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Plans underway for new apartments, subdivisions, roadwork
Documents filed under Washington’s environmental review process reveal a list of projects in the works for the Mid-Columbia. The State Environmental Policy Act, or SEPA, often provides the first look at the mixed-use projects, mini-storage facilities, apartments, industrial expansions, subdivisions and more that are working their way through the various planning departments of Benton, Franklin and Walla Walla counties.
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Lamb Weston agrees to pay $25 million in LUBGWMA lawsuit settlement
PENDLETON – Lamb Weston has agreed to pay $25 million into a settlement fund for affected homeowners to resolve its part of a class-action lawsuit over groundwater pollution in the Lower Umatilla Basin Groundwater Management Area, according to a news release from Hagens Berman, the law firm representing the plaintiffs.
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Columbia Rail resumes service to Weston, secures $13M for regional overhaul
WESTON — Freight trains began rolling into Weston on Monday for the first time since summer wildfire damage halted operations, following emergency track and fill repairs along the line. Freight train departing Lakeside Foods Weston Facility. Columbia Rail restored service after crews rebuilt a damaged fill section on the...
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Church members build new home for growing congregation
In the farmland just outside Pasco’s city limits, a congregation came together on evenings and weekends over the course of two years to build a new church. The result is a 36,606-square-foot building with a sanctuary large enough for more than 1,000 people, classrooms, a commercial kitchen, dining space and something the congregation didn’t have before: its own cemetery.
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Kennewick VA clinic aims for early 2029 opening
Before gold-painted shovels ceremoniously dug into a prepared mound of dirt at the site of the future Kennewick VA Clinic, Ryan Peta made a vow. “I have a responsibility that we build the best clinic with the best providers,” the interim director of the Jonathan M. Wainright VA Medical Center in Walla Walla told a crowd of veterans, local and state officials and community members on Nov. 5. “I promise you we will give you 100% of what you deserve.”
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Your next reliable hire could come from the Pasco Transition Center
Inside a cluster of portable classrooms behind Rowena Chess Elementary in Pasco, nearly 40 young adults are seeking a chance to demonstrate the skills they can bring to the workplace. The students, between the ages of 18 and 22, arrive at Pasco School District’s Transition Center daily, honing skills ranging...
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Pasco childcare owner nurtures children – and future providers
At Maitas Child Care in Pasco, Maria Muñoz del Carmen’s work reaches beyond the children in her care. Since opening her home-based business during the Covid-19 pandemic in 2021, she also has helped aspiring childcare providers build businesses of their own. “Everyone told me it was a risk...
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LifePoint Health buys Trios Hospital for $7M
For the first time since it opened more than a decade ago, Trios Southridge Hospital is now owned by the entity operating it. And it’s a transaction that appears to be a bargain. LifePoint Health, the national healthcare provider that operates Kennewick’s Trios and Lourdes Health in Pasco, bought...