A homebuilder with projects throughout the Mid-Columbia will pay $1.6 million as part of a settlement with the Washington Attorney General’s Office, but the company is pushing back against justice officials’ characterization of the dispute.

Kennewick’s Grace Clinic is bracing for a surge in patients. The free medical and dental clinic – the only one serving both Benton and Franklin counties – expects demand to spike as Affordable Care Act insurance subsidies expire and Medicaid eligibility rules tighten under H.R. 1, the federal budget law also known as the One Big Beautiful Bill Act.

The first proposed examples for a new Kennewick City Hall show a two-story brick and timber building with two designated outdoor civic spaces and circular council chambers with a skylight.

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

A former Benton County Superior Court judge and a prominent financial advisor and attorney have found new roles in the Washington Attorney General’s Office after relocating to the west side of the Cascade Mountains.

The U.S. Department of Energy has officially reclassified some waste being stored in tanks at the Hanford site, paving the way for it to be treated by a means different than vitrification.

Just over a month after losing its longtime leader, the Home Builders Association of the Tri-Cities and Walla Walla has found a successor.

The company behind the signs for the new Pasco Aquatic Center, Benton County Fairgrounds’ recently revamped grandstands and the Columbia Valley Center for Recovery has new owners with a bold new vision.

At this downtown Kennewick shop, new inventory arrives daily, the phone rings often, a rescue dog pines for pets, and owner Dan Sanders can usually tell you whether he has the card, comic, figure or game someone is hunting for, even if it is buried in the store’s crowded maze of shelves, boxes and back room inventory.

Only months after wrapping up construction at Columbia Valley Center for Recovery, Benton County has broken ground on a related project aimed at giving those who leave the residential treatment facility the best opportunity to land on their feet.