A group of Mid-Columbia irrigators and the Washington Department of Ecology are sparring over a long-planned housing project for agricultural workers west of Paterson along the Columbia River.
Franklin County’s administrator recently spoke with the Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation about transforming the Pasco’s HAPO Center into a tribal casino, saying if there’s any tribe the county should be talking to, it’s the Yakamas.
The winery of NFL quarterback and Walla Walla native Drew Bledsoe has opened a new tasting room on the south side of Walla Walla, growing its footprint.
The international nuclear fuel manufacturer with a plant in Richland has inked yet another deal that could further solidify its importance in a nascent nuclear power industry.
As the effort to recall all three Port of Benton commissioners moves toward the ballot, two new fronts have opened in the fight: a commissioner-backed committee has formed to stop it, and the port’s suspended executive director is now suing to change how the port investigates her case.
The U.S. Department of Energy has officially reclassified some waste being stored in tanks at the Hanford site, paving the way for it to be treated by a means different than vitrification.
