New extended stay hotel brand LivAway Suites has begun work on a $12 million hotel at 1289 Tapteal Drive in Richland.

The 59,712-square-foot hotel is expected to open in 2024.

Its suites feature complete in-room kitchens.

The hotel has partnered with hospitality management platform HotelKey to handle guest check-ins and check-outs,...

Work has started at the site of Pasco School District’s third comprehensive high school.

The nearly 300,000-square-foot school at 6091 Burns Road is scheduled to open in fall 2025. Fowler General Construction is the contractor and MMEC Architecture & Interiors handled the design.

The new school will help ease overcrowding...

A $1.8 million construction project is underway at the Benton County Justice Center, but the work won’t disrupt court proceedings or other business at the building on the county’s Kennewick campus.

The project will revamp the clerk’s office, the prosecuting attorney’s office and the jury assembly room, and it’s...

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

The State Environmental Policy Act, or SEPA, often provides the first look at the mixed-use projects, mini storage facilities, apartments, industrial expansions, subdivisions and more that are working their way through...

The Richland School District is growing by 10 acres. 

The district is buying a parcel of state trust land in West Richland, directly north of Tapteal Elementary School on North 62nd Avenue. The price tag is $961,000. 

District officials haven’t yet settled on a specific...

Washington state ranks as the No. 3 best state nationwide for small business taxes. 

That’s according to a new study by Simplify LLC, a business consulting company. 

To determine which states are the most tax-friendly to small businesses in...

A new home for Pasco School District's virtual learning programs and health services has opened its doors, just in time for the start of the 2023-24 school year.

District and community leaders celebrated with a ribbon cutting on Aug. 24. 

The 9,900-square-foot facility at 4403...

A recruiter for Pasco School District’s migrant program has earned a prestigious state honor. 

Juana Melo has been named Washington State Migrant Education Program’s Recruiter of the Year for the 2022-23 school year. She was presented with the award Aug. 17 during a conference in Yakima.