The Tri-Cities is one step closer to getting its own state veterans cemetery after a preferred site was announced this month.

An 88-year-old Spokane man played Taps for the final time this March after 25 years of performing at servicemember burials at the Washington State Veterans Cemetery.

Here's what's happened since the state identified a Richland farm circle as a potential site in 2024.

The Washington Department of Veterans Affairs is hosting a town hall on Thursday to discuss the Tri-Cities cemetery project.

WASHINGTON — As an aging generation of Vietnam War veterans dies in increasing numbers, state-run veterans cemeteries are running out of space to accommodate them. The Department of Veterans Affairs ...