Columbia Basin College’s president has retired after nine years overseeing the Pasco school to serve as chancellor for Western Governors University Washington. Rich CumminsRich Cummins will oversee the nonprofit online university, taking over from Jean Floten, who recently retired from the chancellor post she had held since 2011.WGU Washington has...

Washington state’s taxable retail sales increased 7.4 percent in the third quarter of 2016 over the same quarter in 2015, reaching $38.5 billion. Retail trade, which is a subset of all taxable retail sales, rose 5.8 percent to $16.33 billion.These figures are part of a quarterly report released this month...

The Pasco School District is inviting all interested and prospective teachers in the area to attend its teacher job fair from 4-7 p.m. Feb. 9 inside the student mall at Chiawana High School, 8125 W. Argent Road. Attendees will learn about new teaching positions coming in the 2017-18 school year....