Permits issued to build single-family homes in the Mid-Columbia are up 31% compared to this same point last year – and contractors are building more townhomes and multifamily homes than last year. But there are signs the market is on shakier ground.

Members of the Kennewick City Council had a lot of questions after getting a first look at draft proposals for a future of City Hall and that may push out when a final recommendation is finally presented to them. 

The price tag for Amazon to prepare its yet-to-open east Pasco warehouse for its future role continues to climb.

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.