Federal lawmakers from Washington state and Oregon have criticized the layoffs, saying they are going to cripple cleanup efforts at the nation’s largest nuclear contaminated site and a power grid that supplies power to multiple states and hundreds of thousands of consumers. 

Move over housing, grocery bills are here to take the top spot on the list of financial burdens for Washington residents.

The Bonneville Power Administration reports that it expects part of its operations to end the year with less than two months’ cash on hand and that could trigger an automatic power rate increase.

Kennewick-based Cascade Natural Gas Corp. could be required to pay a $1 million fine if the state’s utilities and transportation commission agrees with its staff’s findings that the company violated an agreement regarding the safety of its pipelines.

Washington state will see 21 of Joann stores close as the company prepares for a sale after recently filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. 

After Lamb Weston’s abrupt departure from Connell left hundreds unemployed and the city’s budget devastated, the community now may have a clearer path to bringing a new company to town.

State officials were to have their plans for instituting the cuts in by Feb. 6. The state’s public universities are facing a 3% cut to their state funding.

The newly opened Amazon delivery station in Pasco is fulfilling its promise of faster service and hundreds of new jobs, with more hires to come.

Documents filed under Washington’s environmental review process reveal a list of projects in the works for the Mid-Columbia.

Tri-County Partners Habitat for Humanity is doing its part to provide affordable housing – and a potential agreement with the state Department of Natural Resources may be a way to offer more of it.