A nearly $10 millionfederal grant will pay for rail improvements from Columbia Center Boulevard in Kennewick to Horn Rapids Road in Richland. The work means faster train speeds, reduced wait time for drivers and emergency vehicles, and more railcars using the lines.
Two men with a combined 40 years of experience in the transit field after working for transit agencies on the east and west coasts have joined Ben Franklin Transit’s executive team.
Avelo Airlines announced Dec. 17 it would extend its flight schedule at Pasco’s Tri-Cities Airport through Labor Day 2025. Flights can now be booked on Avelo's Los Angeles/Burbank flights through Sept. 2, 2025.
Nine Tri-Cities area projects received $8.2 million in state funding, including for roundabouts in the busy Queensgate area shopping area that’ll be home to the Tri-Cities’ second Costco.
The Port of Benton is gearing up for the multimillion-dollar building remodel that plays a key role in its intermodal facility – a place to connect and transfer goods from trains and trucks.
This Wallula intermodal facility soft-launched early this year with a shipment of about 300 tons of hay, which was trucked in and then transferred to railcars and moved via train to the Northwest Seaport Alliance’s Port of Tacoma.
A pair of cyberattacks in mid-June plunged car dealerships across North America into chaos – and some dealerships in the Tri-Cities were among those affected.
Improvements to the Connell rail interchange, built nearly 100 years ago, are necessary as the configuration is outdated and inefficient, officials said.
