Jackson Contractor Group Inc. of Walla Walla breaks ground in July on the Pasco Fire Department’s long-anticipated new fire station and headquarters.Jackson submitted the winning bid of $7.5 million to build the 21,800-square-foot Fire Station 84, administrative offices and storage at 4929 W. Court St. The project is expected to...

Dutch Bros Coffee, the popular Oregon coffee chain with a dedicated fan base, will open its seventh local stand in Richland, where it has a deal to buy land on the road leading to the new Duportail Bridge.Bruce Barnes, a Pasco-based Dutch Bros franchisee, will buy a 42,000-square-foot site for...

Columbia Center mall has reopened with enhanced safety protocols after being closed for three-and-a-half months to slow the spread of coronavirus.The Kennewick mall, which shut its doors March 19, reopened July 7, four days after Gov. Jay Inslee announced that Benton and Franklin counties could move into a modified Phase...

Chuck DeGooyer, the longtime leader who was instrumental in establishing the Tri-Cities Cancer Center more than 25 years ago, will retire at the end of the year. DeGooyer, who has served as chief executive officer of the cancer for seven years, announced his plans to step down on July 1. His last day is Dec. 31,...

The Benton County Commission encourages area residents to wear face masks to reduce the spread of the virus that causes Covid-19.  The move came after the Washington Department of Health said it was pausing applications to move both Benton and Franklin counties to Phase 2 of the Safe Start program because of high infection rates in the Tr-Cities. Phase 2...

Did you know?Here in Washington, more than 93,000 small businesses and nonprofits have received $12 billion in forgivable the Paycheck Protection Program loans.During the past few weeks, I’ve been reading a lot about hope and its necessary role in healing, recovery and moving forward, not only as individuals, but as...

How do we, as a society, know that our next generation will be capable of solving the global problems left behind for them to handle?How do we ensure that our future leaders will be able to think independently and multidimensionally, with compassion and confidence?How can we prepare them to face...

Shaun Ehlers ended 2019 on a contented note.He’d opened a second edition of his small fashion boutique in Columbia Center mall in September.By year’s end, the Free Culture Clothing stores in downtown Kennewick and at the mall were breaking even.He knew the first few months of 2020 would be rough....

Airport seeks passenger inputThe Tri-Cities Airport is inviting those who traveled by air in the last 12 months to complete a survey about their future plans.The survey asks participants to share their thoughts on what will make them feel comfortable about traveling by air again.Go to flytricities.com/ psc-passenger-survey.The Covid-19 crisis...