In their competition for rural health care dollars from a new federal fund, states are seeking money to bolster emergency services, address chronic diseases, and recruit and train more doctors and nurses.
Evaristo Salas Jr. is a consultant for the Grandview School District, where he mentors at-risk students, and a full-time student at Columbia Basin College majoring in social work with a minor in criminal justice.
Washington State University officials are recommending the university system’s regents adopt the maximum tuition rate increase allowed for the next academic year.
The Pasco location of a Yakima Valley restaurateur serving up south of the border and Southern California favorites has closed after eight months in the Tri-Cities.
The six primary companies cleaning up the Hanford site came together to donate to the Tri-Cities Food Bank at a time when food assistance nonprofits are struggling to meet demands.
With the state strapped for cash, Democrats’ chief budget writer in the Washington Senate has told colleagues there’s no money available for new spending they might desire next year.
State agriculture officials say they need more property owners to allow their land to be treated for an invasive and destructive beetle species if they are going to reverse its rise in Eastern Washington.
Construction crews are building 18 luxury cabins — the second phase of a $13.5 million development that aims to bring higher-end lodging to an area long dominated by recreational vehicle parks and roadside inns.
