The U.S. Department of Energy has officially reclassified some waste being stored in tanks at the Hanford site, paving the way for it to be treated by a means different than vitrification.

Just over a month after losing its longtime leader, the Home Builders Association of the Tri-Cities and Walla Walla has found a successor.

The company behind the signs for the new Pasco Aquatic Center, Benton County Fairgrounds’ recently revamped grandstands and the Columbia Valley Center for Recovery has new owners with a bold new vision.

At this downtown Kennewick shop, new inventory arrives daily, the phone rings often, a rescue dog pines for pets, and owner Dan Sanders can usually tell you whether he has the card, comic, figure or game someone is hunting for, even if it is buried in the store’s crowded maze of shelves, boxes and back room inventory.

Only months after wrapping up construction at Columbia Valley Center for Recovery, Benton County has broken ground on a related project aimed at giving those who leave the residential treatment facility the best opportunity to land on their feet.

The number of people losing their homes and facing those dire circumstances is up in the Mid-Columbia.

Framatome’s nuclear fuel manufacturing facility north of Richland has secured another federal approval allowing it to expand its range of fuels as it jockeys to be a major supplier for the next generation of nuclear power plants.

An electric Co-operative is making sure it will be ready as the Port of Pasco’s Reimann Industrial Center continues to expand.

Cryptocurrency continues to face pressure in the Mid-Columbia from government officials concerned about its use by criminals to allegedly scam residents.

Researchers at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory and their partners have been working on the next generation of heating, ventilation and air conditioning units and are now ensuring they provide the energy efficiency and reliability they were designed for.