The Reimann Industrial Center may draw attention for its steady demand for industrial land, but it’s just one piece of a larger development agenda for the Port of Pasco.
Pasco city leaders are working to maintain the city’s momentum and transfer it to related efforts, from expansive commercial developments to transportation infrastructure, all of it aimed at improving the city and making it attractive to future residents and businesses.
Landmark project would establish a world-class advanced manufacturing center, create hundreds of long-term jobs and position the Tri-Cities and state as a global hub for fusion technology.
Bonneville Power Administration is seeking to collect an additional $125 million from its ratepayers over the next two years, reportedly to recover its costs in meeting a court order to spill more water from its hydroelectric dams.
The Washington Supreme Court has yet to rule on the lawsuit challenging a large wind farm project outside the Tri-Cities but that hasn’t stopped the project’s developer from filing yet another change to its plans.
The latest projections of job growth for Washington state aren’t anything to write home about, but the Tri-Cities appear to be a relatively bright spot among a lackluster jobs forecast.
The U.S. Department of Energy is changing how it picks members for its citizens advisory board at the Hanford site, a move critics say will diminish public knowledge and oversight of the cleanup efforts there.
An effort to shore up additional funding for a federal agency that helps roughly 100 Tri-Citians each year launch and grow businesses has secured local funding to help it continue operating.