A retired flower shop owner and award-winning senior league softball player died at her Kennewick home Sept. 26 from metastatic breast cancer.

One of the Mid-Columbia’s largest employers has shuttered a potato processing plant and laid off the facility’s roughly 375 workers as part of a restructuring plan.

Taxes, regulations, energy and workforce remain some of the manufacturing industry’s major challenges despite an increase in manufacturing jobs throughout the state.

Ski season is around the corner and the operators of the Tri-Cities’ nearest slopes are gearing up for it – and other improvements that will benefit visitors in seasons to come. 

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

AWB is calling on lawmakers in the upcoming legislative session to adopt a research and development tax credit that can reach down and lift up our smallest manufacturers and also to nvest in energy production, rather than trying to eliminate energy sources like natural gas and hydroelectric dams.

Public officials, WSU leaders and Tri-Cities community members gathered Oct. 2 to celebrate the Institute for Northwest Energy Futures’ ribbon cutting at 2892 Pauling Ave., Richland, and to tour the building’s lab and office spaces.

A Kennewick nonprofit that uses therapeutic riding and other equine-assisted activities to help children and adults with physical and mental challenges and trauma needs the community’s help to continue operating.

This local businessman will share his wisdom on creating a successful working environment on Nov. 7 during Tri-Cities Area Journal of Businesses’ first-ever Best Places to Work event. 

Drew Garpu, a former Olympic track athlete and NCAA champion owns, KinesiologyRX, which offers stretch therapy sessions for athletes and couch potatoes alike.