West Richland’s second middle school will open in August.The $35 million Leona Libby Middle School is located at 3259 Belmont Blvd.Voters passed a bond in 2013 to build the Richland School District’s fourth middle school.The 108,000-square-foot school will house 800 students in grade six through nine on the 30-acre campus...

Columbia Basin College’s new Rand Wortman Medical Science Center will be used to train health care professionals at 940 Northgate Drive, across the street the from Richland Public Library.The four-story, 72,600-square-foot building features 32 examination rooms, X-ray room suite, doctors’ offices, training facilities for college classrooms, simulation labs, computer labs...

The Tri-Cities’ newest event center is scheduled to open this fall.At Michele’s Event Center at 2323 Henderson Loop is in north Richland off Highway 240.The 4,000-square-foot building will feature a restaurant, lounge area, dance floor, indoor stage and private party room.Owner Michele Abrams originally planned to open the facility as a night...

West Coast Warehouse and Logistics have leased a new 32,200-square-foot warehouse with 1,200 square feet of office space at 2715 Travel Plaza Way in Pasco.The building, called Brantingham Phase III, is located on 2.47 acres.West Coast Warehouse and Logistics, owned by Kevin and Kathy Scheckla, will use the facility to...

NewEdge Wellness Center is offering way for those living in the Tri-City area to receive holistic health care without traveling great distances. NewEdge’s new clinic occupies 2,950 square feet in suite 120 of the 3,980-square-foot building at 7403 W. Arrowhead Ave. in Kennewick. It’s located off Columbia Center Boulevard and Highway...

Thirteen insurance companies teamed up to build a home in Tri-County Partners Habitat for Humanity’s development in Pasco.Joe Peterson of Joe Peterson Insurance came up with the idea for the Insurance House project, said Lisa Godwin, executive director for Habitat.The insurance build program was “a wonderful way for insurance businesses...

A party supply store and a beauty retailer have opened for business in Richland’s Vintner Square.Party City sells birthday and theme party supplies, baby shower favors, Halloween costumes and more at 850 stores across the nation.It is next door the new Ulta Beauty, a national seller of beauty supplies.The new...

Dickey’s Barbecue Pit and Costa Vida are the first tenants in a new strip mall on Burden Boulevard in Pasco.Called Burden Plaza II, the 10,617-square-foot retail space is located off Road 68, near the TRAC facility and the new Hampton Inn & Suites, at 6627 Burden Blvd. The lot size for...

The much-anticipated arrival of the Tri-Cities’ first MOD Pizza shop was realized when it opened May 26 in Richland.The single-story, 2,800-square-foot restaurant at 2803 Queensgate Drive features 79 seats in the dining area and 28 seats on the outdoor patio. MOD is the original fast pizza experience, founded in Seattle by...

Tri-Cities Community Health will open a new walk-in primary care wing which will include pharmacy and laboratory services.The new building at 515 W. Court St. in Pasco will feature approximately 6,000 square feet of clinical space; six exam rooms, procedure room, room for instrument sterilization, employee break room, pharmacy and laboratory space.A $1 million federal grant paid for the project.The Tri-Cities Community Health remodel will make the building...