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Crane repair company expands
Tri-City footprint
A 51-year-old crane repair company recently opened its second location in the Tri-Cities. WHECO Corp. started out as a parts...

Tri-City manufacturing sector has a distinct flavor
Manufacturing in the two counties didn’t shine during the pandemic. According to recent work the Institute undertook for the Port...

Q&A with Lance Stephens
Lance Stephens Richland site manager VP North American fuel manufacturing Framatome Lance Stephens Number of employees you oversee: 550 Brief...

Area manufacturing jobs rebound but not to pre-pandemic levels
The state predicts the number of manufacturing jobs will drop in the next decade, yet industry groups intend to do...

What is the state of recycling in the Tri-Cities?
Though each of the Tri-Cities offers curbside garbage service, each handles recycling differently. Pasco, West Richland and greater Benton County...

Q&A with Todd Brix
Todd Brix CEO and Co-founder OCOchem Todd Brix Number of employees you oversee: 5 What is OCOchem? OCOchem is a...

Environment Briefs – May 2022
New paint recycling tops 581,000 gallons PaintCare, Washington’s new paint recycling program, reports it collected more than 581,000 gallons of...

Company transforms garbage bins from dirty to disinfected
Hector Rodriguez smelled an opportunity while pressure washing garbage cans to earn extra money. He realized he could launch a...