A wave of retail bankruptcies is closing Tri-City stores or putting their futures in question. Here is a look at the chains that have filed for protection from creditors in U.S. Bankruptcy Court this year and what that means for their local stores.Tuesday MorningTri-City location: 7411 W. Canal Drive, KennewickStatus:...

Work has begun on a new fire station at Kennewick’s Vista Field, one of two major fire station projects planned in the city.The $7 million project will move Kennewick’s Fire Station 3 to 6941 W. Grandridge Blvd., near the Three Rivers Convention campus and the former Vista municipal airfield. Kennewick...

The Kennewick School District expects to complete the $14.8 million second phase of Amistad Elementary in central Kennewick in August.The 20-classroom building at 123 S. Kent St. will serve students in kindergarten through second grade. It connects to a 22-classroom building serving students in the third to fifth grades, which...

DGR Grant Construction Inc. has completed a new 4,500-square-foot single-story office building at 502 Stevens Drive in Richland.The new building offers nine separate offices, a reception area, conference room, break room, exercise and shower room, storage room and bid room.The exterior is a mix of EIFS, or synthetic stucco, HardiePlank...

The Kennewick School District expects to complete a $9.3 million, 16,000-square-foot addition to the Tri-Tech Skills Center in August.The addition on the north end of the existing Tri-Tech building at 5929 W. Metaline Ave. provides a new location and exhibition area for the culinary arts program, new space for the...

The Pasco School District completed construction of its 17th elementary school in July.Columbia River Elementary at 9011 Burns Road has 34 classrooms and will serve students from kindergarten to fifth grade. The school has a library, gym, multipurpose room with stage, a commercial kitchen and space for administrators.The playground features...

Ray Reynolds Middle School, named for the late Pasco High School principal and school district administrator, is Pasco’s fourth middle school.The school at 9507 Burns Road will serve students in the sixth, seventh and eighth grades when it opens. Construction was expected to wrap up by Aug. 11.The $35 million,...

The Richland School District is completing construction of its new business office at 6970 Keene Road, West Richland, next to Leona Libby Middle School.The $11.65 million project, called the Teaching, Learning & Administration Center, includes 41,000 square feet, offices for six district departments, three classrooms and board meeting space. The...

The Tri-City Herald has new offices and soon will have a new owner after a bankruptcy judge approved the sale of its parent, McClatchy, to its leading creditor, Chatham Asset Management LLC. The staff left its longtime home in downtown Kennewick for new offices at 4253 W. 24th Ave. in Kennewick’s Southridge neighborhood the week of Aug. 10.  It considered several locations, including remaining in downtown Kennewick. The Southridge building best fit its...

Benton County Auditor Brenda Chilton is heading into a busy presidential election season with plenty of room to spread out in both Prosser and the Tri-Cities. The auditor’s office signed temporary leases for a fruit warehouse in Prosser and a former restaurant in Richland to carry out election work through the 2020 season,...