Richland Fire and Emergency Services held an open house for its fifth station on Sept. 29.The 10,3500-square-foot station boasts four apparatus bays and was constructed in partnership with Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, which supported the $4.5 million project budget.A $2.2 million FEMA grant provided assistance to hire 12 personnel to...

Matson Development Co. of Kennewick constructed an 80,700-square-foot self-storage facility with 642 units in 10 buildings at 9501 W. 10th Ave. in western Kennewick. The project includes an 800-square-foot leasing office.Everett-based West Coast Self-Storage is managing the business on behalf of Matson Storage LLC, a holding of the Tri-City construction...

Bookwalter Winery LLC has completed a 20,000-square-foot building to house winemaking, a tasting room, offices and events at its south Richland property near Columbia Park Trail and Queensgate Drive in Richland.The $5 million project was built on land that was already owned by Bookwalter Winery LLC.The addition opened to the...

Leo Morales was pleasantly surprised Aug. 26, the day his Havana Café reopened in downtown Pasco after a three-month closure.A steady stream of customers came in for lunch, drawn by his post on social media. It was more traffic than he dared dream and validated his decision, for now, not...

Modern updates have come to Richland’s famed Spudnut Shop, but not from a voluntary desire to change the space that hadn’t been remodeled since 1965.Valerie Driver, the second-generation owner of the iconic Richland restaurant, said she spent tens of thousands of dollars to update the shop after she and several...

A casino-turned-strip club in downtown Kennewick will reopen as a Mexican grocery following a remodel by a faith-led investment group that is eager to play a role in the neighborhood.Jared Walther, a former nuclear industry executive and cybersecurity expert, is the driving force behind Walther CRE LLC and related investment...

Years after Columbia Gardens and its sister development, Vista Field, began taking shape in Kennewick, private developers will finally get a shot at buying sites in both developments this fall.The Port of Kennewick expects to hang a “For Sale” sign at Columbia Gardens, its wine-themed urban village near the base...

Thelbert “Thadd” LawsonThelbert “Thadd” Lawson toured a former Albertsons in Richland as a possible new location for Veterans Warehouse Thrift Store, prompting speculation the long-empty grocery would finally come back to life.Alas, there is no deal.Lawson confirmed he was interested in the nearly 40,000-square-foot store. He loves the location and...

DGR Grant to cocoon K East ReactorDGR Grant Construction Inc. of Richland has secured a $9.5 million contract to build a cocoon-type structure over the K East Reactor at the Hanford site.The enclosure over the reactor will provide interim safe storage and protects the building while radioactivity in the reactor...

Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen Inc. will build its first Tri-City location at 240 N. Ely St., the site of a now-closed used car business at the intersection of Highway 395 and Vista Way/Clearwater Avenue in Kennewick.The city issued a demolition permit for the dealership on July 6, saying the site would...