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.
This column’s summary of the region’s key economic factors is a mixed bag. My hunch is that a read of the 2026 greater Tri-Cities economy is likely to retain this ambivalence.
Following the paid suspension of Executive Director Diahann Howard, the Port of Benton approved a contract presumably to investigate her actions and appointed an interim executive director at its Jan. 14 meeting.
A longtime Port of Benton commissioner died at age 92. During his 27-year tenure on the commission, he played a pivotal role in shaping the region’s economic development.
A month after voting to terminate a partnership with JMS Development to transform Osprey Pointe into a mixed-use development, Port of Pasco commissioners have declined the developer’s offer to pay $11.5 million for the property.
The once fast-growing solar installation company that started in a Pasco garage less than a decade ago has declared bankruptcy and is shutting down all operations.
The city of West Richland is looking for applicants to fill a vacancy on its city council after voters elected one of the current council members as mayor.
The top leadership of Washington state’s largest wine producer is being tweaked roughly a month after it was bought by a longtime lower Yakima Valley farm family.
