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Work starts on biggest solar farm in US at Hanford nuclear site
Solar power developer Hecate Energy has started to build what will be the US’ biggest solar farm on 10,300 acres at the ...
6 failed food safety inspections at restaurants, food trucks, dessert shop in Tri-Cities
The Benton Franklin Health District gave six failing grades in food safety inspections of restaurants and other establishments selling food in the Tri-Cities area Feb. 22-28. The health district’s ...
Most Contaminated U.S. Nuclear Site Is Set to Be the Largest Solar Farm
Plans to transform Hanford, which was integral to the nation’s nuclear arsenal after World War II, had just begun inching ...
Tri-City Herald death notices for March 4, 2025
Daniel Aubrey Firestone, 85, of Kennewick, died March 1 in Kennewick. He was born in Yakima and lived in the Tri-Cities for 50 years. He was a retired driver and sales worker for Pepsi Co. Mueller’s ...
Hanford contractor earns $14M+ incentive pay. It had its best scorecard in 2 decades
Bechtel National earned an incentive payment of $14.2 million from the Department of Energy for its work on the Hanford nuclear site vitrification plant in Eastern Washington in 2024, receiving its ...
More federal layoffs at Eastern WA nuclear contamination site. Here’s what may be next
The Department of Energy staff at the Hanford nuclear site in Eastern Washington now has had almost 50 people in a staff of about 300 laid off and more cuts may be coming. The reduction so far is ...
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Experts, WA reps question rationale for BPA and Hanford layoffs
The U.S. Department of Energy picked roughly 400 people to lay off at the Bonneville Power Administration, which masterminds ...
Mayor of Eastern WA city with thousands of fed-paid workers catches heat for DOGE support
Democrats have criticized Trump’s austerity measures, especially with Musk — the Tesla and SpaceX CEO, and world’s richest ...
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Hanford Site welcomes new management for waste cleanup
Hanford Tank Waste Operations & Closure, LLC (H2C) has officially taken over the Integrated Tank Disposition Contract at the Hanford Site. This transition follows a four-month period ...
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‘I have concerns.’ GOP Rep. Newhouse weighs in on job cuts at nuclear site and more
About 300 federal employees based in Richland provide planning, oversight and management of the contractors. Hanford job cuts were among those employees. There also have reportedly been cuts to the ...
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Richland County Coroner seeks help in identifying man found dead on interstate
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) - The Richland County Coroner’s Office is asking for help in identifying a man who was found dead on Valentine’s Day. Coroner Naida Rutherford said the man was found on I ...
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Niles, SMC grad an award-winning choir director in Washington State
He also took a group of high schoolers to Ireland for a week on a performance tour. When he joined the Richland School District as Hanford High’s choir director, the school only had one choir.