In the months since the opening on Feb. 1, patients from across region have steadily been finding their way to the new hospital for the care it was built to provide.

A holistic health and rejuvenation center in Richland is home to unique therapies and products designed to use the body to heal itself.

Among the largest sectors in the two-county economy, none has grown as much over the past two decades as health care and social assistance.

In Benton and Franklin counties, an overdose isn’t just a public health issue, it’s a workforce issue.

Thousands of Tri-City veterans may soon have a $48.2 million VA outpatient clinic closer to home. 

The health care provider that owns and operates Kadlec Regional Medical Center has laid off workers at four of its facilities outside the Mid-Columbia area ostensibly due to several financial pressures. 

Central Washington is home to one of the top-rated hospitals in the state as well as several of the lowest, according to data recently released by the federal agency responsible for administering Medicare and Medicaid. 

More than 100 local governments in Washington are now eligible to claim their share of $122.2 million in settlements with Purdue Pharma and eight generic opioid manufacturers, the Washington state attorney general’s office said July 28.

A Richland-based international humanitarian organization that has provided orthopedic surgery and prosthetics to hundreds of thousands across the globe over the past 26 years has named a new leader. 

Lourdes Health’s new top administrator is already familiar with the area.