Washington shoppers will pay 4 cents more per plastic grocery bag starting in January. But the bags themselves won’t get any thicker for at least another two years as lawmakers fine-tune the state’s single-use plastic bag restrictions. 

One of three Starbucks serving the busy Columbia Center shopping district has closed as the company restructures to get its costs in check. 

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.

Goodwill Industries of the Columbia has the green light to build a new building at 7511 Wrigley Drive in Pasco. It’ll be bigger than the Kennewick Goodwill. 

The Tri-Cities’ second Costco is now open in the bustling Queensgate area of Richland, but it will be a year before the roads see improvements to accommodate the extra traffic. And brace yourself, Tri-Cities, the $5.2 million in planned improvements include roundabouts.

All right, ghosts and ghouls, the time is nearly here for you to get this year’s hot Halloween costumes, latest decorations and everything else you need as the Tri-Cities’ three Spirit Halloween locations open in the coming days. 

These Pasco hay farmers diversified their farm 20 years and now grow thousands of ornamental trees for landscapers, contractors, nurseries and retail customers.