The longest federal government shutdown in U.S. history continues to roil the nation but work at the Hanford site is continuing for now.

A security company has dropped its lawsuit over Washington’s new sales tax on services weeks after filing it.

It’s unclear why. 

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. 

One of the nation’s most prominent credit rating agencies has downgraded its assessment of Washington state’s credit rating. 

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.

The Tri-Cities Airport will see flight disruptions as federal aviation authorities curtail flights to ease the strain on unpaid air traffic controllers and maintain safety, but what those disruptions will look like is not yet known.