn Lusignan, the city's director of public relations and government...

Pasco grew by more than a third as 20,000 residents joined the city between 2010 and 2022.With a current population estimated at 80,180, Pasco is nipping at Kennewick (population 85,320) and is among the fastest-growing communities in the state, according to the Washington Office of Financial Management.Big growth brings big...

An ongoing effort to market and prime the Horn Rapids area of Richland is paying off as nonstop growth continues at the northern end of the city.Richland is rewriting its master plan to support ongoing residential development while mapping out future commercial and retail projects in Horn Rapids.“It would further...

West Richland continues to grow west.The city of 17,410 residents has added 5,600 people in the past 12 years and more homes are coming.In 2021, the city issued 205 permits for single-family homes, more than in the combined three years prior.There are 4,200 new homes in the pipeline in the...

The city of Hermiston moved into its new city hall in stages beginning in early October.The eastern Oregon community’s new city hall was jointly funded by the city and Umatilla County.The county provided $3 million in exchange for first-floor space for a health department outpost. The city funded its share...

The leaves are turning and a familiar crispness is in the air. Trucks laden with produce share the roads and fields are turning over for the season.It’s the height of harvest, Halloween is approaching, and folks are eager to get in the fall mood.Agritourism peaks this time of year with...

 January 2023 and October 2024.Those are the dates to keep in mind as Pasco moves to build a $40 million, voter-approved aquatics center and possible community center.January 2023 is when a two-tenths of a percent sales tax kicks in to pay for the center. Pasco’s sales tax rate rises to...

A critical connection between Kennewick and Richland is being built after more than two decades of planning and litigation.Center Parkway is being extended across a Port of Benton-owned railroad track near Columbia Center mall. When the two sides connect, motorists will be able to drive from Gage Boulevard in Kennewick...

Easterday sentenced to 11 years in federal prisonCody Allen Easterday, 51, of Mesa, was sentenced to 11 years in federal prison for defrauding Tyson Foods Inc. and a financial services company out of $244 million in a cattle scheme one federal attorney called out for its “brazenness.”The so-called “ghost cattle”...