This year’s Kennewick Man and Woman of the Year winners are both champions for public education, children and veterans in the Tri-Cities. They were honored at the annual awards ceremony on Feb. 24.

Hundreds of federal employees throughout the state have filed for unemployment benefits since Jan. 20, with more than 150 doing so between Feb. 13-18 alone. 

Tri-City lawmakers have seen some of the bills they are sponsoring or co-sponsoring –concerning housing, career and higher education and even littering – survive the first cutoff for consideration during the 2025 legislative session.

Part of the growth stems from “a significant increase in the volume of fuel deliveries in 2024 compared to 2023” in its North American market. 

Further evidence that Hanford site workers are getting closer to processing tank waste for disposal? Their new work accessories.

Rob Griffin started the award-winning Richland winery with his wife Deborah Barnard in 1983, having moved to Washington state in the mid-1970s to begin working in the wine industry.

If you want to do transformative work in sustainable aviation fuel, Washington State University is the place to be, especially at the Richland campus, according a recent academic study. 

Employers across the state are less in the doldrums about what 2025 could have in store for the economy, but rising costs and looming tariffs still have them on edge.

Some of the 18 housing bills Republicans have backed are moving through the legislative process. Others will likely be dead by the end of this week when the first major deadline for bills to pass out of committee comes. 

U.S. Rep. Dan Newhouse said Tuesday he told the Trump administration “there should be a more nuanced approach to terminations and furloughs,” referring to cuts at Bonneville as well as the Hanford nuclear cleanup site and Pacific Northwest National Laboratory.