Staff with the state’s Utilities & Transportation Commission say a Pasco landscaping company transported and disposed of solid waste, including construction materials, without state-required certification in September and October 2024.
The included funding would pay for a new performing arts building on the Pasco campus along with providing funding for the college’s second student housing facility.
French fry producer Lamb Weston is beginning to see its financials turning a corner. But its corporate leaders acknowledge that they don’t anticipate smooth sailing just yet.
The applications will begin this week in Pasco, Prosser, Sunnyside, Grandview, Mabton and Wapato. The state also continues to encourage private landowners in the treatment areas to sign up to have their properties sprayed free of charge.
Pipeline safety staff with the Washington Utilities & Transportation Commission are recommending Cascade Natural Gas pay nearly $5.7 million for dozens of alleged safety violations that led to a fire and fatality. An investigation found 66 alleged violations of state and federal pipeline safety laws and regulations.
One construction industry trade group is seeing signs that builders are expecting fewer opportunities in the near term based on recent data on job openings and hirings.
The company’s increase in sales was partially attributed to its facilities in Texas and Pasco, which began shipping and selling products in the second quarter of 2024.
The reissued solicitation to fund the deployment of small modular reactors, or SMRs, requires any who have already applied to resubmit their proposals by an April 23 deadline.
A recently completed $5 million upgrade to a water pump station in the Queensgate area will improve its efficiency while also increasing available drinking water for future growth in south Richland and West Richland.
