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rdworldonline.com
PNNL breaks ground on a 100-instrument autonomous microbe lab that will open to outside researchers in 2029
Ten months after the Energy Department commissioned a 1,800-square-foot robotic lab for studying microbes, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) has started building a facility 17 times its size. The national lab broke ground Oct. 20 in Richland, Washington, on a 30,800-square-foot autonomous biosciences lab, the Microbial Molecular Phenotyping Capability (M2PC).
Tri-City Herald
High prices aren't slowing down Tri-Cities gas station building boom
Welcome to a special gas station-themed edition of “What’s being built there?” This regular Tri-City Herald feature gives short descriptions of construction projects shaping the Tri-Cities. Share projects you want to see updated at news@tricityherald.com. Kennewick Friend’s Corner Gas Station 311 S. Columbia Center Blvd. LCR Construction has started framing the future gas station, convenience store and retail center near the Flashcube building at South Columbia Center Boulevard and West Clearwater. The site is best known as the former home of the Kennewick Flower Farm landscape and shrubbery business. The project includes an 8,500-square-foot retail building containing a 5,500-square-foot convenience store, drive-thru food service and space for additional tenants. A 2,700-square-foot canopy will shelter five fuel pumps served by a 40,000-gallon underground tank. The project is being built for owner OMJSR LC by LCR Construction LLC. Metro Mart Gas Station and Laundromat 1400 W. 10th Ave. Construction of a new Metro Mart gas station and convenience store is wrapping up near Kennewick’s Riverview Cemetery at 10th and Olympia streets. The project began this spring and includes a 4,300-square-foot convenience store/gas station as well as a 1,400-squaare-foot laundromat. Thorn Construction Group is the contractor. Permits value the project at nearly $1.9
fireapparatusmagazine.com
Auction House Finds New Homes for Western WA Collector’s Vintage Fire Apparatus
Tri-City Herald (Kennewick, Wash.) Doug Blackburn was by all accounts a dedicated firefighter with a keen eye for firefighting equipment, the older the better. Blackburn retired from a Vancouver, Wash. fire department in 2006 and spent his remaining years amassing a collection of vintage equipment at his home in LaCenter, about 20 miles north.
tricitiesbusinessnews.com
Amazon announces hundreds of seasonal jobs in the Tri-Cities
Looking for a job, potentially something part time to help pay for your holiday celebrations? Amazon has opportunities. The giant online retailer is currently hiring for more than 1,000 positions in the Tri-Cities area as it ramps up staffing ahead of the busy holiday shopping season, according to a release. The hiring blitz is part of an estimated hiring of more than 300,000 people nationwide.
familydestinationsguide.com
This Overlooked Washington Town Still Has $700 Monthly Rent, And Word Is Finally Getting Out
Somewhere between the Cascade Mountains and the rest of the world’s attention, Sunnyside, Washington has been quietly living its best life without you. This small Yakima Valley city of about 16,000 people has been doing something remarkable, and it’s been doing it without a single viral TikTok, a celebrity endorsement, or a waiting list for brunch.
familydestinationsguide.com
You Can Retire On Social Security Alone In This Wonderfully Affordable Oregon Town
Nobody warns you that the hardest part of retirement might not be leaving work behind, but figuring out how to actually pay for the life that comes next. Hermiston, Oregon has a pretty compelling answer to that problem, and it’s been sitting there quietly in the high desert, waiting for people to notice.
Tri-City Herald
Amazon plans to hire 1,000 Tri-Cities workers for the holidays
Amazon Inc. says it is hiring 300,000 people nationwide for the holidays, with 1,000 positions available in the Tri-Cities. The Seattle e-commerce giant operates a delivery station and two merchandise processing centers in Pasco, among other activities. Jobs are posted weekly through December. Full-time operations employees start at $20 an hour. Seasonal employees also start at $20 an hour and can access benefits if they transition into permanent roles. Current job openings include full- and part-time warehouse equipment operators for all shifts. Pay rate is up to $22.75. The location is Project Pearl, 1202 S. Road 40 E., Pasco, near Sacajawea State Park. Amazon opened the facility this spring, saying it would add 1,000 jobs at the time. Jobs are posted at amazon.com/localjobs.
Tri-City Herald
Franklin PUD electric rates may go up, followed by possible Benton PUD increase
The Franklin PUD Commission is considering two scenarios for raising power rates, potentially adding up to about $45 a year to the average annual residential bill in 2027. The Benton PUD Commission also is considering raising rates. A proposal for an increase for Benton PUD customers is expected to be released late this month, with a public hearing and the start of a public comment period on Nov. 10. The Franklin Public Utility District held its public hearings last week with one proposed scenario raising the average residential bill a total of $42.24 a year and the other scenario raising the average residential bill by $44.88. However, the higher rate increase would start later in the year. All other classes of customers, such as industrial and irrigation, also would be raised by about the same percentage as residential customers under both proposals being considered.
Apple Valley News Now
Franklin County prioritizes financial reserves while limiting tax increases
The Brief
tricitiesbusinessnews.com
Cannabis industry veterans plan west Pasco dispensary
Zach Fairley thought he was going to become a car salesman. He had a job interview lined up with a dealership but then he was invited to another interview where he’d have to wait to learn more about the position. “I had no idea what the job was about,...
NonStop Local Tri-Cities/Yakima
Sunnyside development to bring 97 homes, market to old sugar beet mill
SUNNYSIDE, Wash. — A long-closed Sunnyside industrial site is set for a major remake after a large development won approval to move ahead.The former sugar beet mill has been closed since 1977. The property is now planned for 97 residential…
Tri-City Herald
Well known Tri-City heating and air company founder has died
Robert “Bob” D. Rhodes, the Kennewick heating and air conditioning executive who lent his name to two Tri-Cities businesses, has died. Rhodes died Oct. 11 in Richland. He was 87. Rhodes was born in Portland, Maine but lived in the Tri-Cities for 65 years. In 1971, he joined the former Dean Jacobs Heating and Air Conditioning, which became Jacobs and Rhodes at the time. He left that shop in 1976 and went on to establish Bob Rhodes Heating & Air Conditioning in Kennewick. The business he founded announced his death in a fond Facebook post that noted he “officially retired when the EPA made the horrible decision to switch HVAC from R-22 to 410A.” “(R)etirement never meant he stopped keeping tabs on what was happening around the shop.” He is survived by his wife, Betty. Mueller’s Tri-Cities Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.