Richland’s newest upscale restaurant was just supposed to be a place to have a cold beer and fried food, though, as one might say, “that escalated quickly.” The idea grew until Hyde Tap and Lounge debuted in mid-April on the high-profile corner of Swift Boulevard and George Washington Way.

For one winery and restaurant owner, launching a new endeavor in Pasco is a kind of homecoming. 

The Port of Pasco has selected the consultant that will help inform efforts to revitalize Connell’s economy after Lamb Weston closed its production facility there.

$249.2 million — that’s how much state funding for capital projects could be headed to the Tri-Cities and surrounding areas if approved by Gov. Bob Ferguson.

The pace is picking up at Vista Field, which had two groundbreakings in the last 30 days as an eye care clinic and bridal boutique plan to make the Port of Kennewick-owned land home.

Effective immediately, the law caps residential rent hikes during a 12-month period at 7% plus inflation, or 10%, whichever is lower. The limit will last 15 years. The bill also restricts manufactured home rent increases to 5% with no expiration date. 

City and Benton County officials will have a signing ceremony May 8 celebrating the city leasing the entire first floor of the Benton County Courthouse as well as the attached annex building. 

The newest stretch of the busy Richland road connects the previously separated portions of Queensgate Drive, with the northern portion passing over Interstate 182 to the shopping centers surrounding the intersection with Duportail Street and the southern portion winding through residential areas to summit the saddle between Badger Mountain and Little Badger. 

The 4,400-square foot building, which has large windows overlooking the intersection of Clearwater Avenue and Edison Street, is one of three buildings in Marineland Plaza, the originally ocean-themed shopping center developed by Warren Luke in the late 1980s.