Pasco School District has kicked off projects aimed at supporting career and technical education, or CTE, in its high schools using proceeds from the bond approved by voters three years ago.

Benton County cannabis producers and processors saw revenues fall sharply in 2025 as falling marijuana prices, oversupply, high taxes and competition from illicit sellers continued to squeeze Washington’s legal cannabis industry.

Washington agriculture remains highly export-dependent, heavily tied to Asian markets and vulnerable to trade disruptions and shifting international demand. 

Washington’s 2025 wine harvest was, by official accounts, one of the most favorable in recent memory. Weather across the state was stable, yields were largely average, and vineyards avoided the extreme heat events that have defined difficult vintages in recent years.
But the numbers tell a different story.

Washington growers and producers are under pressure from rising inputs and labor costs, water scarcity and increasing regulatory burdens. 

Small business owners in the Tri-Cities say surging gas prices are forcing tough decisions.

A retired third-generation owner of the Tri-Cities’ longest operating funerary business has died. 

A long-time independent bookstore and a salon specializing in natural hair care have received $20,000 grants to help them to continue growing and serving the community. 

Washington’s U.S. Senate delegation has joined an effort by U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon to halt a pilot program using AI to make care coverage decisions for Medicare patients. 

If you were planning to hit the new Pasco Aquatics Center as soon as school got out for the summer, you’re going to need to wait to put on your swimsuit.