“This (new stage) will improve the vibe of the concerts. You’ve got the stage, the (Columbia) River and the sunset,” said Mark Blotz, general manager and partner of Clover Island Inn, who helped get the annual concert series going 19 years ago.

A new hotel still is planned for land next to the Fairchild Cinema in south Richland.

Visitors are back in the greater Tri-Cities. And so is their spending. 

The Hanford nuclear site’s only attraction open to visitors is set to close later this fall for two years to get some much-needed preservation repair work. 

A new upscale Japanese restaurant is planned for Kennewick’s Vista Field.

Tourism has rebounded from Covid-19 in waves, the industry’s top local official said.

An overnight cruise company that regularly brought a large paddlewheeler to Richland – and with it tourists who ventured ashore for food and shopping – has shut down.

A major endurance race is coming to the Tri-Cities — and it’s expected to bring in thousands of athletes, supporters and staff, plus millions of dollars in visitor spending. 

Ironman has announced the Tri-Cities as the site...

Sports tourism hasn’t returned to pre-pandemic levels yet, but Visit Tri-Cities is working hard to change that.

“Sports was one of the first groups to open back up (after the pandemic),” said Hector Cruz, vice president of development and community engagement for Visit Tri-Cities. “It was needed for our...

Dustin Wintczak has stood atop some of the Northwest’s tallest and most challenging peaks.

But for the Richland man – an accomplished mountaineer and mountain climbing instructor – it’s not reaching the summit itself that’s most meaningful. It’s the journey it takes to get there.

That’s especially true when it...