An employee-driven culture of safety and quality customer service has distinguished a Richland distribution center with a coveted safety award.

Over the course of more than 20 years, a Spokane-based family business grew from an operation based in their own home to a multi-office company with over 50 employees. Continental Door Company put down roots in the Tri-Cities last year and plans to keep on growing.

Documents filed under Washington’s environmental review process reveal a list of projects in the works for the Mid-Columbia. 

Nearly 600 job seekers and several small business owners across the region gained new skills, jobs and funding in the past year, thanks to the Benton-Franklin Workforce Development Council.

This online-only university is helping nearly 1,000 students across Benton and Franklin counties get degrees while staying in their homes – and their jobs.

The Red Cross has consolidated its services into an already familiar space.

Senior Life Resources Northwest, the nonprofit that runs Mid-Columbia Meals on Wheels, Home Care Services, and the recently acquired Healthy Ages program from Kadlec, is rebranding under a new name.

The winners of this year’s Richland Rotary Entrepreneurial Awards included restaurants, a payroll services business, a helicopter company and the owners of a mini golf course. The event’s top award went to a longtime entrepreneur who now oversees efforts to give other startups a leg up. 

The Mid-Columbia Symphony has an abbreviated slate of concerts this year as it works to build up its resources amid financial instability. 

A nonprofit serving youth in crisis in Benton and Franklin counties is consolidating its two Kennewick offices into a new, larger space to better support its staff and the community.