Gas prices tumbled below $2 a gallon at several gas stations around the Tri-Cities.The lowest price per gallon at the pump was $1.77 at Mid-Columbia Grocery, 6409 Court St., in Pasco, according to GasBuddy.com on April 28. Gas at the Kennewick Costco was $1.89 a gallon.Benton County’s average is $2.09...
Chipotle Mexican Grill has opened its second Tri-City location. The newest Chipotle is open for pickup and delivery only. Pickup orders can be placed by phone at 509-396-0314. Delivery orders must be placed online at chipotle.com or through the chain’s mobile app. The fast-Mexican chain is at 2673 Queensgate Drive in Vintner Plaza, the Target-anchored shopping center in Richland. Business hours are 10:45 a.m....
Editor's note: This story was updated April 24 to reflect the addition of new state and federal funds to support small business during the COVID-19 crisis.The Tri-Cities Hispanic Chamber of Commerce is helping minority and underrepresented businesses apply for emergency assistance after securing a contract worth up to $30,000 from the Washington...
Tri-City residents continue to reap the benefits from continued cleanup work at the Hanford site years after plutonium production ceased. Hanford spending supports about two jobs for every employee hired with federal dollars.“The whole community benefits substantially, regardless of whether you’re a car dealership in Pasco, a restaurant in West...
Hanford is one of this country’s greatest public works projects, both during a national security mission that lasted for more than four decades in the last century and during its current cleanup mission.Just as our Hanford workforce overcame challenges to deliver for our nation in the past, we are proudly...
In the spring, Tri-City community members with science backgrounds are called upon to help judge science fairs, teach at Salmon Summit and educate the public at the Hanford Health and Safety Expo.Our Nuclear Waste Program, one of the agencies overseeing Hanford cleanup, usually supports those events in force.Not this year,...
Industrial developers will get a shot at buying sites 200 acres and larger in north Richland as soon as next year. (Courtesy Port of Benton)It’s been five years since the U.S. Department of Energy transferred 1,600-plus acres from the Hanford reservation to Tri-City control for eventual development. It’s been four...
The vit plant entered this new decade looking different than ever before.And we are well positioned for another transformational year in 2020. We are driving toward spring 2021 when we will heat up the first of two melters inside the Low-Activity Waste (LAW) Facility at Hanford’s Waste Treatment and Immobilization...
Now in our 12th year as Hanford’s tank operations contractor, Washington River Protection Solutions (WRPS) is honored and proud of the legacy it has built in advancing the nation’s largest and most complex environmental cleanup mission.On behalf of the U.S. Department of Energy, WRPS has protected the environment and the...
Editor's note: The General Accounting Office rejected a bid protest related to the Hanford Mission Essential Services Contract on April 22. This story has been updated to reflect the development.The status of a handful of the major contracts remains up in the air at the Hanford site, the U.S. Department...
