Covering the population beat for the greater Tri-Cities is getting monotonous.

Benton and Franklin counties, as previously reported in the Tri-Cities Area Journal of Business, continue to outperform most counties of the state.

Recently released estimates from the demographers at the Washington Office of Financial Management (OFM)...

They’re known by many names – backyard cottages, in-law suites, granny flats, mother-in-law apartments, guest homes, casitas – but building codes don’t have cutesy names for them. They’re designated as “accessory dwelling units,” or ADUs.

No matter what they’re called, we expect to see more of them in the...

Q&A with Carla Cicero, president & CEO of Numerica Credit Union.

Wheatland Bank, which has a branch in Pasco, is set to join the Glacier Bancorp family of banks.

Community Financial Group Inc., the Spokane-based holding company of Wheatland Bank, has entered into an agreement with the Kalispell, Montana-based Glacier Bancorp. The action still must be approved by...

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APPOINTMENTS

• Walla Walla winery L’Ecole No 41 has appointed Ryan Pennington as its chief operating officer. Pennington spent the last 10 years at Ste. Michelle Wine Estates, where he was most recently vice...
  

New urgent care clinic opens in West Richland

Three Rivers Family Medicine, a Richland primary care office, has opened its first urgent care clinic in West Richland.

Three Rivers Urgent Care is the first satellite clinic for the privately-owned family physicians office that has operated at 945 Goethals Drive in...

A San Francisco-based company recently bought a Pasco apartment complex on Chapel Hill Boulevard for $65 million.

Glencrest Group bought The Crossings at Chapel Hill, a 300-unit multifamily community at 6626 Chapel Hill Blvd. It was built in two phases in 2016 and 2012 and features 13 three-story residential...

Documents filed under Washington’s environmental review process reveal a list of projects in the works for the Mid-Columbia.

The State Environmental Policy Act, or SEPA, often provides the first look at the mixed-use projects, mini storage facilities, apartments, industrial expansions, subdivisions and more that are working their way through...

Bankruptcies are filed under the following chapter headings:
Chapter 7 — Straight Bankruptcy: debtor gives up non-exempt property and debt is discharged.
Chapter 11 — Allows companies and individuals to restructure debts to repay them.
Chapter 12 — Allows family farmers to restructure finances to avoid liquidation for foreclosure.
Chapter 13 —...