Joann, the sewing and crafts retailer, blamed “unexpected” and “acute” inventory issues, which took a big bite out of sales and put its $615 million debt in an “untenable position,” according to court documents. The retailer recently moved into a large new space at the Columbia Center mall in Kennewick. 

More than 830,000 gallons of waste are now staged and ready to be sent to Hanford’s Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant for treatment later this year. 

Six well-known clothing brands have combined to form Catalyst Brands, a joint venture formed in an all-equity transaction between JCPenney and SPARC Group, with shareholders Simon Property Group, Brookfield Corp., Authentic Brands Group and Shein. 

All Bank of Idaho branches in Eastern Washington will come under the Wheatland Bank name once the acquisition is approved by regulators.

Officials with the state Attorney General’s office say Lincare knowingly billed rental fees for oxygen equipment in excess of what is permitted by law more than 15,000 times. Those officials estimate that 565 Medicaid patients in Washington state were overbilled by more than $500,000. 

The dual-use demonstration site, funded by a state grant, is being designed to provide strategic orchard shading to help reduce summer sunburn risks while also generating solar power for agriculture operations. 

The proposed solar farm, located in northwest Benton County, will have a 470-megawatt solar generation facility – enough to produce enough power for 300,000 homes. 

The final agreement, prompted by a settlement between the state and U.S. Department of Energy in April 2024, comes after federal and state agencies considered public and tribal input on proposed new and revised cleanup deadlines. 

Federal funding will pay for a project will turn the remaining two-lane undivided highway between Wallula and Nine Mile Hill into a four-lane divided highway with improved intersections and safety features. 

A nearly $10 million federal grant will pay for rail improvements from Columbia Center Boulevard in Kennewick to Horn Rapids Road in Richland. The work means faster train speeds, reduced wait time for drivers and emergency vehicles, and more railcars using the lines.