The Benton-Franklin Health District is calling on business leaders across the region to support the 2025 Community Health Survey, now open through June 30.
The new treatment system at Kadlec Tri-Cities Cancer Center in Kennewick combines high-resolution imaging with advanced radiation therapy to treat cancer patients as well as those with non-cancerous conditions.
Learn more about research into the aging brain at our virtual event from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Thursday, June 5, featuring the Allen Institute and the UW’s Memory & Brain Wellness Center.
Health insurers providing coverage to more than 305,000 customers across Washington state have filed requests with the state to raise the rates of their health plans in 2026 from between 9.6% and 37.3%.
The bill squeaked through the House by a single vote, with only Republicans in support. Washington state's two Republicans, U.S. Reps. Michael Baumgartner Dan Newhouse, of Sunnyside, both voted for it. Both their districts have the highest proportion of Medicaid enrollees in Washington.
The pace is picking up at Vista Field, which had two groundbreakings in the last 30 days as an eye care clinic and bridal boutique plan to make the Port of Kennewick-owned land home.
The bill is designed to reduce health care costs for the state. But the Washington State Hospital Association says it shifts the burden to care providers and that hospitals could lose around $100 million per year if the change becomes law.
A facility that serves a critical role in the community by providing respite care and helping manage serious symptoms in hospice patients soon will be getting a $3.5 million upgrade to better serve patients and their families.
Leadership Tri-Cities Class 28 will soon begin work on landscaping 21,000 square feet of property outside the future Columbia Valley Center for Recovery in Kennewick.
