Recently released employment data reveals a mixed economic picture for Benton and Franklin counties, with falling unemployment rates and modest gains in private sector employment across the Tri-Cities region.
Funding for more police officers, parking requirements for new housing and penalties for littering. These are just a few of the issues covered by 333 new Washington state laws that took effect July 27.
Washington will be the first state to require companies to file a premerger notification to the state Attorney General’s Office at the same time they file the notification to the federal government.
A 115-year-old canal in the Yakima-Tieton Irrigation District that was severely damaged during a wildfire last year is now at imminent risk of failure.
Check out the creative side of the work scientists from Pacific Northwest National Laboratory and other labs do in the U.S. Department of Energy’s 2025 Art of Science Image Contest. You can vote for your favorites.