After months of seeing the number of unemployed workers trend upward, July saw the number of those seeking work in the Tri-Cities decline to levels not seen since last year. However, the improvement was accompanied by a contraction in the region’s overall labor pool.
The Federal Trade Commission and attorneys general from 22 states sued Amazon on Aug. 31, claiming the online retail company used artificial bids to inflate costs for advertisers, bringing in tens of billions of dollars.
A new developer to the Tri-Cities is planning to build an assisted living and memory care community on vacant land near the currently-under-construction intersection of Steptoe Street and Tapteal Drive in Richland.
The developer the Port of Pasco dismissed after failing for years to break ground on its planned vision for Osprey Pointe says in court documents the port’s current executive director is the reason it was forced out.
Kennewick’s Grace Clinic is bracing for a surge in patients. The free medical and dental clinic – the only one serving both Benton and Franklin counties – expects demand to spike as Affordable Care Act insurance subsidies expire and Medicaid eligibility rules tighten under H.R. 1, the federal budget law also known as the One Big Beautiful Bill Act.
Older and historic homes in the Tri-Cities can take longer to sell because of buyer perceptions, even though owners say many have been well maintained and built to last.
At this downtown Kennewick shop, new inventory arrives daily, the phone rings often, a rescue dog pines for pets, and owner Dan Sanders can usually tell you whether he has the card, comic, figure or game someone is hunting for, even if it is buried in the store’s crowded maze of shelves, boxes and back room inventory.
From the Marines to financial services to the dentist's chair, this dentist said every chapter of his career prepared him for what he now considers his calling – the work he's been doing at his own Pasco practice.
The company behind the signs for the new Pasco Aquatic Center, Benton County Fairgrounds’ recently revamped grandstands and the Columbia Valley Center for Recovery has new owners with a bold new vision.
Yakima Valley Farm Workers Clinic, in collaboration with Pacific Northwest University, has completed construction of Miramar Dental, a new two-story, 18,111-square-foot dental clinic at 6335 W. Rio Grande Ave., at the corner of West Rio Grande Avenue and Kellogg Street in Kennewick.
Tri-Tech Skills Center has completed its core modernization project at 5929 W. Metaline Ave. in Kennewick. The $45.5 million, state-funded project modernized the original 66,000-square-foot section of the approximately 130,000-square-foot facility, which was built in 1981.
Amazon's massive Pasco warehouse has sat empty for years, a monument to how much has shifted in the retail and logistics world since it was first built five years ago.
Small business owners should think beyond their individual needs and consider whether they should make specific arrangements to ensure that their incapacity doesn’t incapacitate their business.
Employers are becoming more pessimistic about the state economy and increasingly looking outside Washington to expand. At this pivotal moment, Washington needs a long-term economic development plan that gives employers the confidence to invest, grow and build their future here.
