The winners of this year’s Richland Rotary Entrepreneurial Awards included restaurants, a payroll services business, a helicopter company and the owners of a mini golf course. The event’s top award went to a longtime entrepreneur who now oversees efforts to give other startups a leg up. 

A Kennewick mother with a lifelong love of sewing has transformed her home-based sewing lessons for homeschooled kids into a full-fledged sewing school.

It’s been a tough year at the market — but change is on the way.

This Kennewick woman’s drive fuels all four of her businesses, plus a house flipping side hustle.

This quirky Richland shop has remained solvent for almost five decades, quite a feat when many local and national retailers struggle to keep up with rising costs and the challenges posed by online retailers. Next year it celebrates 50 years in business.

Shrimpin’ might not be easy in a Tri-Cities climate, but the opening and expansion of an aquarium shop aims to make it so.

Washington’s grocery prices could grow more than 16% if President Donald Trump’s proposed tariffs are allowed to continue, predicts a new state report released Thursday. 

The latest survey of hundreds of employers across Washington state indicates they remain tense in light of increased state taxes, impacts from tariffs and other issues. 

While many places around the country are seeing a decline in business applications so far this year, Washington state – including Benton and Franklin counties – continue to see strong growth. 

The Department of Revenue is sending letters and digital alerts notifying tens of thousands of business owners of a possible change in their tax reporting requirements after the Legislature changed what business services will now be defined as retail sales.