A former professional engineer with 40 years of experience working on nuclear cleanup projects and a patent in high-temperature waste treatment is the next leader of one of the country’s most contaminated nuclear sites.
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory has begun asking staff to voluntarily separate as the Tri-Cities’ largest employer seeks to make cuts in response to anticipated federal spending reductions.
It didn’t take long for the Tri-Cities Airport to find not just one but two carriers to fill in for Avelo Airlines after it recently announced plans to halt flights to and from Pasco.
U.S. Sen. Patty Murray recently made several stops in the Tri-Cities using Congress’ August recess to rally support to halt federal budget cuts that will kick tens of thousands of area residents off Medicaid and slash more than 1,000 jobs from Pacific Northwest National Laboratory.
Real estate experts and property developers don’t see the Tri-Cities market swinging completely to the homebuyer’s benefit yet. The region continues to see growth and there’s still strong demand for homes.
One of the Tri-Cities’ largest employers, which has already cut hundreds of local workers in the past year, is about to cut roughly 400 more jobs across its global workforce.
A veteran nuclear leader finds himself part of another watershed moment in the industry as the new site leader for Framatome’s nuclear fuel manufacturing facility, located not far from the Hanford site.
“I definitely encourage people to continue giving, to continue going to the events organizations are putting together. I know we’re all creating opportunities to make your dollars go far.”
Hospital HR departments are pulling out all the stops to attract and retain workers, from large scale hiring events and maintaining multiple pipelines with training and educational programs to internal advancement opportunities for staff and using AI.
