Ben Franklin Transit’s director of planning and service development does not own a car.Keith Hall gets around the Tri-Cities by bike, scooter and by bus, something he says is becoming a realistic option as the transit agency invests in initiatives to make riding the bus more convenient to all residents.Ben...
Peninsula Truck Lines is based in western Washington, but the Northwest carrier is making inroads in the Tri-Cities.In 2021, Peninsula marked its 70th anniversary as a company. It expanded its Kennewick terminal on East Bruneau Street when it paid nearly $500,000 for a one-acre site next door. It demolished several...
Fierce wind raked the Beverly Bridge but the challenging weather didn’t deter crowds who turned out to dedicate the Beverly Bridge, the newest link in the Washington State Park system’s Palouse to Cascades State Trail.Gov. Jay Inslee joined a crowd of more than 300 to officially open the former railroad...
A unique food park is coming to a spot near Lawrence Scott Park in Kennewick’s Columbia Center area.1derful Food Park – pronounced “wonderful” – is the brainchild of Joo Seok Baek of Richland. It will have seven kitchens and dining space at 6494 W. Skagit Ave., Kennewick.The 30,000-square-foot complex will...
Panda Express will open a Chinese-American fast-food restaurant next to the Columbia River in the heart of Richland.It is the latest in a series of big moves in Richland’s central business district, where the city is fostering business and residential development along the Columbia River.The Panda Express site, 924 George...
Developers, start your engines.The Port of Kennewick will begin accepting proposals from developers who want to build homes, offices, restaurants and other structures at its Vista Field urban development starting on June 16.The port will announce it is ready for ideas at the former municipal airport during grand opening festivities...
A much-anticipated public market in the heart of Kennewick is putting off its opening date, citing construction delays.“We’re not ready,” said Kelsey Bitton, project manager for The Public Market @ Columbia River Warehouse, the market that is taking over the former Welch’s juice plant and later, J. Lieb, 20 E....
An infill apartment project will bring a complex of all three-bedroom units to western Kennewick.Ely Apartments is a venture of Suebug Enterprises LLC’s Will McKay and Kyle Beauchamp.McKay purchased the four-acre site, 2652 W. 15th Ave., Kennewick, from his father, Bill McKay in 2020.The elder McKay purchased it in 2017...
Everything about Hanford is huge.Its area: 580 square miles.Its waterfront: 40 miles of Columbia River.Its workforce: 10,000, including 300 federal employees.Its payroll: $500 million plus, or about a quarter of all local wages.Its budget: $2.6 billion, with $560 million awarded to subcontractors in 2021.Its history: Helping end World War II...
President Joe Biden cut an estimated $172 million from the Hanford cleanup plan in his fiscal year 2023 budget request released just days after he signed a belated spending plan covering the remaining six months of the 2022 fiscal year.The president’s fiscal year 2023 budget request was released March 28,...
