At a time when colleges and universities across the country are facing declining enrollments, higher education institutions serving the Tri-Cities continue to buck that trend.

After years of operating cannabis businesses and training retail workers across the country, two industry veterans are planning a new dispensary in west Pasco.

Photos of clay-like grouted waste at Hanford have raised questions among watchdogs, but federal officials say the material meets applicable transportation safety requirements.

Tri-Cities residents are calling for restrictions on data centers even though no projects have been formally proposed locally, prompting heated discussions at city council meetings.

Small film projects in the Tri-Cities are helping local arts and business advocates promote the region as a destination for future film, television and commercial productions.

A Richland-based company that developed a way to convert waste to alternate energy sources such as hydrogen has filed for bankruptcy, indicating federal contracts canceled by the Trump administration cost it upward of $50 million in potential revenues.

It may be the final hand for two Tri-City cardrooms and that could put more than 200 people out of work.

The healthcare academy gives Tri-Cities high school students paid internships and a pathway to healthcare careers while helping build the region’s future workforce.

Columbia Basin College continues to work toward opening a new science, technology, engineering and math, or STEM, learning center for all ages after receiving its largest philanthropic gift ever last year. But an opening date has not yet been set.

Framatome has spent years upgrading its nuclear fuel manufacturing facility just north of Richland to prepare for the next generation of nuclear power – and those investments are beginning to pay off.