A local investment group of Brazilian jiujitsu enthusiasts is building a new studio at 3 Louisiana St., just off Clearwater Avenue in Kennewick, to help the next generation of martial arts students gain confidence and improve their quality of life.

Before this Pasco restaurant ever had a name on the door, it already had a history built on trust, loyalty and a bar owner’s belief in an experienced chef wanting to make the space his own.

Documents filed under Washington’s environmental review process reveal a list of projects in the works for the Mid-Columbia. 

For this shop owner now in her 70s, her business combines her two loves: framing and selling antiques.

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.

A Tri-Cities specialty nursery was recently acquired by a local landscape designer and general contractor who focuses on hyper-local native plants.

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.