While harsh talk may be necessary to stimulate initial discussions, fence-mending and practical solutions are needed now within our North American neighborhood.

As the weather warms up, Girl Scout cookie sales are coming soon to booths around the Tri-Cities, and this year will be the last season for one of the cookie flavors.

Tri-City lawmakers have seen some of the bills they are sponsoring or co-sponsoring – concerning housing, career and higher education and even littering – survive the first cutoff for consideration during the 2025 legislative session. 

A recent proposal to raise the state’s minimum wage didn’t make it past the first legislative cutoff date, but it serves as a reminder of how local chambers of commerce go to bat when it comes to protecting local businesses and consumers.

Osprey Pointe’s developer says the Pasco project years in the making will be the likes of which the Tri-Cities has never seen.

The repercussions of a mid-February layoff of hundreds of probationary federal employees at the Bonneville Power Administration, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory and the U.S. Department of Energy’s Hanford field office continue to be felt across the Mid-Columbia.

Five leases in the region have been terminated by the Department of Government Efficiency, including in Richland. The move leaves more questions than answers.

For all the talk of affordable housing, the luxury housing market has never been better in the Tri-Cities.

The price of eggs has backyard farmers flocking to take a crack at raising their own chickens to secure a steady supply of eggs.

West Richland is a hot spot for restaurant development this spring, with several established businesses planning to set up shop in the city.