Representatives from the ports of Benton, Pasco and Walla Walla will sign an agreement Feb. 5 in Olympia with the ports of Seattle and Tacoma to leverage the Tri-Cities’ strategic location and resources to ease trade with the global market.

Five awardees, including Energy Northwest, are on track to receive a combined $12.1 million in federal funding to build and operate electric vehicle charging stations at 14 locations along highways in Washington state.

Brace yourselves, Tri-Citians. The first road construction project of 2026 that could impact your daily commute will start in less than a week. 

Two bills introduced by Mid-Columbia state lawmakers would allow for locally designated zones along high-risk stretches of public roads where crashes are common and unsafe driving can have outsized consequences. 

If you’ve yet to get your state-issued and REAL ID-compliant driver’s license, you may want to schedule a trip to the DMV to avoid a new fee when traveling from the Tri-Cities Airport or other airport. 

One of the budget airlines serving the Tri-Cities Airport has acquired another regional airline, a move the company’s leaders said will expand its travel network internationally while maintaining its affordable fares. 

Washington State University’s leadership in research and development of sustainable aviation fuel, particularly at the Richland campus, is making it one of the main players at a recently unveiled facility in Everett aimed at wider adoption and production of the fuel. 

A new retail building planned for the busy Road 68 corridor of Pasco is expected to significantly increase traffic to the already busy area, and renderings hint that a Target store may be the anticipated tenant.

Another year, another new record for passengers flying out of the Tri-Cities Airport, though it is expected to fall short of the 500,000 people airport officials had hoped for.

A new eco-fuel development nonprofit, dubbed the Cascadia Sustainable Aviation Accelerator, in Snohomish County is the state’s latest effort to support sustainable aviation fuel. That effort includes a proposed green jet fuel production facility south of the Tri-Cities.