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Kennewick cafe’s new home makes room for growth

The owners of a popular European-style cafe in the Southridge area of Kennewick are expanding to a bigger location a half mile away. Café Magnolia, currently located in the Cynergy Center at 4309 W. 27th Place, Kennewick, attracts visitors from Portland traveling on Highway 395, while regular customers drive from Spokane, Walla Walla, Sunnyside, Prosser and even Seattle to get their fill of coffee, pastries and lunch items.

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New 32-bed mental health facility to open in Kennewick

An inpatient mental health treatment facility in Kennewick that has sat dormant since being built five years ago is finally opening its doors. Aristo Healthcare confirmed to the Tri-Cities Area Journal of Business that it will open its New Hopes Kennewick facility at 7319 W. Hood Place on Nov. 17. The 32-bed facility is expected to have between 30 to 35 staff members. Aristo is currently hiring to staff up the clinic.

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HAPO opens $10 million commercial services center in Kennewick

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After vote, this Washington city is still open to proposal for 21 data centers

Citizen concerns about resources and public notifications won't stop consideration of Amazon project The post After vote, this Washington city is still open to proposal for 21 data centers appeared first on Columbia Insight .

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Public Hearing Coming November 18th Over Proposed Sale of Kennewick Park

City is considering selling Yelm Park to a civic group

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Church members build new home for growing congregation

In the farmland just outside Pasco’s city limits, a congregation came together on evenings and weekends over the course of two years to build a new church. The result is a 36,606-square-foot building with a sanctuary large enough for more than 1,000 people, classrooms, a commercial kitchen, dining space and something the congregation didn’t have before: its own cemetery.

Pasco, WA · 1d

Tri-City Herald

Coffee-crusted steak, caffeine and cocktails shine at new Richland eatery

When managing partner Justin Bazinet, of new restaurant Phoenix & Folly, was asked in elementary school what he wanted to be when he grew up, his response was “I’m going to be the guy who turns the dining room lights on at the restaurant.” Instead, his career took him into the tech world, where he does IT support all over the country. During COVID, he felt like he was called back to the hospitality industry. After working as support staff for other restaurants around town, like The Peacock, Bazinet is finally opening a restaurant of his own, with his wife, India, and Thomas Kalmbach, who formerly owned The Peacock. Phoenix & Folly is set to open on Friday, Nov. 13, after a handful of delays. Every meal, five days a week Phoenix & Folly has a table with your name on it Tuesday-Saturday from 7 a.m.-10 p.m. The former Salud building has a lounge-like feel, with a mix of tables, high tops and couches. Whether stopping by for a bite of breakfast or a late night meal, the menu has both traditional eats and creative twists. One item Justin expects to be a stand-out is the coffee-crusted New York strip,

Richland, WA · 1d

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LifePoint Health buys Trios Hospital for $7M

For the first time since it opened more than a decade ago, Trios Southridge Hospital is now owned by the entity operating it. And it’s a transaction that appears to be a bargain. LifePoint Health, the national healthcare provider that operates Kennewick’s Trios and Lourdes Health in Pasco, bought...

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Hubby’s Pizza marks 50 years by keeping tradition on the menu

For five decades, people have celebrated birthdays, youth sports and family dinners at Kennewick’s Hubby’s Pizza, where the only significant changes have been the prices and one brick wall – but more on that later. Promoted as “halfway between the bridges,” the restaurant at 346 W. Columbia...

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WJHL

Passengers at Tri-Cities Airport affected by nationwide flight grounding

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Former city manager to take over Hohenberg's Port of Kennewick seat

A longtime Kennewick leader has found a new way to serve the community. The Port of Kennewick Board of Commissioners decided Tuesday who would succeed Ken Hohenberg, who retired in September. There is about a year left of his six-year term. Former Kennewick City Manager Marie Mosley was chosen to serve out the remainder of the term for District 1 — a position that is up for election in 2027. Current commissioners Skip Novakovich and Raul Contreras Gonzalez made the final selection from a pool of four applicants during the board’s regular meeting. The other three candidates were former Richland Mayor Rob Welch, former Kennewick Mayor Don Britain and Washington State Sen. Matt Boehnke. In her position as a port commissioner , Mosley will prioritize Vista Field, developing a sustainable budget and long-range planning, according to her application. Before being a Commissioner Before retiring in 2023, Mosley had worked in municipal government for 40 years. The last 16 years of her career were spent as Kennewick’s city manager. As the top administrator she oversaw the budget, managed day-to-day operations and was accountable to the elected city council. She earned a bachelor’s in accounting from Gonzaga University and is a CPA.

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Kennewick's Harvest Bazaar marks 35 years with nearly 90 local vendors

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Kennewick store swaps worn American flags for new ones on Veterans Day

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Tri-City Herald

Still not home. Family of Tri-Cities pilot MIA in Vietnam holds onto hope

For 58 years the family of Major San D. Francisco have been waiting for a follow-up to the telegram delivered to their home in Burbank with the devastating news that his F-4 Phantom jet had been shot down over Vietnam . Despite an extensive search and rescue mission, he was not found alive, and his body has yet to be recovered and returned home. “There’s hope. There’s always hope,” said his sister Terri Francisco-Farrell of Kennewick, on the eve of Veterans Day 2026. Before Veterans Day 2025, she was told that new technology could be used to find her brother’s body. Officials had approved using a drone equipped with a magnetometer, which can detect metals at a greater distance than conventional metal detectors. It could alert to metal from a cluster bomb that hit the area. Francisco was killed by friendly fire, with his remains likely among the metal, said Francisco-Farrell. But no progress to use the technology was made in the last year. “There’s just not money available right now,” Francisco-Farrell said. She is encouraged that the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency met with her niece in March and told her that the status of Francisco’s case has been upgraded

Kennewick, WA · 3d

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Prosser senior Herbie Wright commits to Eastern Washington

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Prosser, WA · 1d

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Simon to buy prominent Seattle shopping center

The company that owns Columbia Center mall in Kennewick is about to expand its portfolio with another notable retail property in the state. Simon Property Group recently announced its intent to purchase the University Village shopping center in Seattle, according to Washington Retail. Terms of the deal haven’t been disclosed by Simon said it intends to close on the purchase by the end of 2026.

Seattle, WA · 1d

Crafting Your Home

A Tri-Cities Woman Who Films Shelter Dogs Without the Sad Music Has Built a TikTok Following of About 175,000

Julie Saraceno skips the sad shelter content and has built about 175,000 TikTok followers, hoping upbeat videos drive adoptions and volunteering.

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This inmate champions workforce development behind bars

The first question Don Crews posed to an inmate he was helping prepare for life after prison stopped the man in his tracks. Crews had handed the man, who is incarcerated at Coyote Ridge Corrections Center in Connell, a packet of documents designed to help him plan for his release. But imagining a future beyond prison wasn’t easy.

Connell, WA · 1d

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Meet Rufus, the Little Dog Looking for Big Love in the Tri-Cities

There's a little guy named Rufus who'd love nothing more than to be your shadow, and he's waiting in Pasco.

Pasco, WA · 1d

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Plans underway for new apartments, subdivisions, roadwork

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 the various planning departments of Benton, Franklin and Walla Walla counties.