Triple-digit weather. Frigid temperatures. Notorious Tri-City winds. Smoke-filled summer skies.These will no longer be reasons to cancel tee time, thanks to the arrival of Divots Golf in Richland later this month.The Walla Walla-based Divots Golf specializes in the growing sport of virtual golf, offering competitive virtual games to casual and...

Porter Kinney wants to be the Northwest’s go-to barbecue guy.The Richland entrepreneur behind the popular Porter’s Real Barbecue chain and his new business partner are taking steps to make it happen, including securing its future by purchasing the kitchen at the heart of the business.Kate and Porter Kinney and their...

Planning is underway to open a Bezos Academy preschool for low-income families in Pasco.The Montessori-inspired preschool will be at 333 W. Court St. in the Sprucewood Recreation Center in east Pasco.The Housing Authority of the City of Pasco and Franklin County own the 8,263-square-foot building.The academy plans to open in...

The Home Builders Association of Tri-Cities’ popular Parade of Homes and Chefs on Parade annual events will look different this year because of pandemic-induced sup­ply chain disruptions.This year’s Parade features two homes available for in-person touring and addi­tional homes that can be toured online. The food-tasting event, which was canceled...

A five-year effort to improve aquatic habitat around Kennewick’s Clover Island is a go after the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers awarded a $4 million contract to Alaska-based TDX Power Services LLC to complete the work.The Corps’ Walla Walla District and the Port of Kennewick, which owns the 16-acre island,...

Darigold Inc. will build its largest ever milk drying plant in Pasco, cementing the region’s status as one of the Northwest’s leading centers for food processing.The Seattle-based dairy cooperative intends to build a $500 million, 400,000-square-foot protein and butter plant packed with carbon-reducing features on 150 acres at the Port...

A Montana startup that raises lettuce and herbs in high-tech greenhouses is coming to the Tri-Cities on the heels of a merger that will take the company public with a valuation of $1.1 billion.Local Bounti, launched in Hamilton, Montana, in 2018 by a pair of former energy industry executives, will...

A Portland food manufacturer known for its potato salad is expanding in the Mid-Columbia with a new processing plant in Franklin County, just north of the Pasco city border.Reser’s Fine Foods broke ground on a 250,000-square-foot plant on North Capital Avenue, east of Highway 395, shortly after it closed a...

In pandemic year 2020, the population in the greater Tri-Cities grew among the fastest of all metro areas in Washington state. For Benton County, state Office of Financial Management (OFM) pegged the count at 209,300 residents; for Franklin County, at 99,500. That’s a gain of over 6,300 in 12 months.These...

Visit Tri-Cities, the tax- and fee- funded agency responsible for putting heads in hotel beds, is dropping its paid membership model in favor of a storytelling approach that includes high-quality videos and images.The shift away from the $250 “basic” membership program ($185 for nonprofits) began before the Covid-19 pandemic knocked...