Most Tri-Citians know the month of August means fair and rodeo timeThe Benton-Franklin Fair & Rodeo runs Aug. 22-26 in Kennewick.This year visitors can enjoy more than $1.6 million in improvements at the Benton County Fairgrounds, located at 1500 S. Oak St., off 10th Avenue.The project consisted of a complete...

Students who attend Pasco School District’s alternative high school will arrive for classes in a newly remodeled $2.5 million building when the school year starts Aug. 29.New Horizons High School at 2020 W. Argent Road spent nearly three decades housed in a series of portables on the west end of...

Columbia Basin College is opening a three-story, $7 million student apartment housing facility, located just off 20th Avenue across the street from the CBC Pasco campus, this fall.The college is anticipating the construction of three buildings, depending on demand.CBC will provide the property management and residence life programming, and a...

Corwin Ford Tri-Cities’ new Quick Lane Tire & Auto Center eliminates the need for appointments for most common car services.Customers can get their service while they wait at 1225 N. Autoplex Way in Pasco.The new center, which features 10 stalls, offers tire buying, care and maintenance, brake and oil change...

The two men who helped design and build the new Westgate Elementary School in Kennewick once attended it.Architect Doug Mitchell and contractor Gary Chervenell once frequented the halls of the old Westgate Elementary at 2514 W. Fourth Ave. before it was demolished to make way for a new school, according...

Volm Companies Inc. expects to complete a 98,000-square-foot warehouse this month at 5702 Industrial Way.It’ll be located inside the Pasco Processing Center.MH Construction of Kennewick is the general contractor. The company makes mesh bags and other packaging as well as packaging machinery and parts for growers, primarily in the potato and...

Located in the Tri-Cities Research District, the Commons at Innovation Center aims to provide for the ongoing needs of housing as the Tri-Cities continues to grow. The $18 million complex at 2894 Salk Ave. in Richland features a contemporary design featuring ultra-modern amenities with 150 units, including studio, one- and two-...

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...