A Spokane builder that has taken on an increasing number of high-profile construction projects in the Tri-Cities in recent years is looking to build a more permanent home for its operations in the area.

Roughly eight months after they were closed, one of the four Rite Aid pharmacy buildings that served the Tri-Cities has found a new tenant.

The Tri-Cities is one step closer to getting its first location of a popular Portland-area burger joint.

Two auto part companies are expanding their Tri-Cities presence with two new stores. 

The mental health care provider that bought a never-opened inpatient treatment facility in Kennewick is modifying the building ahead of it supporting mental health services for voluntarily and involuntarily admitted patients.

OSC Technical Solutions is using AI and cybersecurity expertise to support the Hanford cleanup and prepare for the next generation of nuclear projects.

Hanford remains the nation’s most expensive and technically complex cleanup project, and delays, legal obligations and debates over how to treat tank waste – including whether to vitrify or grout certain wastes – mean the site could still take decades and tens of billions more to fully clean up. 

Hanford is being repositioned for a new wave of nuclear development – but that push is running into longstanding concerns about cleanup, oversight and trust.

Treated waste from the Hanford site’s leaking underground tanks continues to move incrementally through what local officials consider the world’s most cutting-edge treatment facility as workers assess its systems and infrastructure.

An HR consultant hired by the Port of Benton has delivered a scathing 28-page report on port operations, calling the organization “immersed in chaos, confusion and leadership neglect” and laying out sweeping recommendations for restructuring. Attorneys for the administrators vehemently dispute the report’s findings, with one calling it a “hit piece” and the other a “hatchet job.”