Environmental impact statements can take federal agencies months or years to draft. A new tool from Pacific Northwest National Laboratory and OpenAI is testing whether AI can speed that process up – without cutting corners on rigor.

A popular smartphone app used for sending and receiving money will pay nearly $22 million to settle investigations regarding fraudulent unemployment benefit deposits and failures to protect consumers from fraud. 

The city of Richland has received an award for excellence in financial reporting and budgeting for its fiscal year 2024.  

The newly renovated grandstands at McDaniel Arena in the Benton County Fairgrounds will soon be open, just in time for the fair in August.  

Sitting down to start drafting your business’ budget for next year? You’ll want to make sure to account for coming changes to the state’s overtime salary threshold. 

An affordable housing project in east Kennewick is among a handful state ecology officials are lifting up as an example of the good that comes from redeveloping formerly contaminated land. 

New research has shown that employees who participated in workplace-based financial education programs had stronger financial knowledge and capability than those who didn’t.  

Volunteers have completed construction of a new arena for 4-H youth and equestrians at the Benton County Fairgrounds. 

Those planning to visit Richland this weekend should plan ahead to avoid traffic impacts from the basketball tournament the city has hosted for nearly a decade. 

The latest long-range forecast of the Columbia River’s future water availability leaves the region high and dry within the next 20 years.