It didn’t take long for the Tri-Cities Airport to find not just one but two carriers to fill in for Avelo Airlines after it recently announced plans to halt flights to and from Pasco.

U.S. Sen. Patty Murray recently made several stops in the Tri-Cities using Congress’ August recess to rally support to halt federal budget cuts that will kick tens of thousands of area residents off Medicaid and slash more than 1,000 jobs from Pacific Northwest National Laboratory.

Real estate experts and property developers don’t see the Tri-Cities market swinging completely to the homebuyer’s benefit yet. The region continues to see growth and there’s still strong demand for homes.

One of the Tri-Cities’ largest employers, which has already cut hundreds of local workers in the past year, is about to cut roughly 400 more jobs across its global workforce.

A veteran nuclear leader finds himself part of another watershed moment in the industry as the new site leader for Framatome’s nuclear fuel manufacturing facility, located not far from the Hanford site.

“I definitely encourage people to continue giving, to continue going to the events organizations are putting together. I know we’re all creating opportunities to make your dollars go far.”

An Rx for the future? UW, Gonzaga partnership aim to fill prescriptions for health care talent.

Hospital HR departments are pulling out all the stops to attract and retain workers, from large scale hiring events and maintaining multiple pipelines with training and educational programs to internal advancement opportunities for staff and using AI.

In the months since the opening on Feb. 1, patients from across region have steadily been finding their way to the new hospital for the care it was built to provide.

“The old idea of putting as many people in a space as possible is gone.”