Tim Bush, a prominent Tri-Cities developer, is shifting gears again but not too far away from cars.Bush, president of Bush Development, began in the car business and shifted into the car wash business. With the sale of the former Bush Car Washes to Arizona-based Mister Car Wash in 2020, he’s...

Old Dominion Freight Line Inc. intends to build an expanded transloading facility on land near Pasco’s future Darigold plant.The Thomasville, North Carolina-based trucking line has a $2.55 million agreement to buy 17 acres from the Port of Pasco, subject to a five-month review period. The price works out to $150,000...

New babies born at Kennewick’s Trios Health will arrive at Southridge Hospital starting March 29.That’s when Trios Health opens its new birth center there.The current birth center on Auburn Street, located within the original Kennewick General Hospital that opened in 1952, closes its doors permanently the morning of March 29...

Darigold utilities funded with tax increment financingThe Port of Pasco is one of the first entities in Washington to use tax increment financing to fund a portion of its share of the cost to extend utilities to Darigold Inc.’s $500 million processing plant in north Pasco.It will cost more than...

A trio of Richland dentists has remodeled and updated a business park in central Richland to house their practices.Riverside Professional Center, 750 George Washington Way, is owned and occupied by Drs. Eric Powell, Benjamin Walker and Kristina Brunch. They purchased the property in 2015.The project replaced a failing mansard roof,...

The city of Pasco formally reopened Peanuts Park and the Pasco Farmers Market on March 11, following a $5.8 million renovation of the popular park and market in downtown Pasco.The project installed new covers in the farmers market area, replaced 1970s-era concrete features and upgraded infrastructure to support food trucks...

Bush Developments expects to complete construction of Fat Cat Suites, a six-unit flex-space property at 5204 W. Okanogan Place near Kamiakin High School in Kennewick in March.The $2.5 million project is being constructed by Hummel Construction & Development LLC, with Bruce Baker of Baker Architecture serving as the designer.Each unit...

 The Tri-Cities Union Gospel Mission is preparing to move its shelter serving women and children to new quarters in central Kennewick in about three years.The Christian ministry will build a 20,000-square-foot shelter just west of Vista Field to replace the current one at 110 N. Second  Ave. in east Pasco.Andrew...

Trios Southridge Hospital is expanding its medical/surgical floor as it adapts the existing hospital for the new birthing center, which opens in the spring.LifePoint Health, parent to the Kennewick hospital, is spending $22 million on the birthing center and added $6 million to the budget to expand the third-floor medical...

A Pasco nonprofit that lends medical gear, including wheelchairs, hospital beds, crutches and more, is preparing to turn a vacant site by a busy Richland intersection into its new hub.Knights Community Hospital Equipment Lend Program, or KC Help, intends to develop its new headquarters and a commercial self-storage facility on...