The question isn’t whether innovation is needed, but how this proposed center can best complement and enhance existing efforts. 

Every new law, rule and tax layers on further costs, making it harder for employers to create jobs, or even stay open.

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

A $100,000 state grant to study potential industrial sites in Connell may provide a path to economic sustainability for a community still dealing with the closure of its largest employer.

Tri-County Partners Habitat for Humanity is doing its part to provide affordable housing – and a potential agreement with the state Department of Natural Resources may be a way to offer more of it.

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.

A Norwegian company that had been eyeing the Tri-Cities for a lithium-ion battery component production facility ended its agreement with the city of Richland in 2024.

Tri-City leaders flooded the state capitol recently to rally lawmaker support for a number of priorities for the region.

Two regional organizations have made changes to some of their longtime programs this year, which now sport new names and revised focuses.

A Pasco coffee roaster and shop that aims to elevate the coffee-drinking experience is expanding to its third location after buying Richland’s Barracuda Coffee Co.