Tri-Citian Chris Poynor has spent the past 30 years driving trucks, and he recently celebrated some big achievements: 2 million accident-free miles and grand champion winner of the Washington Truck Driving Championships.
Health insurers providing coverage to more than 305,000 customers across Washington state have filed requests with the state to raise the rates of their health plans in 2026 from between 9.6% and 37.3%.
The BPA project would install a 500-kilovolt substation and new 115-kilovolt transmission line as part of four projects aimed at reinforcing the region’s transmission infrastructure.
A small business owner and one of his co-defendants must pay tens of thousands of dollars in restitution. Another co-defendant from Pasco is scheduled to be sentenced on July 30.
The attorneys general argued in State of Oregon et al v. Donald J. Trump et al, filed April 23, that Trump was misusing a 1977 law and falsely claiming an “unusual and extraordinary threat” to the United States to justify the costly tariffs on nearly all imported goods.
A portion of Highway 240 is closing at noon today while the Port of Benton works on railroad crossings along the roadway. Drivers will be detoured, and the route will reopen at 6 a.m. Monday, June 2.
State Rep. Mark Klicker, R-Walla Walla, authored House Bill 1108 that sought to unearth “the primary cost drivers for homeownership and rental housing” in Washington. It had 25 co-sponsors – 14 Republicans and 11 Democrats – and cleared the Legislature with only nine people voting against it. The governor vetoed it quietly in his office on May 20, the final day on which he could act on legislation.
Hydropower in the region is expected to increase about 17% compared to last year, a welcome boost to growing energy demand, but will still be below the 10-year average, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration.
