Tri-Cities public school districts continue to keep a close watch on their student enrollment numbers to best plan for future growth.

In Pasco, construction has begun on a third comprehensive high school, while plans are being developed for a possible third comprehensive high school in West Richland.

Kennewick voters approved...

Brian Keele has grown his hair out long, and he has many days’ growth of beard that he doesn’t plan on shaving anytime soon.

It’s what you have to do when you’re getting ready to play the part of Santa Claus during the upcoming holidays.

Keele owns Queensgate...

Talon Yager and Andrew McVay each remember their first time playing in a band at Ray’s Golden Lion in Richland.

For Yager, a bass player, it was 2005. For McVay, a guitarist, it was 2009.

But for both, it seems like just yesterday, full of fond memories. It’s a feeling...

Aubrieann Johnson had always wanted to own her own business.

It was just that, for the longest time, the 32-year-old Pasco woman never could figure out what that would be.

It took going through some rough times before she found her answer: banana bread.

It happens to be a...

Jason Jarrett will be the first to tell customers that his products might not be the cheapest.

But no one will give them better service than the people at Central Industrial Sales Inc. (CIS) in Richland because “we kill it with service and cleanliness,” he said.

On the day of...

For 20 years, Jason Chambers toiled in the coating industry, working as a regional manager for Sherwin-Williams.

But while he knew what he did was important for the company and his job was filled with responsibilities, he wanted a change.

He was never able to be “on vacation” with his...

On the office wall at his Poutine, Eh? restaurant in Kennewick, Robert Chapin has two strategies to spark creative ideas for his neighboring ice cream shop: his thought board and his flavor bible.

It’s where he comes up with some of his outrageous – yet tasty – ice cream...

What was San Angelo, Texas’ loss has quickly become the Tri-Cities’ gain.

A European couple opened an Italian restaurant in north Richland that is already getting rave reviews.

Tony Morina and his wife, Valle, opened Napoli’s Italian Restaurant in late June at 3280 George Washington Way. The building is across...

Israel Moore was always interested in owning his own construction company, and that dream came true in 2014.

But something interesting happened a year later: he found a second business in hauling people’s junk away.

Moore launched Trash Bandits, a professional junk removal service, eight years ago.

“My construction company (MyPROcontractor)...

Kyle and Becky Thornhill have been riding a wave toward a building of their own since launching Tsunami Catering in January 2018.

And despite setbacks – some temporary, some longer – it’s been a great ride.

“For me, I get excited because it’s connecting with people through food,” Kyle said.

Becky...