A Connell grass seed farm along with a Washington State University researcher will be featured in a Feb. 19 episode of a long-standing public television show helping homeowners address everything from ceiling fans and leaky faucets to landscaping issues at their older homes. 

On Valentine’s Day last year, two friends turned their love of flowers into a business. Since then, their fledgling floral shop has weathered its first year of weddings, holidays and hands-on lessons in entrepreneurship. Now, the teen owners are ready to let their floral ambitions bloom even bigger.

After launching in a physical location for the first time last year, a mobile Knockerball business closed its indoor operation at the end of 2025. The owners are shifting their focus back to mobile events and their axe-throwing business. 

A first-time children’s author whose life story spans from rural El Salvador to Pasco, as well as profound personal loss, has debuted her new bilingual children’s book, “Mango Market Adventure.”

Another food truck is opening its doors at Columbia Gardens Wine & Artisan Village in Kennewick, offering authentic Cuban eats.  

In the works for three years, it is the second of seven specialty plates to hit the market since getting approved by lawmakers earlier this year.

The Academy of Children’s Theatre hopes word of the revamped theater and seating, with improved sight lines and more accessibility for theater goers with limited mobility, will lead people who’ve never seen an ACT production to check out a show.

Celebration and remembrance will be the focus of a family-friendly event at one Tri-Cities funeral home.

The Mid-Columbia Symphony has an abbreviated slate of concerts this year as it works to build up its resources amid financial instability.