Richland’s biggest gym recently turned two outdoor clay tennis courts – first built in 1996 – into six hard court pickleball/tennis courts to accommodate the growing demand for pickleball. Other improvements also are in the works.

Knockerball Tri-Cities is launching KBTC Family Fun Zone in Pasco, featuring bumper cars, virtual reality simulators, arcade games, food, from grilled cheese to ice cream – and of course, knockerballs.

The draft master plan for the Franklin County-owned HAPO Center recently laid out several recommendations for the roughly 100-acre area in west Pasco, which includes neighboring sports fields owned by the city of Pasco as well as Gesa Stadium, but there’s no clear path forward to make it a reality.

Supporting the arts supports the artist who will bring patrons to your community with benefits to local tourism spots and more.

Self-help books, romance and thriller novels, and memoirs all top the 10 most popular fiction and nonfiction titles checked out from the Mid-Columbia Libraries and the Richland Public Library in 2024.

A Pasco high schooler operates P-Town Calls, which sells handmade wood and acrylic duck calls, as well as hats, beanies, sweatshirts and T-shirts in assorted colors repping the P-Town logo.

Richland voters have let the curtain fall on paying for the Tri-Cities’ first large dedicated performing arts facility with a sales tax increase.

ArtsFund and the Paul G. Allen Family Foundation have funneled hundreds of thousands of dollars to arts and cultural organizations in Benton and Franklin counties over the past two years.

Richland’s alphabet houses, also called ABC houses, continue to anchor north Richland’s residential neighborhoods where many owners take pains to stay true to their homes’ original architecture.