The U.S. Department of Energy picked roughly 400 people to lay off at the Bonneville Power Administration, which masterminds how 28 percent of the Pacific Northwest’s electricity is distributed to hom ...

During World War II, the Hanford Nuclear Reservation was the site of testing grounds where early scientists were trying to ...

The Department of Energy staff at the Hanford nuclear site in Eastern Washington now has had almost 50 people in a staff of about 300 laid off and more cuts may be coming. The reduction so far is ...

More than a dozen Department of Energy workers were fired this month at a Central Washington nuclear cleanup site, with at least 30 more federal workers taking buyouts, the latest in President Donald ...

Two familiar faces at the Hanford site are among the leadership of the winning bidders to provide up to $45 billion of work at the nuclear reservation’s tank farms and start waste treatment at ...

The 580-square-mile Hanford site adjacent to Richland in ... contaminated groundwater near the Columbia River and contaminated, obsolete buildings and reactors. When Cantwell questioned Wright ...

In the site's early days, plutonium would be sent from Hanford to the Los Alamos Laboratory ... supply of cold water provided ...

It was the first Hanford hearing to take place in Eugene. The Hanford Site, located along the Columbia River in southern Washington, is a center of controversy in the Pacific Northwest.

Murray said at a news conference Tuesday she’s concerned about the Trump administration’s dismissal of about 12 U.S. Department of Energy staffers and what effect that will have on safety at the site.

▪ The Richland School District has canceled after-school activities and athletics for Thursday except for high school playoff basketball games. ▪ North Franklin School District, which includes Connell ...

Tom Tebb is retiring from Ecology after 33 years of service. Let's look back on his remarkable career and lifelong commitment ...