With a successful fair in the rear view, the fair board’s attention is now focused on hammering out a lease for the fairgrounds amid tense negotiations with their landlord, the Benton County commissioners.

One local government agency is hoping its latest effort will help ensure that Tri-City growth – and growth yet to come – can be steered to benefit not just individual cities but the entire region.

The Lewis & Clark Ranch development could see nearly 3,800 homes and support more than 2,600 jobs once it is fully built-out over the next 20 years.

PNNL began asking in mid-August for voluntary layoffs as the Tri-Cities’ largest employer sought to make cuts in response to anticipated federal spending reductions. 

It will likely be at least a year before the Kennewick City Council has the answers it needs to determine next steps for a future city hall.

Development of an in-demand industrial park north of Pasco is picking up speed with plans to begin the first phase for a rail track and a partnership with a new tenant to pursue joint loan and grant funding to expand the water system.

Even as potential budget cuts and other shifts at the federal level introduce complications in the Hanford site’s cleanup mission, progress on initiatives is continuing, according to one Hanford site official.

Catholic Charities Central Washington recently bought the former Esprit building at 110 N. Cascade St., at the corner of Cascade Street and Canal Drive, for $1.4 million, according to Benton County property records.

A popular crepe shop in Richland’s Uptown Shopping Center is changing hands as its founding owner focuses on other parts of his business and family. 

U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright on Sept. 9 pushed back against media reports that he is seeking a “different direction” to the environmental cleanup effort at the Hanford site, including halting work on a treatment facility on the cusp of becoming operational.