A Seattle woman faces felony theft charges in Franklin County Superior Court after she allegedly submitted $41,000 in phony bills to the Washington Department of Labor and Industries for translation services that did not occur.Carla C. Moreno, 33, aka Carla Cynthia Montes de Oca Moreno and Carla Moreno Montgomery, was...

Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) is beta testing a new satellite-provided broadband internet service through its Starlink brand.At times, reports have come out that SpaceX planned to spin off Starlink. Other reports quoted the SpaceX founder Elon Musk saying he had no plan to spin off Starlink.The bandied spinoff idea...

The term “sex robots” may raise some eyebrows, but Nancy S. Jecker, professor of bioethics and humanities at the University of Washington, is not having it. (Courtesy of Nancy Jecker)Jecker published a paper in the Journal of Medical Ethics encouraging the manufacturers developing sex robots for young, straight men to...

Polliwogs Children’s Boutique prides itself on offering an assortment of ethically and sustainably-sourced baby and children’s apparel, shoes and accessories.“I was actually really surprised that there were as many people who wanted that here,” said owner Alexa Orozco.Part of what motivated her to open the Richland store six years ago...

Steve McConnell’s life changed the day his parents took him skiing for the first time in his life.“I was a basketball player, but I was lucky that my folks introduced me to skiing when I was in seventh grade,” he said. “From the first time I skied down the hill,...

A military-grade cyberattack seized the Port of Kennewick’s computer system on Nov. 16, cutting off email and other systems.Email was restored by the end of the month but port staff were still working to restore functionality to their computer systems in early December.The port refused to pay a $200,000 ransom...

Christ the King Catholic School has completed its new Ferguson Education Center Montessori facility at 1107 Stevens Drive.The one-story, 6,000-square-foot building offers three preschool classrooms under one roof in a standalone structure on the campus of Christ the King Catholic School.The project was completed at the end of November.The project...

The city of Pasco has completed construction of a $5.2 million, 10,612-square-foot fire station at 7520 Sandifur Parkway to replace its ageing Fire Station 83 at 3203 Road 68.The new Station 83 is a single-story building with four drive-thru vehicle bays, living and sleeping quarters for crews and support space.The...

A dustup over a 2019 land sale next to the Vista Field redevelopment site continues to roil the Port of Kennewick.At a December hearing, Commissioner Don Barnes appealed sanctions levied after an investigator concluded he violated port rules through his efforts to halt a private sale of five acres to...

Gov. Jay Inslee extended his wide-ranging restrictions on indoor dining, gatherings and other activities to Jan. 4, citing alarming Covid-19 infection rates and the fast-dwindling supply of ICU beds in the state’s hospitals. The restrictions were imposed in November and were supposed to end Dec. 12.“This is an extremely alarming situation,” he said during a Dec. 8 press conference. The...