Washington state’s paid family and medical leave program is facing challenges on multiple fronts, from solvency issues to unexpected tax liabilities for workers and employers. 

A largely community-funded effort to bring a historic building in downtown Connell back to life is getting noticed. 

Benton County commissioners and the Benton-Franklin Fair Association have agreed to a new lease that will keep the Benton Franklin Fair & Rodeo at the Benton County Fairgrounds for the next five years. 

Researchers at the Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory are bringing their knowledge of nuclear power, space governance, cybersecurity and technology test beds to the space domain by joining an organization that facilitates collaboration across the global space industry.

A Pasco-based coffee roaster and coffee shop that months ago walked away from its first location in Richland is back with another. 

An urgent care clinic with locations in Pasco and Richland will pay $2.8 million to settle claims it overbilled Medicare and Medicaid for diagnostic testing. 

Medicare enrollees in Washington may soon need to get additional approval before undergoing some medical procedures, under a controversial new program the federal government will test in a half-dozen states. 

More students at desks, in labs and walking around campus isn’t the only growth the college is seeing. The average course load per student is also on the rise. 

The Port of Pasco is on the cusp of selling another lot at the quickly filling Reimann Industrial Center. 

Projected tax collections in Washington continue to fall, with declines totaling more than $500 million since the governor signed off on billions of dollars in tax increases earlier this year to help balance the budget.