Data indicates that an average of $1.76 million in tourism-related spending occurred daily last year and supported $1.1 billion in business spending. 

Efforts to rally the community to take care of veterans memorials in Kennewick have raised about $15,000 and rallied dozens of volunteers, who have already improved two of them, with work on another memorial hopefully starting this summer.

A facility that serves a critical role in the community by providing respite care and helping manage serious symptoms in hospice patients soon will be getting a $3.5 million upgrade to better serve patients and their families.

The long-awaited space will have tables and seating along with green space and a small open-air theater with artificial turf to serve patrons of all ages. 

Leadership Tri-Cities Class 28 will soon begin work on landscaping 21,000 square feet of property outside the future Columbia Valley Center for Recovery in Kennewick.

Vancouver came in as the top Pacific Northwest city, followed by Gresham, Oregon, then Kennewick. The only other Washington city on the list, Spokane, came in at No. 6 for the region. 

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Walla Walla District is closing multiple recreation areas and reducing services due to limited resources.

More than 20 workers who lost their lives on the job and have ties to the Tri-Cities will be honored at the Washington State Department of Labor and Industries’ Workers’ Memorial Day service on April 24.  

High school students in Kennewick School District’s FFA programs have been growing and caring for a variety of plants – from flowers to vegetables – and now they are sharing them at upcoming plant sales. 

The Tri-Cities labor market in March was the tightest it’s been since November 2024, and the unemployment rate was the lowest it has ever been for that time of year.