Umatilla Electric Cooperative in Hermiston is one of six utilities across Washington and Oregon that have absorbed the bulk of energy demands of data centers in the region. A growing number of utilities are using booming data center demand to justify skirting climate rules in both states that mostly ban the build-out of new gas infrastructure, citing the need for regional energy reliability. 

Ben Franklin Transit is transforming its Pink Bus and Dial-A-Ride into a rolling tribute to local breast cancer survivors – and organizers are asking survivors to submit their names to be displayed on the vehicles. 

The 26th U.S. Secretary of Defense – a Richland High School graduate – will deliver the keynote address at the 2026 Association of Washington Business’s annual Policy Summit in Spokane this fall.

A children’s bookstore that closed following a fire in downtown Kennewick earlier this year has found a new home. 

A retired third-generation owner of the Tri-Cities’ longest operating funerary business has died. 

The Port of Benton is working to correct a roughly $1.14 million deficit in its 2026 budget after a financial review uncovered several discrepancies in budget documents approved last fall. 

An indoor agriculture company with a Pasco greenhouse was one of 1,000 companies named to TIME’s World’s Growth Leaders 2026 list.  

A state agency has awarded $2.4 million to support 16 new electric vehicle charging slots across three sites in Benton County. 

Three winemakers, two of them longtime tenants of a 20-year-old building at Prosser’s Vintners Village, have come together to buy and fully occupy it. 

A Kennewick doctor who’s authored two books on his experiences has recently published a third book, which shares life lessons from a dog’s perspective.