Kadlec Regional Medical Center and Gesa Credit Union have teamed up to give local high school students interested in working in the health care industry opportunities to develop their skills through on-the-job training and get paid at the same time. 

Benton-Franklin Health District is among six recipients of a grant aimed at making it easier for families during pregnancy or who recently welcomed a child to access mental health services. 

More than half of working-age adults get their health insurance through an employer, but in many states premium contributions and deductibles take a significant bite out of household incomes.

About 19,000 fewer Washingtonians enrolled in health insurance through the state’s online marketplace amid the loss of federal subsidies. 

Members of Kadlec Regional Medical Center’s nurses union will provide information about their top concerns in ongoing contract negotiations during an informational picket on Jan. 26. 

Washington is set to receive $181 million in federal funding this year to boost rural health care amid drastic Medicaid cuts.

After several months of renovations, Tri-Cities Chaplaincy’s Hospice House is hosting a Dec. 29 ribbon-cutting to celebrate its reopening. 

A member of the Kennewick Public Hospital District who was among its board members to sell a then-bankrupt Trios Health and is now a supporter of the effort to turn the former downtown Kennewick hospital into a recovery center is stepping down. The deadline to apply for the board vacancy is Jan. 29. 

Washington state is joining 20 other states in opposing the Trump administration’s move to increase the cost of H-1B visa petitions for high-skilled foreign workers to $100,000.