Once the new Pasco facility is fully operational, it will be able to process up to 8 million pounds of milk a day –equivalent to 930,233 gallons – to produce butter and powdered milk products for domestic and global markets. 

The Port of Pasco has selected the consultant that will help inform efforts to revitalize Connell’s economy after Lamb Weston closed its production facility there.

Avalanche Energy hopes to start construction on its Richland fusion test facility, to be called FusionWERX, this summer.

Construction of a $175 million insulation manufacturing plant planned at Wallula Gap is on the horizon and the company behind it is seeing strong interest from contractors wanting to help build it.

Framatome plans to double the size of its Richland facility, building it on an agricultural field it owns adjacent to the campus, to produce the next generation of fuel arrays that will power nuclear reactors, a project estimated to cost $300 million to $400 million.

While planned tariffs on imported automotive components were postponed, industry experts and state officials warn that they will affect nearly all motorists if implemented, whether they are seeking a new vehicle or not. 

A sustainable aviation fuel production facility has launched the siting process for its facility at the end of 2024 by initiating environmental reviews. Once built, the facility will convert gaseous feedstocks into sustainable aviation fuel and renewable diesel using chemical processes.

After Lamb Weston’s abrupt departure from Connell left hundreds unemployed and the city’s budget devastated, the community now may have a clearer path to bringing a new company to town.

A $100,000 state grant to study potential industrial sites in Connell may provide a path to economic sustainability for a community still dealing with the closure of its largest employer.

A Norwegian company that had been eyeing the Tri-Cities for a lithium-ion battery component production facility ended its agreement with the city of Richland in 2024.