Washington is poised to raise the minimum wage again at the beginning of next year, keeping it at the highest state-level in the nation. Together with proposed increases to workers’ compensation rates, the topics can be hot button issues for small business owners who often place the blame...

After years of successful legislation to regain control of its local railways, the Port of Benton spent the last year repairing the rails so it could shift its priority to leveraging this asset to its fullest capacity: providing access for rail customers currently in Richland’s Horn...

Richland sees green on the north end of town – in the form of clean energy, new jobs and the sale of large parcels as the city works to woo big industry.

The city recently secured a $4 million low-interest loan from the state’s Community Economic Revitalization Board to...

Scott Thompson had never felt strongly enough about an issue to display a banner criticizing elected leaders – until he got his property valuation from the Benton County Assessor’s office.

That’s when he put up the large sign on his wooden fence facing the well-traveled Keene Road in West...

A desire to create permanently affordable homes has motivated volunteers to form a new community land trust (CLT) in the Tri-Cities.

The 501(c)(3) nonprofit, Tres Rios, is looking for grants, board members, viable homes, donations and, eventually, potential homebuyers.

While Tres Rios is a relatively new organization, forming in 2021,...

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By Robin Wojtanik
for Hanford Mission Integration Solutions 

Drivers with top-secret clearance recently hauled classified documents cross-country from Hanford to Washington, D.C. 

A tamper-indicating bolt and high-security lock secured their load: carefully packaged records documenting Hanford’s role in the Manhattan Project.

The destination?

More than 30 businesses across Benton and Franklin counties took the extra step of becoming state certified as a small business owned by a woman or minority woman, adding their names to an online directory and putting them in position to bid for a share of government contracts.

A Washington state transplant who pursued a love of winemaking plans to front the latest winery to set up shop in Prosser’s Vintners Village. It’s a step forward in its journey to become an all-estate grown wine label.

Enodav Wine Co. is co-owned by David Rodriguez and two family...

While some teens used the pandemic shutdown to play Minecraft or learn TikTok dances, Ashwin Joshi was reading “Rich Dad, Poor Dad,” a book published decades ago about increasing your financial IQ.

It was the start of the 17-year-old’s mission to empower youth and educate them about financial literacy...

Items that once lined the shelves of Target, Walmart, Costco, Best Buy, JCPenney or the virtual shelves of Amazon are now ending up at a handful of local retailers specializing in liquidation sales.

Three stores have opened in the last year, the latest being Daily Deals in Pasco in...