Inflation, federal policy shifts and economic uncertainty are pushing consumers to change their financial habits, though not without consequences.

Wondering how the state’s new sales tax rules will affect your business? The state has rolled out guidance documents to help, at least for now. 

For years, scientists at Washington State University’s Puyallup Research & Extension Center have been working to untangle a mystery: Why do coho salmon in Puget Sound creeks seem to suffocate after rainstorms – rising to the surface, gaping, and swimming in circles before dying?

Have thoughts about how to resolve persistent traffic snarls on major thoroughfares or how to ensure people can bike safely around the region? Now’s your chance to share them. 

Washington State University Tri-Cities has more students this fall compared to last year as its new and graduate-level student ranks swell, outpacing all other campuses in the WSU system. 

Increased inventory and interest rates at their lowest levels in a year don’t appear to be motivating homebuyers as strongly as in the past.  

Staff from a pediatric clinic in Kennewick are among those being laid off by Seattle Children’s Hospital.

State labor officials are proposing in 2026 raising the amount employers and workers pay for workers’ compensation insurance to partially cover the anticipated costs of claims for wages, medical costs and disability benefits. 

The U.S. Department of Energy has signed off on allowing radioactive tank waste to be introduced into the Direct-Feed Low-Activity Waste (DFLAW) facility at the Hanford site, according to Sen. Patty Murray.