Private companies aren’t the only ones eyeing the Mid-Columbia for its potential as a site for data centers and development of artificial intelligence.
$249.2 million — that’s how much state funding for capital projects could be headed to the Tri-Cities and surrounding areas if approved by Gov. Bob Ferguson.
Efforts to rally the community to take care of veterans memorials in Kennewick have raised about $15,000 and rallied dozens of volunteers, who have already improved two of them, with work on another memorial hopefully starting this summer.
The city of Pasco has kicked off a planned multiphase renovation and expansion of its Martin Luther King Jr. Community Center to revitalize a space that has served residents for nearly 50 years.
Construction of a $175 million insulation manufacturing plant planned at Wallula Gap is on the horizon and the company behind it is seeing strong interest from contractors wanting to help build it.