The Tri-Cities has a new urgent care clinic for patients with conditions that are not life threatening.Dr. Prabhjot “Jyoti” Kahlon, an emergency room veteran who has worked at both Kadlec Regional Medical Center and Lourdes Health, opened Health First Urgent Care on Aug. 31 at 37 Columbia Point Drive in...

A prominent Tri-City developer is building a fast-food restaurant and office at 2250 Keene Road, near Richland’s newly relocated TacoTime.Greg Markel of Washington Securities and Investments Corp. said the 4,000-square-foot mixed-use building is a spec, or speculative project, being built on the expectation it will lease when the building is...

Two years after a Kennewick Taco Bell was torn down and rebuilt, a north Richland Taco Bell is getting a makeover of its own. Taco Bell, at 1825 George Washington Way, is temporarily closed for an $800,000 makeover to bring it to the modern brand standards spelled out by Taco Bell owner Yum! Brands. The updates include...

Steve Howland didn’t ask his employees at YMCA of the Greater Tri-Cities how they unwound at the end of the first week of school. But he suspects it was with a big sigh of relief.The 2020-21 school year started Sept. 1 in the Tri-Cities with most students connecting through Chromebooks...

Park Place, Richland’s prized gateway development, has landed its first tenant.Graze –  A Place to Eat, a popular sandwich chain with locations in Kennewick, Richland and Walla Walla, will be the first retailer to move into the mixed-use complex under construction in the 600 block of George Washington Way, a...

Jennifer LaCosteA prominent Tri-City divorce attorney is building a new office at a prominent intersection on the Kennewick-Richland border for her growing family law practice.Jennifer LaCoste, principal for LaCoste Law in Pasco, bought an undeveloped site on Steptoe Street near Gage Boulevard from Jacobs RR LLC in a deal that...

It was a hot August afternoon and Ruben Rojas was three days away from retiring as Richland’s chief arborist — the man in charge of the 5,800 trees that dot city parks and properties.It was fitting that he took a final interview at Howard Amon Park, social distancing at a...

 Central Washington Corn Processors is expanding its massive north Richland grain shed to better accommodate a key commodity used for livestock feed by the region’s dairies, feedlots and other operations – soy meal.The $4.3 million project will extend the CWCP “flat house” to 916 feet long, about a third longer...

A Tri-City nonprofit aims to turbocharge its efforts to end pet overpopulation after buying a former dental office in Pasco to serve as a spay and neuter clinic.Pet Overpopulation Prevention Tri-Cities, or POPP, paid $325,000 for the medical building at 1506 N. Road 40 in a deal that closed Aug....