A series of break-ins recently rattled the Tri-Cities’ small business community, targeting establishments ranging from restaurants, an entertainment center and a salon. And local police have advice on how businesses can deter would-be criminals.

Local businesses have felt some strain this year with rising costs, changing tariffs and customers pulling back on spending. Overall, the year has been flat for three longtime local businesses as they work to engage customers in the ways they know best. 

A development group with plans for a massive multimillion-dollar athletic complex south of Badger Mountain hopes to break ground next summer.

The Tri-Cities Area Journal of Business reached out to the three commissioners-elect to learn more about  their top priorities. Here’s what they had to say.

A family-owned auto body shop that’s been in business in Kennewick since the 1980s recently opened a Pasco location to stay competitive.

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

Richland’s city council unanimously approved an option agreement with Atlas Agro for land for a data center at a Dec. 2 meeting. 

Hot on the heels of two other data center proposals for the Tri-Cities area is a plan for one in West Richland.
A commercial real estate developer confirmed it is interested in developing farmland in the 7,600-acre Lewis & Clark Ranch area in West Richland that’s earmarked for future development.

A farm in the Horse Heaven Hills near Prosser recently got an electric upgrade that enables it to expand its storage capacity as well as power up future projects.