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• WSU Tri-Cities on magazine's 'Military Friendly School' list

  WSU Tri-Cities on magazine's 'Military Friendly School' list

  G.I. Jobs, a magazine devoted to military personnel transitioning into civilian life, has awarded Washington State University Tri-Cities in Richland the designation of "Military Friendly School."

  The 2012 Military Friendly Schools list, compiled by the Sewickley, Pa., publication, highlights the top 20 percent of colleges, universities and trade schools that it considers as doing the most to embrace U.S. military service members and veterans as students.

  The Richland campus, which collaborates with veterans agencies in the Mid-Columbia, is on this year's list of 1,518 colleges, universities and trade schools that have prioritized the recruitment and retention of student veterans.

• Employers getting job done with cutbacks

  Employers getting job done with cutbacks

  WALLA WALLA -- Many of the largest employers in the county are getting the job done with fewer workers than in previous years, according to the latest data from the Port of Walla Walla.

  The economic development agency has released its biennial list of the area's largest employers. Among the trends: Employers that have been biggest in the past continue to lead the way, but many that follow are doing it with fewer full-time workers.

  The community's top four employers remained the same with Prescott apple orchard and packing operation Broetje Orchards leading the way with 1,888 employees. The Washington State Penitentiary (1,245 total workers) was second, followed by Tyson Fresh Meats (1,210 employees) and Providence St. Mary Medical Center (933 workers).

• As colleges obsess over rankings, students shrug

  As colleges obsess over rankings, students shrug

  When US News & World Report debuted its list of "America's Best Colleges" nearly 30 years ago, the magazine hoped its college rankings would be a game-changer for students and families. But arguably, they've had a much bigger effect on colleges themselves.

• EDUCATION: Analysts rank WSU online program No. 4 in U.S.

  EDUCATION: Analysts rank WSU online program No. 4 in U.S.

  PULLMAN — Washington State University’s online degree program, WSU Online, is ranked in the nation’s top five, according to a new analysis by SuperScholar.

  For its 2011 Smart Choice rankings, SuperScholar examined 25 regionally accredited online colleges and universities. Schools were ranked according to credibility, prestige, academic quality, student support services and overall student satisfaction.

  WSU Online ranked fourth on the list. The analysis cited WSU’s “outstanding academic reputation” and noted that WSU Online has “proved itself to be one of the premier online degree programs in the country.”

• Change for the worse

  Change for the worse

  With regard to the name change by Richland Light Opera Company (RLOC), Mid-Columbia Musical Theater is not a name as much as it is a catagory heading.

  This catagory heading could be found in a newspaper, if that newspaper were cleaver enough to include such a headings in its entertainment section, and would include listings of efforts by Columbia Basin College, area high schools, The Academy of Children's Theater and others.

  As a former RLOC board member, it saddens me to see "RLOC" being directed into obscurity like this after all these years of contribution to the enrichment of our community.