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PNNL-led effort seeks to improve energy stored in electric car batteries
By Frances White Electric cars with significantly smaller, lighter and less expensive batteries could be on the horizon if a...

The clean dozen: 12 techs near commercial use
By Frances White A dozen clean energy technologies that enable everything from lightweight, fuel-sipping cars to the expansion of renewable...
Maintaining low-cost electricity vital for state’s clean-tech industries
By Don C. Brunell Since the construction of Grand Coulee and Bonneville dams, Washington has enjoyed an abundance of low...

Richland barber has no plans to cut 50-year career short
When Aaron Hines and his three younger brothers needed a haircut, their dad would plop them down in the kitchen...

Couple creates music hot spot in downtown Prosser
When Marty and Lenee Taylor put in an offer to buy the old 6th Street Café in downtown Prosser last...

Campaign launch underway—full speed ahead for new United Way president
Having just completed work on a five-year, $2.6 million grant for Washington State University in June, LoAnn Ayers started as...

Port keeps IsoRay from relocating, creates new jobs
By Jeff Morrow for TCAJoB IsoRay Medical is staying in the Tri-Cities after all. Initially spun off by scientists from...

Catholic Charities to break ground on Prosser senior housing project
By Jeff Morrow for TCAJoB If you’re not looking for it, you don’t see it. But Bryan Ketcham, director of...