Franklin County is inviting community leaders to a Rural Prosperity Summit when it plays host to multiple officials from federal agencies, from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to the Small Business Administration.
A proposed law would give Washington’s agricultural workers a formal process to engage in collective bargaining with their employers, extending an advantage that many private-sector workers have.
A new map of data centers and related infrastructure across the U.S. developed at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory is being touted as a way to help utilities and communities anticipate and prepare for the potential impacts of the resource-hungry facilities.
The company designing the small modular nuclear reactors planned near Energy Northwest’s Columbia Generating Station has signed a contract that will provide components for the state-of-the-art facility.
Two bills introduced by Mid-Columbia state lawmakers would allow for locally designated zones along high-risk stretches of public roads where crashes are common and unsafe driving can have outsized consequences.
Cleanup efforts at the Hanford site reached another milestone recently when the first batch of toxic byproducts from past plutonium production were moved to safer long-term storage.
A Realtor, dietitian, contractor, chemist and an individual with a long career at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory are among the top five candidates the Richland City Council will interview for its open seat.
Republican state Sen. Matt Boehnke announced Jan. 22 he is forgoing reelection and entering this year’s race to succeed retiring Republican Congressman Dan Newhouse in central Washington.
Shelley Redinger, superintendent of the Richland School District, has announced that she will retire from the district, six months after the district’s board of directors declined to provide a routine extension to her contract.
