For the first time in more than four years, the Tri-Cities Airport saw year-over-year decline in passengers leaving its gates in September, a potential side effect of the year’s economic instability and turmoil in the federal government.
Sales from licensed cannabis producers, processors and retailers have dropped every year since 2021, with those in industry saying a variety of pressures threaten the future of the industry.
The developer of a large wind and solar farm energy project between Benton City and Prosser will not be able to build the facility to the capacity initially planned after state officials determined construction needed to be set back from some nesting sites of endangered hawks.
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.
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.
