Good Day
Richland
Saturday, August 17th, 2024
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Good morning, Richland. Here's your local news at a glance for Saturday, the 17th of August.
COMMUNITY NEWS
- ➤ Ben Franklin Transit inaugurates a new 17,000-square-foot operations building in Richland, enhancing facilities for its expanding workforce at a project cost of $11.4 million. Tri-Cities Area Journal of Business
CRIME NEWS
- ➤ A 63-year-old Richland man, Gerald Alan Nott, was sentenced to 15 years in prison for child sex abuse material charges, with a lifetime of supervised release thereafter. NonStop Local
ECONOMY NEWS
- ➤ Erik Ralston, a Hanford High School alum, has become a successful software developer and entrepreneur, co-founding the business and community accelerator Fuse and the communication platform Soundbite.ai. Tri-Cities Area Journal of Business
EDUCATION NEWS
- ➤ The Richland School District proposes a $314 million bond for a new high school and other improvements, requiring 60% voter approval in November. Tri-Cities Area Journal of Business
ENVIRONMENT NEWS
- ➤ The newly dedicated $75 million Grid Storage Launchpad at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory aims to propel clean energy advancements through enhanced battery technology research and development. Tri-Cities Area Journal of Business
- ➤ Andrew Bielat joins the VERTical innovation cluster as executive director, aiming to make Tri-Cities a hub for next-generation nuclear power to meet carbon-free emissions goals. Tri-Cities Area Journal of Business
HEALTH NEWS
- ➤ Vivos Inc. is nearing FDA approval for its innovative radiation therapy, RadioGel, which has shown high success rates in treating animal cancers by injecting targeted radiation directly into tumors. Tri-Cities Area Journal of Business
- ➤ The Lourdes Counseling Center in Richland has been renamed Lourdes Behavioral Health to more accurately represent its comprehensive behavioral health services as it celebrates its 50th anniversary. Tri-Cities Area Journal of Business
- ➤ Over 1,100 Kadlec techs and service workers are striking for seven days in August to protest Providence executives' refusal to negotiate a fair contract, focusing on wage and staffing improvements. Tri-Cities Area Journal of Business
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