Trump cancels hundreds of WA refugee flights. How this nonprofit plans to respond
Ken Primus, director of World Relief Tri-Cities, stands in the organization’s Richland offices. It’s Southeast Washington’s ...
WA school leaders back bills giving billions more to K-12 schools. Why the push
we’ve seen the cost of essential items like school supplies, technology and curriculum rise significantly while state funding ...
Hispanic voting rights lawsuit forces election changes at a Tri-Cities utility district
The Franklin PUD will switch to district-based elections after an agreement was reached Monday in a lawsuit filed in Franklin ...
Long-serving Tri-Cities ‘old-style Republican’ lawmaker with an independent streak dies
Shirley Hankins, who represented the Tri-Cities in the Washington state Legislature for 24 years as a moderate Republican ...
WA state law doesn’t allow jails to help ICE. Tri-Cities leader wants to call the bluff
Delvin has suggested that while the state’s Keep Washington Working law, passed in 2019, prohibited the jail from sending a ...
Nearly 90% Hispanic Eastern WA city assures residents ‘no immigration raids’ occurring
About 87% of the Central Washington community of Sunnyside identifies as either Hispanic or Latino, according to 2024 U.S.
Whooping cough outbreak infects wrestlers and others at Tri-Cities area school
Because newborns do not have a fully developed immune system, people spending time around them including parents, siblings, ...
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WSDA confirms first bird flu case of 2025
Washington state’s first 2025 detection of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI), often referred to as bird flu, in a ...
2nd bill filed to limit WA governor’s authority to approve locally opposed wind farms
In addition to Dye’s bill, Sen. Matt Boehnke, R-Kennewick, has filed Senate Bill 5015 to limit the governor’s authority by ...