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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Trump’s initial federal layoffs hit Tri-Cities, WA area. Here’s what we know so far
More than 100 people protested at John Dam Plaza as job cuts hit local federal workers and other policies sparked concern.
The Bellingham Herald29d
‘Outright hostility.’ 100s of fed workers fear for their jobs at contaminated WA nuclear site
a DOE research lab in Richland, with annual spending of almost $1.7 billion. The Hanford office is already understaffed, said Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., in an hour-long speech Wednesday on the ...
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Mayor of Eastern WA city with thousands of fed-paid workers catches heat for DOGE support
Richland Mayor Theresa Richardson is facing ... overseeing work at the highly contaminated Department of Energy Hanford nuclear site and the DOE national lab in Richland were laid off, with ...
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More federal layoffs at Eastern WA nuclear contamination site. Here’s what may be next
The Hanford site adjacent to Richland was used from World War II through the Cold War to produce nearly two-thirds of the plutonium for the nation’s nuclear weapons program. Since 1989 ...
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‘Outright hostility.’ 100s of fed workers fear for their jobs at contaminated WA nuclear site
The mood around Department of Energy offices in Richland is grim as Elon Musk reportedly plans to eliminate half of the federal jobs across the nation as part of his Department of Government ...