Locked out guards at Hanford nuclear site reach contract deal on 23.5% pay increase
The new contract provides a 23.5% wage increase over about 4.5 years. Under the proposal approved by the guards, the wage ...
Biden banned Russian uranium. Richland hopes to land $3B nuclear fuel plant with 1,000 jobs
DOE is pursuing domestic production and processing of HALEU after President Biden banned the import of Russian uranium in May ...
5 restaurants, winery and more fail food safety inspections in Tri-Cities area
The Benton Franklin Health District gave five failing grades in food safety inspections of restaurants and other establishments selling food in the Tri-Cities area Dec. 28 to Jan. 3. The health ...
‘Grubby little’ sea creatures found in cracks off the coast of Hawaii are new species
Three of the new species — Haliclona pahua, Haliclona kahoe and Haliclona loe — are new to science, Toonen said. They were ...
Unsexy singing? Bad tunes might explain male humpback reproductive failure, study says
Their analysis — which involved examining genetic data and 25 years’ worth of photos — revealed that just 7% of male ...
Teens run over pregnant mom, steal car with her 2-year-old inside, Illinois cops say
Two people have been charged after officials say a pregnant woman was violently carjacked and her 2-year-old son was taken.
14-year-old brings gun to school where 4 were killed in mass shooting, Georgia cops say
A 14-year-old is accused of bringing a gun to Apalachee High School, months after a mass shooting left four people dead, ...
Postal worker and son stole $5M, went on ‘lavish’ vacations, feds say. They get prison
Morris Sr. stole blank postal money orders worth more than $5.1 million at a post office he supervised, prosecutors said. He ...
Gov.-elect Bob Ferguson suggests $4B in reduced spending to help fill WA’s budget gap
Washington Gov.-elect Bob Ferguson on Thursday revealed one of his ideas for filling the state’s wide budget gap: cutting ...
Principal pulls gun on 2nd-graders, KY lawsuit says. ‘Going to feed you to the wolves’
The principal had the 7-year-olds in his office as punishment when he pulled the gun on them, the lawsuit said.
Are LA fires affecting flights from Washington to southern California? Here’s what we know
Los Angeles wildfires have displaced over 100,000 people and burned thousands of buildings. Here’s what to know if you’re ...
Male teachers got pay bump while women were shortchanged by PA district, suit says
Over 100 current and former female teachers at a Pennsylvania school district say they were cheated out of pay while male ...