An investment company linked to Microsoft founder Bill Gates recently bought 8,080 acres of farmland in southern Benton County for roughly $131.4 million.
After an extensive remodeling, these business partners have reopened a unique building jutting out over an inlet in the Columbia River as the Wheelhouse Event Center.
The long-sought expansion of Highway 12 between Wallula to Nine Mile Hill just west of Touchet continues to move forward, even as the federal government gutted various agencies and the state finalized a budget with billions of dollars in cuts.
The city of Kennewick is inviting community members to weigh in on their thoughts and priorities for the city’s growth as it revises the document that will inform development for the next two decades.
Local government officials hope these federal grant dollars will lead to the revitalization of vacant lots and dilapidated buildings in areas across the Mid-Columbia.
