5+ day, 17+ hour ago   (348+ words) Richland is betting on a new arrangement to ensure Columbia Point Golf Course, the municipal facility that overlooks the Columbia River, operates for decades to come. The city council approved a 30-year lease deal with Richland Golf LLC, aka CourseCo…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (729+ words) With Sen. Matt Boehnke’s upcoming departure from the Washington State Senate, the Tri-Cities is losing more than a state senator; we are losing one of the Legislature’s finest public servants. First on the Kennewick City Council, later in the House…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (1040+ words) The Tri-Cities court system could see a major shakeup next year. Franklin County is expected to ask the Washington state Legislature to split the bi-county Superior Court system in its 2027 session, said County Administrator Brian Dansel. While it isn’t the…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (310+ words) The Pasco Irrigation System, a limited system serving about 9,500 customers on the city’s west side, is getting its long-planned update and expansion. A $7.5 million pump house and associated piping will be built on Broadmoor Boulevard, about 2,000 feet north of the…...

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1+ week, 6+ day ago   (485+ words) Washington state workers at four Tri-Cities offices joined fellow employees across the state in a Monday lunch-hour walkout to demand a fair contract. Workers received a 2% raise for the fiscal year that began in July, but were told by the…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (323+ words) A Pasco landlord is headed to three months in jail for filling out the ballots of former tenants to vote in the 2024 presidential election. Esperanza “Hope” Contreras, 53, cast the ballots that arrived in the mail and turned them in to…...

2+ week, 4+ hour ago   (784+ words) Washington state’s new “Millionaires Tax” could help ease the financial struggles of school districts statewide, Gov. Bob Ferguson said last week in the Tri-Cities. He said he is “very aware” of the many budget issues school districts are dealing with....

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (883+ words) President Donald Trump’s sneak attack and unpopular war of choice on Iran continues to drag on with no end in sight. Despite extensive U.S. military attacks and economic pressure, Iran has ignored our president’s demands, blocked the Strait of Hormuz,…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (587+ words) A Franklin County judge pro tem on Friday refused to throw out the criminal charges against a Kennewick man accused of stalking state Sen. Nikki Torres’ family. Trevor Delorme, 21, is charged with one count of stalking, a gross misdemeanor, for…...