A national auto parts retailer that a year ago had to pay more than $160,000 in illegally eliminated sick time to its Washington state employees must now pay millions for discriminating against employees. 

When the federal government stopped making pennies, it left it up to states to decide how retailers deal with the change.

In Washington, lawmakers are trying to come up with a uniform approach for merchants that is easy to understand for consumers.

Fuse is hoping the recent sale of the building to a Boise-based office furniture retailer will further its mission by freeing up funding and bringing new energy into the space.

The woman who founded a Kennewick chocolate and candy shop that served the Tri-Cities for more than 40 years has died. 

A more than 100-year-old clothing retailer that was part of a merger last year with JCPenney and Columbia Center mall owner Simon Property Group will shutter all 200 of its stores, including in the Tri-Cities. 

After more than a decade of failed attempts, supporters of amending Washington state law to allow for homegrown marijuana are growing frustrated, but not giving up.

The tariffs on international goods that the Trump administration has said would extract substantial revenues from foreign governments and companies has done quite the opposite, according to a German economic policy think tank. 

A new retail building planned for the busy Road 68 corridor of Pasco is expected to significantly increase traffic to the already busy area, and renderings hint that a Target store may be the anticipated tenant.

An influential Pasco farming family has developed the state’s first farm-to-bottle distillery and received early accolades for their premium potato vodka, taking top honors in a Best of the Northwest contest.

A first-time children’s author whose life story spans from rural El Salvador to Pasco, as well as profound personal loss, has debuted her new bilingual children’s book, “Mango Market Adventure.”