Atlas Agro expects to decide by the end of the year whether to move forward with a $1 billion zero-carbon nitrate fertilizer plant in Richland – a project the Swiss company describes as a pioneering initiative aimed at revolutionizing the fertilizer industry.
Amazon plans to build another facility in Pasco – one that’s expected to open later this year and bring more than 150 new full- and part-time jobs to the area.
An overnight cruise company that regularly brought a large paddlewheeler to Richland – and with it tourists who ventured ashore for food and shopping – has shut down.