A 52-year-old West Richland woman has been sentenced to 15 months in federal prison for fraudulently obtaining more than $300,000 in Covid-19 relief funds, according to a statement from Vanessa R. Waldref, United States attorney for the Eastern District of Washington.
We’ve all heard grumblings about delays from road construction projects and the dread of adding more traffic in areas where new construction is underway or planned.
But let’s pause to consider what this means for our economy.
The Tri-Cities grew at a faster rate than the state average in the...
A longtime community advocate and businesswoman has died at age 79.
Josie Wannarachue of Kennewick died July 2 after a five-year struggle with breast cancer.
Wannarachue was an entrepreneur, a Tri-Cities cheerleader and world-class friend to more people than she could count, her obituary said. She once owned a travel...
A beloved former Kennewick city councilman has died.
Paul Parish, 87, was a “driving force behind making the community a better place,” said City Manager Marie Mosley in a message to the city council and city leaders.
Nearly all of the roughly 550 individual items and “lots,” or groups of items, belonging to Dr. Louis and Jenepher Field of Richland sold during a recent auction.
Terry Maurer, who runs Maurer Antique Appraisals with his wife, Kathy, told the Tri-Cities Area Journal of Business that the item...
Electricians, radiological technicians and project control analysts are projected to be among the most in-demand professions across the U.S. Office of Environmental Management (EM) complex in coming years, according to a recently completed analysis.
EM recently completed a set of projections looking at workforce needs at cleanup sites, which...