Washington State University Tri-Cities has more students this fall compared to last year as its new and graduate-level student ranks swell, outpacing all other campuses in the WSU system. 

Increased inventory and interest rates at their lowest levels in a year don’t appear to be motivating homebuyers as strongly as in the past.  

Staff from a pediatric clinic in Kennewick are among those being laid off by Seattle Children’s Hospital.

State labor officials are proposing in 2026 raising the amount employers and workers pay for workers’ compensation insurance to partially cover the anticipated costs of claims for wages, medical costs and disability benefits. 

The U.S. Department of Energy has signed off on allowing radioactive tank waste to be introduced into the Direct-Feed Low-Activity Waste (DFLAW) facility at the Hanford site, according to Sen. Patty Murray.

Cost increases for construction materials, particularly steel and aluminum, are contributing to more commercial, industrial and civic building projects being scaled back, delayed or canceled, according to one builder advocacy group. 

The IRONMAN 70.3 triathlon is only days away and will bring thousands to the Tri-Cities. It will also bring a slew of road closures, detours and delays that you may want to plan for. 

A Washington Army National Guard unit with a presence in Richland is being given a new mission and new vehicles as part of it.

The state Attorney General’s Office has filed 37 lawsuits against the Trump administration since January, averaging more than one lawsuit per week.