Tourism & Travel

Right on schedule, food follows wine at Kennewick’s Columbia Gardens
The Port of Kennewick used wineries to woo tourists and hungry crowds to an industrial stretch of Columbia Drive. Now...

Covid-19 hits tourism hard in the Tri-Cities
Hospitality is big business in the Tri-Cities. It just misses landing in the top five sectors, as ranked by employment...

Crow Butte ready to welcome campers – when Phase 2 comes
One good thing happened when Crow Butte Park in southern Benton County closed to campers because of the Covid-19 crisis....

Friends of Badger Mountain readies its new vineyard trail for a fall debut
The local nonprofit that built public trails on Badger and Candy mountains is preparing to open a new trailhead as...

The cheery champion of Tri-City tourism finds good news in sea of bad
Michael Novakovich is by nature and by profession an optimist. As president of Visit Tri-Cities, his job is to champion...

Vintage boat cruises into new life as bar at Richland Yacht Club
The little runabout was so perfect, Roy Keck couldn’t help himself. When the like-new 1962 Dorsett El Dorado the color...

Timeshares have hidden challenges after death
By Beau Ruff We have all been there. We take a vacation to Florida, Hawaii, Arizona or Mexico, and we...

Benton, Franklin recreation projects get $1.8 million boost
Benton and Franklin counties received more than $1.8 million in state recreation grants to pay for a variety of projects,...
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