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...
Drivers may see I-90 construction delays this summerCross-state travelers will need to add extra travel time to their trips this summer and fall.The Washington State Department of Transportation and construction crews will be busy improving sections of Interstate 90 from North Bend to Ellensburg.About seven construction projects through multiple construction...
Airlift Northwest, the not-for-profit air medical transport service of UW Medicine, recently opened a new helicopter base at Davenport Municipal Airport in Davenport to serve Central and Eastern Washington.The base will begin operations this summer with a specially configured Airbus H-135 helicopter. It has a range of 340 miles, a...
Malin Bergstrom had never really planned on working in the family business.“I was going to be a veterinarian,” she said.But things quickly changed, said the president of Bergstrom Aircraft Inc.“Growing up, I worked summers and weekends to help out,” she said. “The summer after my senior year, I was approached...
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...
Truck drivers are in demand for jobs based in the Tri-Cities. Teresa Maki, owner of T Enterprises, a Pasco private trucking school, said enrollment at her CDL school has almost doubled since 2020. (Courtesy T Enterprises)Teresa Maki, who has been in business for more than 30 years as owner of...
A roundabout planned to alleviate Hanford traffic in north Richland is now delayed until next spring.A traffic circle is planned at the intersection of Highways 240 and 225 and Route 10 adjacent to the Hanford nuclear site.“There’s been a lot of near misses in the area and also a lot...
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...
By Gale Metcalf for Tri-Cities Area Journal of BusinessA century ago, the automobile had not yet completely replaced the horse and buggy as the main way of getting around in the United States.But, it was getting there.Yet getting to where you wanted to be – even with an automobile and...
