If the cost of lumber, metal and fuel are any indication, the affordability of homes isn’t going to get better any time soon, according to one analysis of building materials.
Washington state is investing millions in grants to help workers level up through its Job Skills Program and demand for the funding in the most recent cycle was the highest in the program’s 40-year history.
The largest source of health coverage for Americans is about to get even more expensive and that could lead to fewer people even having access to it, according to one recent analysis
The Pacific Northwest will need a massive buildout of new energy infrastructure over the next six years to meet rising electricity demand, according to a draft regional power plan. Implementing the plan will cost the Pacific Northwest approximately $2.3 billion. And the rate of building will need to quicken to make it happen by 2032.
A group of Mid-Columbia irrigators and the Washington Department of Ecology are sparring over a long-planned housing project for agricultural workers west of Paterson along the Columbia River.
Franklin County’s administrator recently spoke with the Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation about transforming the Pasco’s HAPO Center into a tribal casino, saying if there’s any tribe the county should be talking to, it’s the Yakamas.
A new analysis from the state Department of Revenue shows Washington’s high-earner income tax will be paid by thousands of additional households and produce hundreds of millions of dollars more than previously assumed – if voters don’t ditch it this fall.
The winery of NFL quarterback and Walla Walla native Drew Bledsoe has opened a new tasting room on the south side of Walla Walla, growing its footprint.
