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,...
Seattle Children’s will move its Tri-City clinic to larger offices in Kennewick next spring.The Seattle nonprofit with a mission to provide care to “anyone who needs it” leased a 13,000-square-foot building at 8232 W. Grandridge Blvd. It will move once its facilities crews renovate the space.The move is driven by...
Bookwalter Winery in Richland will begin its pandemic-delayed expansion this summer. The family-owned winery and restaurant secured permits for the $4 million project in late June. It initially intended to break ground in February but “hit the brakes” when the Covid-19 crisis took hold earlier this year. John BookwalterJohn Bookwalter leads...
Three businesses are anxious to open their doors in Richland’s Parkway, following months of construction and delays due to Covid-19 restrictions.Moniker, a high-end craft cocktail bar, will serve as the anchor tenant, occupying about half of the building at 702 The Parkway. Wine Social, a wine bar offering retail sales,...
Benton County has revised its designs for the new Kennewick office building that will house administrators with the Covid-19 pandemic in mind.Instead of leaving the second floor unfinished for future growth, the county is finishing it to accommodate its information technology and accounting departments.The changes add nearly $700,000 to the...
Karen and Lance Kenmore completed the $2.5 million development of a new office to house the Kenmore Team group of businesses, including residential and commercial sales, property management, construction and an agriculture division in June.The two-story Kenmore office at 9025 W. Tucannon Ave. in Kennewick features a daylight basement.The building...
