A Tri-City construction business with roots in excavation work is building a $5 million self-storage facility in western Kennewick.Kennewick-based Matson Developoment Co. is constructing its 80,000-square-foot project at 9501 W. 10th Ave. It will offer 642 storage units for rent. Construction should wrap by this fall.The storage facility is owned...

It’s time to grow or die for Ron Swanby, who brought his barbecue truck and equipment to Kennewick’s Columbia Gardens Urban Wine and Artisan Village a little over a year ago.Swanby, owner of Swampy’s BBQ Sauce and Eatery, wants to buy a sliver of land at the Port of Kennewick-owned...

Kennewick’s newest medical and dental clinic opens May 10 near Vista Field.The nonprofit Yakima Valley Farm Workers plans to debut Miramar Health Center, its $20 million, state-of-the-art medical center at 6351 W. Rio Grande Ave. after more than a year of construction.The center will employ 70, including 15 physicians, dentists...

Crumbl Cookies, the Utah-based dessert juggernaut, is continuing its expansion into the Tri-Cities with plans for a Kennewick location.Ranae and Matt Rusk of Pasco will open Crumbl Cookies at 1102 N. Columbia Center Blvd., a former GameStop location outside the Kennewick Target. The Kennewick shop is the second Tri-City outlet...

Jersey Mike’s Subs is building not one but two restaurants in the Tri-Cities. The New Jersey-based company confirmed it has leased space in a new strip mall at 1659 N. Columbia Center Blvd., in the parking lot of JCPenney. It will be sandwiched between a Starbucks coffee shop that opened recently, as well as the future outpost for Kennewick’s first MOD Pizza. Jersey...

A Pasco nonprofit that provides home health equipment such as beds and wheelchairs added 400 square feet of storage space in part to keep up with donations as area residents clean out storage units during the Covid-19 pandemic.Premera Blue Cross donated $5,000 to the Knights Community Hospital Equipment Lend Program,...

The Richland School District has completed the $20 million construction of Tapteal Elementary on the site of the old school that bore the same name in West Richland.Tapteal serves students in kindergarten through fifth grade.The 65,500-square-foot building offers 28 classrooms, three special-purpose classrooms, a library, multipurpose space, art and music...

The Crown Group of Chicago in partnership with Boost Builds of Richland has completed Park Place Apartments, a $22 million, 106-unit upscale residential and retail project at the entrance to Howard Amon Park.Crown Group worked for more than five years to bring the project to fruition after the city of...

What are the components of an enforceable contract?In other words, if you or your business makes an agreement with another person or entity, what makes the agreement enforceable?Let’s review of some of the technical and practical considerations for contract enforcement.Must it be in writing?The general rule is that a contract...

Trios Health is moving its birthing center to Southridge, a move that could accelerate plans to transform the former Kennewick General Hospital into a detoxification and recovery center for Tri-Citians facing drug addiction and mental health disorders.If everything comes together, the birthing center and Two Rivers Rehabilitation Center both will...