Vancouver came in as the top Pacific Northwest city, followed by Gresham, Oregon, then Kennewick. The only other Washington city on the list, Spokane, came in at No. 6 for the region.
More than 20 workers who lost their lives on the job and have ties to the Tri-Cities will be honored at the Washington State Department of Labor and Industries’ Workers’ Memorial Day service on April 24.
High school students in Kennewick School District’s FFA programs have been growing and caring for a variety of plants – from flowers to vegetables – and now they are sharing them at upcoming plant sales.
The Tri-Cities labor market in March was the tightest it’s been since November 2024, and the unemployment rate was the lowest it has ever been for that time of year.
A Richland-based agricultural company is reforming its hiring practices and paying a fine to the state Attorney General’s Office after an investigation into discriminatory employment practices and misrepresentations to local farmworkers about job opportunities.
He was first elected as county prosecutor in 1987, having been a deputy prosecutor for six years prior. He served for 36 years, making him the longest tenured Benton County employee and longest tenured prosecutor in the state.
Benton REA has provided internet service through PowerNET since 1997 to connect rural and underserved communities. PowerNET currently serves about 1,000 users.
There have been efforts to determine how to cost-effectively incorporate even more nickel into lithium-ion batteries, as nickel can store more energy and potentially reduce costs. Unfortunately, nickel can also degrade the battery and shorten its lifetime due to the formation of crystal agglomerations.
About $65 billion has been spent on the cleanup effort to date. That funding has paid for thousands of workers to empty storage tanks, address contamination in the soil and water, and build facilities necessary to eventually treat, vitrify and store the waste at the site or transport it to other locations.
