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Quincy data centers bring jobs, new hospital and new high school, but also spark power concerns
Quincy, Wash. — Quincy's long-running push for data centers has brought jobs, tax revenue, a new hospital and a new high school, while also fueling concerns about water, farmland and a planned high-voltage transmission line. NonStop Local spoke with residents and officials in Quincy to get a closer look at what operating data centers mean for that community. At L and R Cafe II, owner Ibis Ortiz says main street businesses, like hers, are doing well in Quincy. "Probably our biggest in the morning is our breakfast burritos," said Ibis Ortiz. Quincy once leaned on food manufacturing and field work, but city leaders said that was not enough to keep people from leaving. "We survived on a food manufacturing plant and field work. That's what drove the city of Quincy. And we were seeing lots of people leaving," said Quincy City Administrator Joe Harris. The city then worked to recruit fiber companies and build around key amenities the area offers. "... low-cost power, from the hydropower, easy planning and permitting nothing to it, and the land," said Port of Quincy Commissioner for Dist. 1, Curt Morris. That effort helped bring eight data center campuses now operating in Quincy, each with
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Fruit processor fined for failing to meet recycled plastic requirements
A Yakima Valley fruit processor is facing a fine of more than $20,000 for failing to use recycled plastic in any of its packaging materials. Tree Top Inc., which is headquartered in Selah, was one of eight companies fined more than $10,000 each by the state Department of Ecology for failing to meet a 2021 state law that now requires a minimum of 15% post-consumer recycled content in items such as single-use beverage containers.
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Lake Chelan levels to drop to prepare for work on the hydropower dam
Lake Chelan may be lower than recent years in spring 2027 because of planned maintenance at the Lake Chelan Dam. Both generating units at the Lake Chelan powerhouse are scheduled to be out of service in April and part of May. During this time, water can pass through the dam to the Chelan River, but not through the powerhouse. To prepare for the outage, Chelan PUD may potentially lower the lake about a foot below Chelan PUD’s typical target elevation by April.