This Tri-City bedroom community was named to a list of the 10 best small towns to live in the U.S. published by Travel + Leisure.  

Washington state lawmakers made some significant changes to the state’s sales tax law and officials will host a series of online listening sessions to answer questions, address concerns and provide guidance to business owners. 

Business owners wanting to know where candidates for Tri-City area city councils and port boards of directors stand on economic issues can review the Tri-City Regional Chamber of Commerce’s online voting guide. 

Washington State University’s viticulture and enology department, based on the Richland campus, is now endorsed as a state workforce program, giving it access to new grant and student recruitment opportunities. 

A higher than anticipated run of summer Chinook salmon will allow for recreational fishing in the Upper Columbia River, though the state has further limited daily sockeye catches in the Upper and Mid-Columbia due to fewer fish than expected. 

The Farmers Exchange building at 215 W. Canal Drive in downtown Kennewick has officially made the National Register of Historic Places. The building is listed for sale.

Two more Mid-Columbia wineries are up for consideration on national top 10 lists, one for its tasting room and the other for its restaurant. 

The city of Richland is moving ahead with its vision to turn George Washington Way and Jadwin Avenue into one-way streets via acquiring necessary rights of way and launching a website to keep the community informed about the project. 

Young Americans in the midst of starting their career paths are eager to find work and be successful, but neither their families, educators nor employers are preparing them or providing tools they need. 

Workers have begun dismantling the Columbia Park Marina ahead of the removal of the causeway connecting Bateman Island to the Richland shoreline.