A historic Kennewick property came to the auction block in late May only to end up back in the hands of a bank, though it won’t be long before it’s on the market again.
An investment company linked to Microsoft founder Bill Gates recently bought 8,080 acres of farmland in southern Benton County for roughly $131.4 million.
Players with a passion for pinball want to stoke interest in the classic arcade game in the Tri-Cities. They say there’s joy to be found in pulling back the plunger to launch a fast-moving silver ball onto a tilted playfield and testing your reflexes at the flippers to keep the ball in play.
Employee layoffs at a Hanford site subcontractor were reportedly averted after one of the state’s U.S. senators criticized one of President Donald Trump’s cabinet members for not providing budgeted funds. But more funding cuts may be on the horizon at the nuclear cleanup site.
The new leader at the state’s Women’s Commission is ready to get to work, both in advocating for women who work and also in making sure they have the resources they need.
Local leaders in the nuclear industry are applauding the U.S. Department of Energy’s recent commitment to provide the fuel needed for the next-generation of nuclear reactors to five U.S. developers working to bring that technology to the market.
