The long-operating packaging manufacturing plant in Wallula will cut 200 jobs by the end of March 2026 as it permanently shutters part of the facility to cut production costs. 

Affected positions range from those working in IT, software, mechanical and nuclear engineering, as well as roles connected to national security, cybersecurity research, chemistry, earth science and administration. 

A solar installation company that started in Pasco and was once on Inc. Magazine’s 5000 Fastest-Growing Private Companies in America appears to be closing down.

Framatome has taken another step to solidify its future as a fuel producer for the next generation of nuclear reactors.

For the first time in more than four years, the Tri-Cities Airport saw year-over-year decline in passengers leaving its gates in September, a potential side effect of the year’s economic instability and turmoil in the federal government.

Sales from licensed cannabis producers, processors and retailers have dropped every year since 2021, with those in industry saying a variety of pressures threaten the future of the industry.

The developer of a large wind and solar farm energy project between Benton City and Prosser will not be able to build the facility to the capacity initially planned after state officials determined construction needed to be set back from some nesting sites of endangered hawks.

The longest federal government shutdown in U.S. history continues to roil the nation but work at the Hanford site is continuing for now.