Nine Tri-Cities area projects received $8.2 million in state funding, including for roundabouts in the busy Queensgate area shopping area that’ll be home to the Tri-Cities’ second Costco.
A Yakima-based early childhood education provider is partnering with the Roman Catholic parish in Benton City to bring a $3.8 million HeadStart preschool to the community.
A state-run housing program that has failed to deliver on its promise of providing longtime tenants a chance to buy their homes recently came under fire from Washington lawmakers.
It’s been more than a year since a state law passed to encourage more ADUs as a housing option, and some of the Tri-Cities have been seeing more interest in the little homes.
Described as “Disneyland for seniors,” an innovative day center is set to open in Kennewick in late winter that will offer “reminiscence therapy” for adults with Alzheimer’s and dementia in a facility designed to mimic the 1950s.