The new 34,000-square-foot metal building, known as the FGBuilding, at the east end of Fowler Street wasn’t the original plan Greg andAmy Ford had in mind.  The couple had been looking for a small piece of land tobuild a small metal warehouse for a shop and storage space. They wanted...

Kennewick School District’s first phase of the new AmistadElementary expansion project is a 43,500-square-foot building. The new addition features 22 classrooms, plus a gym andoffices, at 930 W. Fourth Ave., near the district’s Administration Center. Students in grades 3 to 5 will occupy the building whenschool starts Aug. 27. The...

Theremay be a chance for creditors to recover money owed to them by a prominentTri-City homebuilder who filed for bankruptcy earlier this year, citing $9.2million in debts. Thetrustee handling the Chapter 7 bankruptcy case for Marco Solferino recentlyfiled court paperwork stating “assets have been recovered by the trustee” andrequested creditors...

Anew powder-coating company capable of handling oversize materials has opened inPasco.GreatAmerican Powder Coating and Eco-Blasting recently opened a 6,000-square-footfacility that boasts an oven 25 feet long, 8 feet wide and 8 feet high at 1620E. Salt Lake St., Building A.Thenew business also offers an environmentally-safe, mobile eco-blasting system.Thislarge-scale operation is...

Alongtime Tri-City painting company is moving to Richland to build a new homebase for two businesses, Paintmaster Services Inc. and Columbia IndustrialCoatings. Thecompanies will share three buildings at 2670 First St. in north Richland, offKingsgate Way and north of Horn Rapids Golf Course.Thebuildings will include an office, shop and facility...

An $85 million construction project at Wildhorse Resort andCasino near Pendleton will add a new 24-lane bowling alley, food court andlarger arcade.Work began last month on the first phase of the project thatincludes the expansion of the Children’s Entertainment Center, afamily-friendly wing filled with video games, jungle gym and karaoke,...

A$2.6 million remodel to make way for a new home décor store is underway insidethe vacant Shopko store in Kennewick.The Texas-based retailer At Home is poised to open its third Washington store in late fall, after recently opening stores in Spokane and Puyallup. The At Home store in Puyallup opened...

A Richland dermatologist is constructing a $6.1 million buildingalongside his current practice on Fowler Street. Dr. Sidney Smith practices at DermaCare of Tri-Cities and DermaHealth Dermatology & Dermasurgery at 1305 Fowler St., a clinic visible from Highway 240. Construction is underway at the empty lot next door at 1295 FowlerSt....

The addition of the new french fry processing line to Lamb Weston’s existing facility at 78328 Cottonwood Bend in Hermiston is expected to add 150 more jobs.