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Kennewick Fire Station 3, 6941 W. Grandridge Blvd., Kennewick. (Photo by Scott Butner Photography)

City of Kennewick: Tax dollars keep hammers swinging

Government-funded projects are keeping construction workers busy in Kennewick despite the recession. Multiple commercial and residential projects are underway in...
Duportail Bridge, Richland. (Photo by Scott Butner Photography)

City of Richland: Major construction projects span city limits

A global pandemic hasn’t slowed progress across the city of Richland as major construction projects wrap up and new ones...
Columbia River Walk Apartments, 2120 W. A St., Pasco. (Courtesy FTI Management)

City of Pasco: Affordability still key to record growth

Construction is booming in Pasco. It’s because the city is an incredible value for builders, said Rick White, Pasco’s director...
Belmont Business District, Belmont Boulevard. (Photo by Scott Butner Photography)

City of West Richland: City may hold key to Tri-City home shortage

As a city that doesn’t rely on sales tax revenue to fuel much of its budget, West Richland had an...
Diahann Howard, executive director of the Port of Benton, center, reviews sewer plans for an expansion of the north Horn Rapids industrial area with Miles Thomas, director of economic development, left, and Roger Wright of RGW Enterprises, right.
(Courtesy Ross James Photography/Port of Benton)

Port of Benton: Critical foundation in place for 2021 projects

The first months of 2020 welcomed new members to the Port of Benton “We were in the middle of a...
Kennewick’s Clover Island. (Courtesy Kim Fetrow Photography/Port of Kennewick)

Port of Kennewick: They’ve built it, now they’re ready for them to come

Kennewick’s Clover Island.  |  Courtesy Kim Fetrow Photography/Port of The dust seems to have settled at Port of Kennewick developments...
Rendering of a proposed hotel and marketplace at the site. (Courtesy JMS Development)

Port of Pasco: Industrial land in high demand

The Port of Pasco’s Processing Center is at capacity, and it has sold all the lots at the Foster Wells...
Richland School District Teaching, Learning  & Administration Center, 6972 Keene Road, West Richland. (Photo by Scott Butner Photography)

K-12 Education: Pandemic doesn’t slow new school projects

It’s been an unprecedented year for Tri-City public school districts in the wake of the pandemic. Though students left classrooms...
WSU Tri-Cities academic building, 2710 Crimson Way, Richland. (Photo by Scott Butner Photography)

Higher Education: CBC, WSU-Tri-Cities building for a future when students return to campus

The Tri-Cities’ higher education campuses don’t have many students on campus this fall. The coronavirus pandemic sent the majority to...
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Uncertainty abounds: What does 2020 hold for agriculture?

While Lamb Weston and Mid-Columbia potato growers were dealing with an unexpected surplus of spuds this spring, Mid-Columbia asparagus farmers...

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