Hundreds of fired probationary employees from the U.S. Department of Energy are returning to work but they may have to go through a new hire onboarding process and face the looming possibility of being fired again.

Tri-City lawmakers have seen some of the bills they are sponsoring or co-sponsoring – concerning housing, career and higher education and even littering – survive the first cutoff for consideration during the 2025 legislative session. 

Osprey Pointe’s developer says the Pasco project years in the making will be the likes of which the Tri-Cities has never seen.

The repercussions of a mid-February layoff of hundreds of probationary federal employees at the Bonneville Power Administration, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory and the U.S. Department of Energy’s Hanford field office continue to be felt across the Mid-Columbia.

Five leases in the region have been terminated by the Department of Government Efficiency, including in Richland. The move leaves more questions than answers.

For all the talk of affordable housing, the luxury housing market has never been better in the Tri-Cities.

A change to what West Richland will allow to be built in some parts of the city could signal that developers are eyeing the community for a future data center.

Less than a decade after it underwent a major overhaul, the Tri-Cities Airport terminal is gearing up for another round of improvements.

One of the more iconic buildings on the Columbia Basin College campus in Pasco may have its days numbered if state lawmakers agree to fund its replacement.

March 22 marks the final game of the season for the Tri-City Americans but also the beginning of a transformation for the area around the Toyota Center and Three Rivers Convention Center.