Business briefs March 2025

A veteran law enforcement official with experience leading municipal and state police staff will be the temporary leader of the West Richland Police Department. 

Most of the claims this year—703—were filed after President Donald Trump’s inauguration, with an average of 25 being filed per day since Feb. 13, according to a release.

An online real estate listing for the building indicates a price of $3 million along with a monthly land lease to the Port of Kennewick.

Among those laid off in recent weeks include dozens of staff connected to the U.S. Department of Energy’s Hanford site as well as Pacific Northwest National Laboratory and hundreds with the Bonneville Power Administration. 

Initially, the Port of Kennewick’s district was only 5 square miles encompassing downtown Kennewick and the waterfront area. The district expanded by citizen vote and has evolved to meet community demands with rail and air transportation, industrial sites and business parks. 

The Kennewick Public Hospital District Board of Commissioners now includes a Kadlec doctor among its members. 

This year’s Kennewick Man and Woman of the Year winners are both champions for public education, children and veterans in the Tri-Cities. They were honored at the annual awards ceremony on Feb. 24.

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.

State officials were to have their plans for instituting the cuts in by Feb. 6. The state’s public universities are facing a 3% cut to their state funding.