A group of Mid-Columbia irrigators and the Washington Department of Ecology are sparring over a long-planned housing project for agricultural workers west of Paterson along the Columbia River.
Franklin County’s administrator recently spoke with the Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation about transforming the Pasco’s HAPO Center into a tribal casino, saying if there’s any tribe the county should be talking to, it’s the Yakamas.
A new analysis from the state Department of Revenue shows Washington’s high-earner income tax will be paid by thousands of additional households and produce hundreds of millions of dollars more than previously assumed – if voters don’t ditch it this fall.
The winery of NFL quarterback and Walla Walla native Drew Bledsoe has opened a new tasting room on the south side of Walla Walla, growing its footprint.
The international nuclear fuel manufacturer with a plant in Richland has inked yet another deal that could further solidify its importance in a nascent nuclear power industry.
Columbia Basin College has completed Hawks Landing Hall, a new student housing facility at 2108 W. Argent Road, at the corner of 20th Avenue and Argent Road in Pasco.
Tri-Tech Skills Center has completed its core modernization project at 5929 W. Metaline Ave. in Kennewick. The $45.5 million, state-funded project modernized the original 66,000-square-foot section of the approximately 130,000-square-foot facility, which was built in 1981.
