Of the agency’s top priorities is the eradication of Japanese beetles in south central Washington. They’ve been found in Kennewick, Pasco, Sunnyside, Mabton, Wapato and near SeaTac. 

3 Rivers Community Foundation has announced the launch of its 2026 Meet the Moment Campaign, a community fundraising effort supporting nonprofits serving Benton and Franklin counties. 

City of Pasco officials will share on June 10 the latest update on designing and building a future overpass over Highway 395 for pedestrians and cyclists using Sylvester Street. 

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.