Michele Gerber’s son, Jim, gave the best bear hugs.

He was a tall, strong guy, and he’d lift his petite mother high in the air.

“I’d practically fly over his shoulder,” Gerber said with a laugh.

Jim has been gone nine years now, although he comes to life when Gerber tells...

A long-planned intermodal ramp in Wallula is expected to open early next year.

The newly formed company that’s reviving the project has signed a lease and purchase agreement with Union Pacific for the property on Railex Road off Highway 12, east of the Tri-Cities. The property includes the 210,000-square-foot...

A few months from now, when the 1,805-square-foot home off Corinth Drive in Pasco is finished, Damian Corona has an idea how he’ll feel. “I’ll feel accomplished,” he said.

That’s because the 17-year-old senior at Chiawana High School will have helped build the home from the ground up through...

The saying goes, “There’s strength in numbers,” and two housing agencies serving low income, disabled and senior clients in the Tri-Cities area are counting on that to be true by creating a new consortium.

The Benton Franklin Housing Consortium officially formed on Oct. 17, when the chairmen of the...

It’s mostly trees, plus a bit of beachhead.

There’s no access road, so you’ll need a kayak or possibly hip waders.

But if you’ve got a spirit of adventure and a yearning for a natural area to call your own, you could be the owner of the 13-acre Fox Island...

A popular gluten-free bakery and deli is celebrating the opening of its new storefront.

Tina’s Tasty Treats opens its doors at 1325 George Washington Way, in the former Lotus Asian Market space at the Uptown Shopping Center in Richland, on Oct. 21.

Hours are 8 a.m. to...

For Jason Wilkinson, one of the best parts of being a homebuilder comes at the end of the process.

“It’s when I hand keys to the buyers, knowing they’re going to make memories in something I built. That’s really satisfying to me,” said the co-owner of the Tri-Cities-based Prodigy...

The story of commercial construction in the Tri-Cities right now has a simple theme: Things may have cooled a bit due to factors such as higher interest rates, but there’s no reason to panic.

“Although we may see a little bit of a slowdown in the pace of new...

In Pasco, the watchword at the moment is planning. And transition. The city that’s already experienced transformational growth in the last decade-plus is poised to gain even more residents over the next 20-plus years. 

Shelby’s Floral has for decades had a Clearwater Avenue address – from its debut in 1977 in the now-defunct Bramble Bush Mall to its current home in Marineland Plaza.

And that’s not going to change now that owner Jackie Brown is building a new home for the beloved flower...