The Tri-Cities Airport is getting a new nonstop flight to Phoenix and a new air carrier.
And the Pasco airport’s top official isn’t stopping there when it comes to working for even more growth. Buck Taft, airport director, said the hope is to add additional nonstop connections, including Portland,...
A new intermodal ramp in Burbank that’s billed as bringing increased transportation capacity via rail and other benefits is on track to open in September.
The ramp – which isn’t the freeway-style ramp you may be picturing, but instead a logistics facility that will allow goods to be transferred...
Ben Franklin Transit’s director of planning and service development does not own a car.Keith Hall gets around the Tri-Cities by bike, scooter and by bus, something he says is becoming a realistic option as the transit agency invests in initiatives to make riding the bus more convenient to all residents.Ben...
Drivers may see I-90 construction delays this summerCross-state travelers will need to add extra travel time to their trips this summer and fall.The Washington State Department of Transportation and construction crews will be busy improving sections of Interstate 90 from North Bend to Ellensburg.About seven construction projects through multiple construction...
Airlift Northwest, the not-for-profit air medical transport service of UW Medicine, recently opened a new helicopter base at Davenport Municipal Airport in Davenport to serve Central and Eastern Washington.The base will begin operations this summer with a specially configured Airbus H-135 helicopter. It has a range of 340 miles, a...
Malin Bergstrom had never really planned on working in the family business.“I was going to be a veterinarian,” she said.But things quickly changed, said the president of Bergstrom Aircraft Inc.“Growing up, I worked summers and weekends to help out,” she said. “The summer after my senior year, I was approached...
Peninsula Truck Lines is based in western Washington, but the Northwest carrier is making inroads in the Tri-Cities.In 2021, Peninsula marked its 70th anniversary as a company. It expanded its Kennewick terminal on East Bruneau Street when it paid nearly $500,000 for a one-acre site next door. It demolished several...
