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Former Richland High grad nominated as Eastern WA federal court judge

April 18, 2024, 7:50am Northwest

A former Richland resident has been nominated to become a federal judge for the Eastern Washington District U.S. Court. Read story

Plans for WA’s largest wind farm slashed in half

April 18, 2024, 7:50am Business

A state energy board cut in half the largest wind project proposed in Washington on Wednesday after a yearslong and contentious planning process. Read story

FILE - Boeing employees walk the new Boeing 787-10 Dreamliner down towards the delivery ramp area at the company&rsquo;s facility after conducting its first test flight at Charleston International Airport, Friday, March 31, 2017, in North Charleston, S.C. A Senate subcommittee has opened an investigation into the safety of Boeing jetliners, intensifying safety concerns about the company&rsquo;s aircraft. The panel has summoned Boeing&rsquo;s CEO, Dave Calhoun, to a hearing next week where a company engineer, Sam Salehpour, is expected to detail safety concerns about the manufacture and assembly of Boeing&rsquo;s 787 Dreamliner.

Boeing whistleblowers describe ‘criminal cover-up,’ safety risks to Senate

FILE - Boeing employees walk the new Boeing 787-10 Dreamliner down towards the delivery ramp area at the company&rsquo;s facility after conducting its first test flight at Charleston International Airport, Friday, March 31, 2017, in North Charleston, S.C. A Senate subcommittee has opened an investigation into the safety of Boeing jetliners, intensifying safety concerns about the company&rsquo;s aircraft. The panel has summoned Boeing&rsquo;s CEO, Dave Calhoun, to a hearing next week where a company engineer, Sam Salehpour, is expected to detail safety concerns about the manufacture and assembly of Boeing&rsquo;s 787 Dreamliner.

April 18, 2024, 7:49am Business

This year’s nonstop public flaying of Boeing continued in two separate U.S. Senate hearings Wednesday as Congress responded to public alarm over the jet-maker’s broken safety culture. Read story

WA, feds to release Hanford radioactive waste plan after 4 years of closed-door talks

April 18, 2024, 7:48am Northwest

Nearly four years after Washington and federal officials began renegotiating plans and treatment deadlines for 56 million gallons of radioactive waste at the Hanford nuclear site, the Department of Energy and its regulators are ready to release a new draft plan. Read story

Why is a special prosecutor looking into the ex-Richland police chief and Benton sheriff?

April 18, 2024, 7:48am Northwest

A recent report prepared for the city of Richland says its former police chief may have violated the law because she feared a damning report from her previous job was going to be publicly released. Read story

Education levels among Washington workforce falling short of labor market demand

April 18, 2024, 6:03am Northwest

Washington employers will need more educated workers over the next several years than the state is projected to have. Read story

Employee and boss bonds studied; Evergreen State among weakest in United States

April 17, 2024, 8:18pm Northwest

There are a number of factors to consider when thinking about taking a new job. Some of them include wages, benefits and work-life balance, but do you ever consider the quality of the relationship with your boss? Read story

German Shepherd intervenes as its 17-year-old owner is nearly attacked by another dog, pit bull is shot

April 17, 2024, 7:58pm Northwest

A 17-year-old girl’s German shepherd intervened as two dogs ran from a nearby home and attempted to attack her on Tuesday, Spokane police said in a news release. Read story

U.S. to provide $6.1B to chip plants in N.Y., Idaho

April 17, 2024, 7:38pm Northwest

The Biden administration has reached an agreement to provide $6.1 billion in government support for Micron Technology to produce advanced memory computer chips in New York and Idaho. Read story

Attorneys for Bryan Kohberger file alibi defense in Idaho student homicide case

April 17, 2024, 7:20pm Latest News

Attorneys for Bryan Kohberger met the Wednesday deadline to file their client’s alibi defense in the murder case against him in the deaths of four University of Idaho students in November 2022. Read story