The holiday shopping season may be at a close, but the mall at Columbia Center is hoping patrons will stop by in the near future to visit its newest future tenant.  

After several months of renovations, Tri-Cities Chaplaincy’s Hospice House is hosting a Dec. 29 ribbon-cutting to celebrate its reopening. 

Amazon will fund an underground water storage project capable of storing up to 1.2 billion gallons of potable water for the city of Hermiston, where the online retailer operates several data centers. 

The number of apprentices nationally and in Washington state has increased more than 70% in the past decade, according to a new report from the Washington Student Achievement Council. Washington currently has close to 16,000 active apprentices, who are paid to work while they receive classroom instruction. 

The governor also signed an executive order to get the ball rolling on establishing a new cabinet-level Department of Housing. 

The latest market survey from federal housing lender Freddie Mac has housing mortgage rates just above their lowest recorded levels for 2025. 
 

Hoping to jump on some critical home improvement projects in the new year but not sure how to pay for them? You could be eligible for a zero-interest loan from the Tri-Cities HOME Consortium. 

While construction employment appears to be expanding in many places around the country, that labor force continues to shrink in Washington state. 

A development group with plans for a massive multimillion-dollar athletic complex south of Badger Mountain hopes to break ground next summer.

Prosser has made a deliberate effort to manage growth while being a place where families can start out.