The company’s goal is to develop a nuclear supply chain campus with its own manufacturing facility as the anchor. That facility would come through a $3 billion investment while creating 1,000 direct jobs and another 3,000 that would support them.
As the Tri-Cities works to position itself as a clean energy hub, a new college program aims to help fill the workforce pipeline that’s necessary to turn this vision into a reality.
Company originally planned to sell the entire development to an investor but was unable to secure financing. That led to decision to sell each of the duplexes individually.
The three plaintiffs challenging a wind and solar power facility in the Horse Heaven Hills share in their legal challenges a laundry list of how Gov. Jay Inslee, state agencies and the courts allegedly have violated everything from state environmental protection laws to local land use planning regulations and limited access to proceedings around the decision.
State auditors have identified $116,822 in misappropriated and questionable spending at Benton Fire District 4 between 2011 and 2023, partially a result of inadequate internal controls for safeguarding public funds.
Richland’s alphabet houses, also called ABC houses, continue to anchor north Richland’s residential neighborhoods where many owners take pains to stay true to their homes’ original architecture.