The long-awaited space will have tables and seating along with green space and a small open-air theater with artificial turf to serve patrons of all ages.
Members of the Washington Public Employees Association not receiving those increases work at 14 community colleges, including Columbia Basin College, and in nine state agencies. Among them are the Department of Natural Resources, Department of Revenue, the Liquor and Cannabis Board and Department of Agriculture.
The Tri-Cities leader will take on the additional role beginning June 1 when the outgoing WSU Vancouver chancellor retires. She also will co-chair the committee that will lead the new search for a permanent chancellor for WSU Vancouver this fall.
Tens of thousands of high school students who complete job training programs and earn credentials will have fewer barriers to entering the workforce, thanks to two bills recently signed by Gov. Bob Ferguson.
High school students in Kennewick School District’s FFA programs have been growing and caring for a variety of plants – from flowers to vegetables – and now they are sharing them at upcoming plant sales.
Washington State University Tri-Cities honored eight individuals with this year’s Women of Distinction award for contributions to the campus and across the Tri-Cities community.
The “whistle-stop tour” is aimed at providing faculty, staff and students the opportunity to connect with the new president through welcome receptions, campus tours and meetings, according to a release.
Potential impacts to research funding at Washington State University from recent federal directives are being lessened, but university leaders say that projects and programs are still expected to lose millions of dollars.
Tri-City lawmakers have seen some of the bills they are sponsoring or co-sponsoring – concerning housing, career and higher education and even littering – survive the first cutoff for consideration during the 2025 legislative session.
