A portion of Highway 240 is closing at noon today while the Port of Benton works on railroad crossings along the roadway. Drivers will be detoured, and the route will reopen at 6 a.m. Monday, June 2.
State Rep. Mark Klicker, R-Walla Walla, authored House Bill 1108 that sought to unearth “the primary cost drivers for homeownership and rental housing” in Washington. It had 25 co-sponsors – 14 Republicans and 11 Democrats – and cleared the Legislature with only nine people voting against it. The governor vetoed it quietly in his office on May 20, the final day on which he could act on legislation.
Hydropower in the region is expected to increase about 17% compared to last year, a welcome boost to growing energy demand, but will still be below the 10-year average, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration.
Fewer Tri-City homes were sold in April than in the previous month, even as the typically busy home-selling season gets underway, according to the latest data from the Tri-City Association of Realtors.
Workers at the Hanford vitrification plant have begun introducing chemicals akin to tank waste into the facility’s melter in the latest step to test its systems ahead of full-scale operations.
Hybrid work claims to offer the best of both worlds – employees benefit from face-to-face collaboration in the office and can also focus on deep, individual work at home – but new research shows this arrangement also can lead to internal division unless closely coordinated.
Many professions, ranging from office and administrative support to construction workers, enjoy wages higher than the national average, usually by at least a dollar or two.
Tri-Tech Skills Center has sent its first cohort of students onto Washington State University (WSU) Tri-Cities as part of a new joint program supporting those pursuing a nursing career.
Incyte Diagnostics will layoff 310 of its staff as it moves forward with a recent deal with national lab services provider Labcorp as it acquires specific assets of Incyte’s business, including Incyte's Richland lab.
