OLYMPIA… Katalyna Contreras, an eighth-grader at Kiona-Benton City Middle School, recently spent a week working as a page for the Washington State Senate at the Capitol in Olympia. Contreras was one of 25 students who served as Senate pages for the eighth week of the 2026 legislative session. She was...

OLYMPIA… Josie Chapin, a junior at Hanford High School in Richland, recently spent a week working as a page for the Washington State Senate in Olympia. Chapin was one of 23 students who served as Senate pages for the sixth week of the 2026 legislative session. She was sponsored by...

OLYMPIA — Residents of the 8th Legislative District are invited to attend an in-person community town hall hosted by Sen. Matt Boehnke at 10 a.m. on Saturday, Feb. 21, at Columbia Basin College, 2600 N. 20th Ave., Room SWL 121, in Pasco. The senator will provide an update on the...

OLYMPIA… Addi Boleware, a student at Kennewick High School, recently spent a week working as a page for the Washington State Senate in Olympia. Boleware was one of 19 students who served as Senate pages for the fourth week of the 2026 legislative session. She was sponsored by Sen. Matt...

By Washington State Sen. Matt Boehnke, In this part of Washingtons, we don’t just talk about innovation – we embody it. For generations, Richland, Kennewick, Pasco, and the surrounding communities have stood at the epicenter of American scientific progress. Our region played a vital role in winning World War II,...

Sen. Matt Boehnke, R-Kennewick/Credit: Washington State Senate OLYMPIA… One of the success stories in Washington state government received the unanimous support of the Washington State Senate, through legislation introduced by Sen. Matt Boehnke, R-Kennewick. Boehnke’s Senate Bill 5034 would indefinitely extend the work of what’s known as the SYNC team,...

OLYMPIA… On June 21, State Sen. Matt Boehnke, the Legislature’s leading expert on cybersecurity and technology, was selected to serve on a new state Attorney General task force on artificial intelligence technology. Boehnke, R-Kennewick, will serve on the 18-person task force, which will be tasked with issuing findings, guiding principles...

The City of Pasco honored Memorial Day on May 27 with a public ceremony at City View Cemetary. The ceremony included a wreath presentation and flag-raising ceremonies conducted by the Honor Guard and the Tri-Cities Composite Squadron, Civil Air Patrol. Sen. Matt Boehnke, R-Kennewick, was the keynote speaker at the...

Sen. Matt Boehnke, R-Kennewick, a retired Army Lieutenant Colonel, joined veterans, parents, middle school students, and the public at The Field of Honor Memorial Day Ceremony on May 24 at Bethlehem Lutheran School in Kennewick, Wash. The Field of Honor is a visual representation of the fallen men and women...

Following several years of planning and successful fundraising, the B5 Community Learning Center in Kennewick, Wash., celebrated its grand opening with a ribbon cutting on May 15. Sen. Matt Boehnke, R-Kennewick, spoke at the event, which dozens of Kennewick stakeholders attended. “The opening of the B5 Learning Center is a...