Workers at the Hanford Site have successfully removed radioactive waste from the 21st large underground storage tank, marking a significant milestone in the extensive cleanup project in southeast Washington. Tank AX-101, the last of four tanks emptied in the AX Farm group, contained approximately 350,000 gallons of waste, bringing the total amount of radioactive waste […]
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Indigenous Clovis, Hanford students were blocked, at first, from wearing traditional regalia
High school graduation is usually a joyous, celebratory moment for students and their families. Yet, for some Indigenous students, it has become a time of stress over what students are allowed to wear at graduation ceremonies. Students, like Jennie Rocha from Clovis, were told they could not wear Indigenous regalia customized by their tribal family […]
Missing Hanford man’s car found abandoned in Tulare Co.
HANFORD, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) – The Hanford Police Department is actively searching for a man after his car was found abandoned six days after he was last seen in Hanford. Police say 25-year-old Ricky Vara left his Hanford home on May 11 to work at the Visalia Amazon facility on Kelsey Street. Investigators say Vara was […]
Wildfire closes 20+ miles of highway across Hanford nuclear site Saturday night
More than 20 miles of Highway 240 across the Hanford nuclear site and part of Highway 24 were closed sometime after 6 p.m. Saturday by a wildfire. The Hanford site alerted its employees that Highway 240, sometimes called the Hanford highway, was closed from Highway 225 north of Benton City to the intersection with Highway […]
Award of 10-year, $45 billion Hanford contract challenged for a 2nd time by losing bidder
The award of a contract worth up to an estimated $45 billion for environmental cleanup work at the Hanford nuclear site in Eastern Washington has been challenged for a second time. The losing bidder for the contract, Hanford Tank Disposition Alliance, or HDTA, said in a new lawsuit filed in federal court that the Department […]
Biden signs record $3B annual spending for Hanford nuclear site in Eastern WA
President Biden signed a spending bill Saturday that includes a record annual budget of just over $3 billion for the Hanford nuclear site in Eastern Washington and averted a partial government shutdown that would have included the Department of Energy. Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., chair of the powerful Senate Appropriations Committee, advocated for the record […]
Threats against Visalia, Hanford schools prompt investigation
VISALIA, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) – Threats made toward schools in Visalia and Hanford are currently being investigated, the Visalia and Hanford police departments announced. Hanford officers say schools in different parts of the state have also received the same threats on Wednesday. According to Visalia Police, officers received information related to a verbal threat made by […]
Part of Hanford nuclear site lab evacuated after ‘extremely dangerous’ chemical discovered
Part of a large laboratory in the center of the Hanford nuclear reservation site was evacuated about 2:20 p.m. Tuesday over concerns of a dangerous chemical. The Richland police bomb squad was notified, according to communications with emergency dispatch. An employee in the 222-S Laboratory had opened the outer container holding a vial of the […]
Hanford CHP officer rescues abandoned puppies on highway
HANFORD, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) – Puppies abandoned on the side of a highway in Hanford are now in the care of animal care professionals after a California Highway Patrol officer came to their rescue amidst a rainstorm. CHP says Officer Suazo came upon 10 puppies, assumed to be abandoned, along State Route 43. Officials say Suazo […]
Feds criticize Hanford contractor for ‘excessively idle’ employees, limit company pay
The Department of Energy awarded its Hanford support services contractor only $2.9 million of a possible $8.4 million in incentive pay in its subjective evaluation for fiscal 2023. However, Hanford Mission Integration Solutions (HMIS) earned 98% of the pay available for meeting objective goals outlined in its performance plan for the year for a total […]
Hanford workers sentenced for ‘horrendous, horrendous abuse’ in Tri-Cities child porn case
A Kennewick couple was sentenced to 30 and 28 years in prison Thursday in federal court in Richland for conspiring to produce child pornography using a Tri-Cities child who was being molested and raped. U.S. Judge Mary Dimke told the victim, who was at the sentencing hearing, that she could not convey how horrendous their […]
Purse stolen from woman loading car, Hanford PD says
HANFORD, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) – Two men are wanted by authorities after a woman reported that someone stole her purse from her front seat as she loaded her vehicle, Hanford police say. Just before 8:00 a.m. on December 19th, officers were called to the area of Grangeville Boulevard and 10th Avenue for a report of a […]