Washington state building code changes designed to get more electric heat pumps installed in newly built houses, apartments and commercial buildings are still on track to take effect next week after a judge on Friday declined an industry-backed request to put the rules on hold.
Construction on a $22.7 million affordable housing complex with an unusual name begins later this year in east Kennewick now that a complicated combination of funding sources has been secured.
Richland has available industrial land, a robust and skilled workforce, and other factors that make it attractive to companies looking to expand their operations or build something new within city limits. But now it can offer more incentives.
King Beverage Inc., a Spokane Valley-based wholesale beverage distributor which has a distribution facility in Benton City, is brewing up plans for a 205,000-square-foot distribution center near Spokane International Airport.