Richland recently welcomed a global engineering, architecture and construction firm to its new office at 1060 Jadwin Ave., though the company’s presence has been in the works for a while, thanks to a multiyear contract with one of the Tri-Cities’ biggest employers.
Washington is known worldwide for its apples, but our state is also among the nation’s top producers of hops, cherries, grapes, potatoes and wheat, among other crops. Yet each year’s harvest reveals a complex landscape of challenges and opportunities for our state’s agriculture industry.
Let's talk noncompete agreements. How do the two rules from Washington and the FTC line up, and what are the applicable exemptions to the general rule that bans them?
Washington is still recovering from drought conditions that have undermined its wheat production, and it’s too early yet to tell if this year will be better.