A nonprofit dedicated to serving individuals with autism aims to employ them, but it can’t give jobs to everyone who needs them. That’s why the organization is launching a new training program this summer to help young adults who might be lacking support get ready for a job in the community.

Since the start of the pandemic, the share of area public high school graduates going on to some post-secondary has plunged relative to a decade ago.

The options for four-year degrees at Columbia Basin College are growing once again.

Q&A with Lance Hansen, incoming superintendent of the Kennewick School District.

A Pasco-based union that got its start using cutting-edge technology on the top-secret Manhattan Project at Hanford continues to innovate as it prepares the next generation for careers as plumbers and pipefitters.

Thousands of state government and community college employees in Washington want Gov. Bob Ferguson to ensure they receive a pay raise in July like the rest of the state workforce – but it may be a long shot. 

Students attending any of the state’s nine independent colleges, such as Gonzaga University, Pacific Lutheran University, Seattle University, and Whitman College, would see state tuition assistance under the Washington College Grant and College Bound Scholarship programs cut to 50% of the average level awarded to students at public universities.

Nearly $5 million in federal funding is being cut off to joint programs of Heritage University and Yakima-based Educational Service District (ESD) 105 to train and place school-based mental health providers. 

More than 300 graduates will walk at the commencement ceremony, which will begin at 1 p.m.