Thankfully, the parties were able to find agreement to end the strike before it caused even more economic damage. We’re hopeful that with a new labor agreement comes a new era of manufacturing growth in Washington – and across the nation.

Students from the Pasco School District’s Construction Trades Program recently began framing their Team Pasco House. This will be the 25th home that high school students from Pasco have built from start to finish.

The pace of job expansion in the Tri-Cities region has exceeded that of Washington state overall in the past decade.

Federal health authorities have confirmed at least three people in Washington have contracted bird flu after working around poultry with the virus at a commercial egg farm in Franklin County.

A $3.1 million federal grant will fund a Washington State University Tri-Cities project aimed at increasing the number of multilingual educators in the Tri-Cities region and beyond.

With a focus on skill development, job coaching and community partnerships, the Kennewick-based nonprofit empowers clients to achieve success in the workplace.

Latino entrepreneur growth rates over the past decade have risen 10 times more than non-Latino business rates. 

Washington’s minimum wage will climb to $16.66 an hour next year, a 38-cent-an-hour increase.