Chateau Ste. Michelle’s top red winemaker grew up in the Tri-Cities visiting farms with his dad so it makes sense a career in the wine industry was what he was destined for all along.

This quirky Richland bookstore carries an estimated 80,000 books. It’s easy to stroll through the aisles of the nearly 6,000-square-foot shop and miss something. There is just so much to see.

The Tri-Cities is home to two local renewable natural gases projects, with a third one expected to come online later this summer. Already the first two projects, which started up a little over a year ago, have generated enough power to meet the needs of thousands of homes.

The Tri-Cities has some work to do to improve air and water quality.

The latest state salmon report highlights some bright spots in salmon and steelhead populations, and local officials hope it helps initiate conversations that lead to a more unified and broad approach to recovery efforts.

Lawsuits challenging the decision by former Gov. Jay Inslee and a state agency to site a wind energy facility in the Horse Heaven Hills are headed to the Washington Supreme Court.

Angel Brook Ice Cream’s first brick-and-mortar shop features homemade ice cream and locally-sourced coffee at 8524 W. Gage Blvd., Suite 4, just across the street from the Kennewick Costco.

The Tri-Cities’ much anticipated second Costco is opening in August.

Should the lights ever go out, Portland International Airport wants to know exactly where it can find batteries to turn them back on. And Pacific Northwest National Laboratory is studying whether PDX looks no further than its own bus fleet.

Q&A with John Hayfield, senior vice president and general manager, Engineering & Technology, U.S. Nuclear,
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