One of the tenants at Pasco’s Reimann Industrial Center hasn’t even broke ground yet but is already planning to more than double its footprint at the quickly-filling industrial park.

Immigrants not legally authorized to work in the U.S. represent an estimated 40% of the people who help to produce many fruits, vegetables and other labor-intensive crops. 

Lamb Weston officials were upbeat in their latest quarterly report, with net sales and gross profit climbing by tens of millions of dollars compared to the same quarter last year. 

A $250,000 state grant to upgrade a former apple processing facility in Sunnyside will help preserve dozens of jobs while also providing a new buyer for the region’s orchards. 

Darigold’s Pasco plant that manufactures butter and powdered milk offers behind-the-scenes tour in new video series.

Lamb Weston has taken its shuttered Connell plant off the market and plans to invest millions in its Pasco plant as it starts a new fiscal year with some signs of improving fortunes.

A national egg producer continues to work toward opening its newest processing hub in Pasco and is looking for more farms to bring on board.

Manufacturing continues to be one of the fastest growing of the large industry sectors. 

Lamb Weston leaders are projecting guarded optimism as the french fry maker kicks off its 2026 fiscal year. 

The Port of Pasco wants to buy 320 acres of land adjacent to its Reimann Industrial Center to accommodate higher than anticipated demand for lots at the industrial park.