C12 Business Forums wants to expand its faith-based organization to the Tri-Cities to provide peer advisory groups and learning opportunities for CEOs, business owners and key decision makers.

Bikes for Tikes raises money to buy and build bikes to distribute throughout the Northwest. The organization was founded in 2009 by the UA Local 598 Plumbers and Steamfitters Union.

In the past year, the Tri-Cities lost several business and civic leaders who have shaped the area, including
TRIDEC vice president and Tri-Cities champion Gary Petersen; community advocate and entrepreneur Josefina Wannarachue; and Charles “Chuck” Stack, a local Round Table Pizza owner.
Here’s a look back at some of the Tri-Cities’ most notable losses in 2023.

As Tumbleweeds prepares to open a new restaurant in West Richland, it also is trying to figure out the fate of its Richland restaurant as the end of its 10-year lease approaches. 

A Christmas light display at Ted Krishisky's Richland home features thousands of LEDs – about 45,000 this year. They’re arranged in festive shapes and strung throughout his backyard and behind his Bremmer Street home, facing Gage Boulevard. He’s timed the blinking to Christmas music, including some of his favorite Polish tunes, reflecting his Polish heritage.

Tri-Cities Chaplaincy and Horse Heaven Hills Pet Urgent Care are offering a pet loss grief support group on Dec. 13.

The Postal Service and WorkSource Columbia Basin are planning a Dec. 13 job fair in Kennewick.

The newly revived Richland Chamber of Commerce has hired an executive director.