A construction trades group is sounding the alarm on more communities restricting data center projects when such projects have boosted construction spending and hiring, shoring up declines in other parts of the building sector.
Overwhelmed by the sheer number of contractors and other trade professionals as you plan for a home project? Pacific Northwest National Laboratory is helping to make sure the most qualified can stand out from the rest, at least online.
Rockwool is preparing to begin construction on its $175 million manufacturing plant in Wallula, citing the region’s strategic location and strong local workforce pipeline.
Hanford remains the nation’s most expensive and technically complex cleanup project, and delays, legal obligations and debates over how to treat tank waste – including whether to vitrify or grout certain wastes – mean the site could still take decades and tens of billions more to fully clean up.
Navarro-ATL’s early 400 employees provide essential, cost-effective analytical services that support Hanford’s cleanup. This year, westrengthened safety and expanded capacity, with a clear focus on reducing risk and improving decisions.
The vitrification milestone represents a transition from readiness to results – and marks the beginning of sustained waste treatment at one of the most complex environmental cleanup facilities ever built.
After several months of changes, from adding programs to a major name change and rebrand, the leader of one of the largest social-service nonprofits in the Tri-Cities has parted ways as the agency works to “align” with its “long-term vision.”
For more than 40 years, a local nonprofit has helped keep the elderly and the developmentally disabled moving and engaged through their day services. The organization’s work helps keep clients in their homes and cuts down on hospitalizations.
OSC Technical Solutions is using AI and cybersecurity expertise to support the Hanford cleanup and prepare for the next generation of nuclear projects.
An art studio offering classes in oil painting, watercolors and mixed media has joined the collection of wineries and food trucks at Columbia Gardens Artisan Village in Kennewick.
Family-owned for more than 35 years, Tri-City Lumber is making its first expansion outside of Kennewick, adding a showroom in Richland’s Horn Rapids area.
Bunker Family Orthodontics has completed a remodel of its office at 723 Gage Blvd. in Richland, near the intersection of Gage Boulevard and Keene Road.
Each year, Hanford becomes less a question of science and safety and more a recurring budget battle. But the mission is neither optional nor temporary: It is a legal and moral obligation. If there were ever a time to move beyond stop-and-go funding and commit to finishing the job, it is now.
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