The rare 2026 issue that draws huge support from Republicans and Democrats in Congress is the same one that’s mobilized many Americans: restrictions on giant data centers. 

Bonneville Power Administration is seeking to collect an additional $125 million from its ratepayers over the next two years, reportedly to recover its costs in meeting a court order to spill more water from its hydroelectric dams. 

The search for Richland School District’s next top administrator has officially begun. 

Columbia Ability Alliance is launching its annual Giving Blitz today. The five-day event seeks to raise money for the nonprofit’s programs.  

A collection of recently-awarded federal grants is expected to allow the Tri-Cities Airport to improve operations and reduce delays for aircraft during the winter travel season. 

It’s official: triathletes from around the world will continue to swim, bike and run throughout the Tri-Cities for the next three years. 

The immediate response has been swift. The rebuilding process should move with the same urgency.

A national auto finance firm will pay hundreds of millions of dollars as part of a settlement to resolve allegations the company steered consumers into loans they’d struggle to repay, and hundreds of Washingtonians will see a payday as a result. 

It’s finally here: Athletes and visitors will flood Richland and West Richland this weekend for the third annual Ironman Washington Tri-Cities triathlon on Sept. 20. 

The state Supreme Court has invalidated a ballot measure approved by voters in 2024 that sought to slow Washington’s shift from natural gas toward technology like electric heat pumps.