Several Tri-Citians are among those to be honored during a Worker Memorial Day ceremony organized by the state Department of Labor & Industries, or L&I.
More than 280 students will graduate from Washington State University Tri-Cities on May 4. The ceremony is at 1 p.m. at the Toyota Center in Kennewick.
The new $20 million AtkinsRéalis Technology Center opened on April 17 in Richland. Its work includes assembling and storing replacement melters for the Low-Activity Waste facility at Hanford’s Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant, or vit plant.
Each year the Tri-Cities Area Journal of Business shines a spotlight on the work being done at the Hanford site north of Richland and how the robust injection of federal dollars weaves a vital thread through our local economy.