Washington’s Lottery is moving its Central Washington Regional Office to the Tri-Cities.

The current office on South Fifth Avenue in Yakima is closing on Nov. 16, and the new office at 8551 W. Gage Blvd., Suite K, in Kennewick is set to open on Nov. 20.

The 2,370-square-foot office in...

A long-planned intermodal ramp in Wallula is expected to open early next year.

The newly formed company that’s reviving the project has signed a lease and purchase agreement with Union Pacific for the property on Railex Road off Highway 12, east of the Tri-Cities. The property includes the 210,000-square-foot...

Pacific Northwest University of Health Sciences is set to open a new school of dental medicine in 2025. And the Yakima-based dental school – which will be the second in the state – will have a Tri-Cities connection.

Students enrolled in the program will spend time in immersive training...

A 460-acre industrial area catering to businesses that support aviation and aerospace is proposed at the Tri-Cities Airport in Pasco, and an open house Nov. 15 will give the public a chance to learn more.

The industrial center, called the Aerospace Innovation and Manufacturing (AIM) Center, is a project...

A few months from now, when the 1,805-square-foot home off Corinth Drive in Pasco is finished, Damian Corona has an idea how he’ll feel. “I’ll feel accomplished,” he said.

That’s because the 17-year-old senior at Chiawana High School will have helped build the home from the ground up through...

The saying goes, “There’s strength in numbers,” and two housing agencies serving low income, disabled and senior clients in the Tri-Cities area are counting on that to be true by creating a new consortium.

The Benton Franklin Housing Consortium officially formed on Oct. 17, when the chairmen of the...

It’s mostly trees, plus a bit of beachhead.

There’s no access road, so you’ll need a kayak or possibly hip waders.

But if you’ve got a spirit of adventure and a yearning for a natural area to call your own, you could be the owner of the 13-acre Fox Island...

Longtime Franklin County Commissioner Brad Peck is stepping down effective Jan. 1.

He made the announcement on Nov. 8, blasting the county for “devolving into an arena of hyper-polarization, cronyism, workplace bullying and personal acrimony.”

It has “been...

Ben Franklin Transit is rolling out four military appreciation buses to honor local veterans.

The buses will debut Nov. 11 at the West Richland Veterans Day Parade.

Each bus pays tribute to a different branch of the U.S. armed forces, including the Army, Navy, Air...