Progress on an 18-hole golf course designed by an internationally-renowned course architect on former agricultural land above the Snake River in Franklin County continues to move forward, with tentative plans for preview play in the summer of 2027.
In nearly 13 years at Benton-Franklin Health District, the agency's district administrator worked her way from administrative assistant to district administrator – without the four-year degree many assumed the job required. Her approach to leadership, built on relationships rather than credentials, has shaped how the health district operates today.
It’s been a story of setbacks and survival for two women trying to launch their business, but with luck and a lot of resilience, they’ve opened a shop in West Richland.
The authors of a study commissioned to look at how the amphitheater at the Reach Museum could be better used is recommending as much as $5 million in improvements.
Documents filed under Washington’s environmental review process reveal a list of projects in the works for the Mid-Columbia. The State Environmental Policy Act, or SEPA, often provides the first look at the mixed-use projects, mini-storage facilities, apartments, industrial expansions, subdivisions and more that are working their way through the various planning departments of Benton, Franklin and Walla Walla counties. Here’s a look at projects that appeared in the SEPA register in the past month.
Cities are increasingly turning to artificial intelligence to address one of the most persistent sources of housing permitting delays: incomplete applications. And two new streams of federal money aim to help them.
A national kidney dialysis provider with a location in Richland will compensate millions of its clients to settle a proposed class action lawsuit after private client data, including Social Security numbers and pictures of checks to pay for services, were released by hackers.
The city of Connell will receive hundreds of thousands of dollars in financing from the state to repair its wastewater treatment lagoons and prevent environmental contamination.
