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. 

Friends Corner has opened a new 4,000-square-foot convenience store and drive-thru coffee shop at 4389 Van Giesen Street in West Richland.

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.

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Lutheran Community Services Northwest has completed a new 40,000-square-foot behavioral health facility at 7011 W. Canal Drive, Suite G, next to Hobby Lobby and Wok King Buffet in Kennewick.

Kaizen Speed has completed a new 13,000-square-foot facility at 2589 Robertson Drive in Richland, providing the company with a larger, centralized location to support its growing performance vehicle business.