From successful local businesses to engaged individuals, the Tri-City Regional Chamber of Commerce’s annual awards celebrated nine who have helped transform the business community and the community at large. The event marks a change in format for the longstanding program. 

The project is one of the latest ways that the state is requiring its agencies as well as municipalities to address the risks from wildfire and other natural hazards resulting from climate change.

Incoming President Elizabeth “Betsy” Cantwell and other university leaders announced the budget trimming effort in a letter sent to all faculty and staff on March .

Data from the Tri-City Association of Realtors indicates that economic pressures such as interest rates and the uncertainty from tariffs have not stifled homebuyers in the region. 

A Richland flower shop at the center of a discrimination lawsuit for its previous owner’s refusal to provide flowers to a gay couple will close its doors at the end of the month. 

The money will be used to support the Family Room and family services at the center, which will be the region’s first inpatient recovery facility.

The Kennewick School District has refinanced $37.41 million worth of its bonds, generating millions of dollars in savings for its public schools.

His leadership at Hanford began in February 2019 with a limited appointment as the manager of the DOE Office of Environment Management’s Richland Operations Office and Office of River Protection. He was named the permanent manager of both offices in July 2020. 

The median earnings of a typical working woman in Washington were $17,400 less than those of a typical working man in 2023, a $1,000 improvement from 2022.

State revenue, inflation and housing are the bright spots, while unemployment, job losses and the state’s reliance on Canadian oil and gas are current and potentially future challenges.