It can be challenging for small businesses looking for work at the Hanford nuclear site to get a foot in the door. But a U.S. Department of Energy program offers mentoring to small businesses, and it appears to be yielding results.

A longtime West Richland pizza shop has new owners.

A popular Pasco restaurant that closed during the Covid-19 pandemic is set to reopen this spring in a prominent new location.

A newly repurposed postal facility in Pasco will make mail and package delivery faster and more reliable in the Tri-Cities region, officials said.

A 10,000-square-foot building near the Country Mercantile in Richland is poised to bring new retail or other commercial development to a growing area near Badger Mountain. 

A prime piece of commercial property in a busy south Richland corridor is for sale.

The man who started Bouten Construction immigrated from Belgium as a young boy and went to work building houses with his father at age 13 before eventually starting his own construction company, which celebrates 80 years in business this year.

As many longtime employees begin to reach retirement age, and as some operations and activities at the site ramp up, maintaining and bolstering the Hanford workforce – which numbers more than 11,000 people – is a mission-critical endeavor, officials said. 

A Kennewick woman was picked from among the more than 30,000 employees nationwide for a prestigious award.

A final lease for a second Tri-Cities Costco appears to be on the horizon.