Real Estate & Construction Briefs for September 2025.

Business briefs September 2025

With a successful fair in the rear view, the fair board’s attention is now focused on hammering out a lease for the fairgrounds amid tense negotiations with their landlord, the Benton County commissioners.

It’s been a tough year at the market — but change is on the way.

High school students locally and across the state have the opportunity to get hands-on financial experience, thanks to a Richland-based credit union’s student program, now in its 25th year.

One local government agency is hoping its latest effort will help ensure that Tri-City growth – and growth yet to come – can be steered to benefit not just individual cities but the entire region.

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

The Lewis & Clark Ranch development could see nearly 3,800 homes and support more than 2,600 jobs once it is fully built-out over the next 20 years.

PNNL began asking in mid-August for voluntary layoffs as the Tri-Cities’ largest employer sought to make cuts in response to anticipated federal spending reductions. 

It will likely be at least a year before the Kennewick City Council has the answers it needs to determine next steps for a future city hall.