Bechtel recently reached a key milestone in its quest to turn hazardous Hanford waste into vitrified glass. The company, which oversees the Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant, known around the Tri-Cities as the vit plant, completed the first set of test glass pours into a stainless-steel storage container designed to hold vitrified radioactive and chemical waste.
A state advisory council will decide in January whether to green light a Tri-Cities-based wind farm project to the governor’s office for approval. Scout Clean Energy’s proposal could mean more than 200 turbines along the Horse Heaven ridges in Benton County directly south of Kennewick and to the south and west of the Columbia River.
The mission’s existing shelter for women and children is on North Second Avenue in Pasco. It’s in a building that’s more than 100 years old, with aging electrical, plumbing and heating systems.
The Brick Shoppe, at 3902 W. Clearwater Ave., Suite 110, is on track for a grand opening in January. The store will feature new and used Lego, including sets, minifigures and loose bricks to buy in bulk. Customers also will be able to create their own minifigures, or host birthday parties there.
Travis Davis has a term for the 2023 housing market in the Tri-Cities: “It was a ‘life events market,’ that’s what I call it,” he said. Davis, a real estate broker with Coldwell Banker Tomlinson and president of the Tri-Cities Association of Realtors, means that if a life event didn’t force someone to buy or sell this year, they likely stayed put.
New Gesa members who are referred by a current member and have a promo code must open a savings account, a SmartPlus Checking account and a consumer debit card, and then every swipe by the new member means one entry into the monthly $50,000 giveaway. The contest runs through Dec. 31.
We become change-agents by first altering our own maps. We can change our attitude, work ethic, priorities and maturity. Self-leadership always precedes group leadership.
They’ve been known to knock things over, steal food from coworkers and brazenly nap in the middle of the day. They can’t type worth a darn, and answering the phone is out of the question. But, if you need a big, wet kiss, a fetch partner or the most enthusiastic greeter possible, they’re up for the job. In fact, at several Tri-Cities businesses, these furry, funny, four-legged (or, in one case, three-legged) office pets pretty much hold the title of Employee of the Month every month of the year.
C12 Business Forums wants to expand its faith-based organization to the Tri-Cities to provide peer advisory groups and learning opportunities for CEOs, business owners and key decision makers.
Bikes for Tikes raises money to buy and build bikes to distribute throughout the Northwest. The organization was founded in 2009 by the UA Local 598 Plumbers and Steamfitters Union.
