The upside-down economics of the pandemic are driving the Tri-Cities into something of a quandary.Record job development coupled with a severely constrained supply of homes for sale means it will continue to be difficult to buy a home. But it isn’t impossible, and the situation isn’t a crisis, according to...

Tim ArntzenTim Arntzen, chief executive officer of the Port of Kennewick, is seeking $225,000 and to have performance reviews amended as a bitter dispute over a farmworkers clinic extends into its fourth year.Matthew Crotty, a Spokane attorney representing Arntzen, served the port with a notice of a tort claim on...

The new year brought good and bad for Mid-Columbia Meals on Wheels and its parent, Senior Life Resources Northwest.It has a new office to handle growth at its Richland campus, but a lack of volunteers forced it to delay plans to resume daily meal deliveries to its homebound clients.Kristi Thien,...

A buying frenzy hit the Tri-City apartment market in the waning weeks of 2021.Driven by tax considerations and attracted by the strong economic recovery and low rental vacancy rates, investors closed deals for complexes large and small, new and old.Investors paid big prices and signaled their confidence that future rent...

Benton Rural Electric Association will move its administration offices to West Richland from Prosser after closing a deal for nearly 18 acres near the former Tri-City Raceway on Dec. 20, 2021.The electric co-op is the latest entity to embrace the raceway site, which was dormant before the Port of Kennewick...

The couple behind the $50 million Resort at Hansen Park project have closed a deal for a 9.2-acre site that will host a future phase.Hansen Park Development Phase 2 LLC, helmed by Vancouver developers Carmen Villarma and Dennis Pavlina, paid $2.2 million for the property at 814 S. Columbia Center...

Renovations are nearly complete on a $1 million makeover of the former Pier 1 Imports store across from Columbia Center mall to make way for an Ulta Beauty store.A soft opening of the new Kennewick store at the Columbia Square Shopping Center, 1232 N. Columbia Center Blvd., is set for...

A new stretch of road with potential to open a new retail district in Richland is taking form after years of litigation.The city of Richland expects to secure the four remaining sites it needs to extend Center Parkway from Gage Boulevard south to Tapteal Drive, across a set of railroad...

Affinity plans two complexes totaling 426 units in PascoAffinity at Broadmoor LLC intends to build 426 apartments on a 20-acre site at Pasco’s Broadmoor area, according to documents filed under Washington’s Environmental Protection Act, or SEPA.The site is on the south side of Burns Road, west of the intersection with...

I&J Investments will soon be opening its newest Metro Mart Convenience Store/76 Gas Station in Connell.  The 5,750 square foot building has 3,860 square feet of store space and a 1,750 square foot future tenant space, with accommodations for a drive-thru window.  The station includes six fuel pumps for gasoline...