This Wallula intermodal facility soft-launched early this year with a shipment of about 300 tons of hay, which was trucked in and then transferred to railcars and moved via train to the Northwest Seaport Alliance’s Port of Tacoma.
Women Helping Women Fund Tri-Cities, a nonprofit that’s been making an impact locally for nearly a quarter century, believes that empowering women and children leads to healthier families and a healthier community.
Thousands of athletes have signed up to participate in the Tri-Cities Ironman race, representing 45 states and 19 countries. The race is expected to have a significant economic impact on the area, injecting $6 million to $8 million in visitor spending each year.
A new commercial steam corn flaker in Plymouth will be used to make feed that’s easier for cattle to digest. It’ll have the capacity to make 800 tons of flaked corn a day, supplying dairies and feedlots throughout the Columbia Basin, Yakima Valley and beyond.
The U.S. Veterans Administration plans to have a site selected for a new Tri-Cities clinic by next spring. But it’s keeping further details out of the public eye for now, namely how it’s going about narrowing in on a site.
The Richland School District is sending a $314 million bond measure to the ballot in November, with a new high school in West Richland as the signature project.
