Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Trump administration has proposed a budget for the Hanford nuclear site for the next fiscal year that appears to maintain ...

The Trump administration is proposing a cut to the Hanford nuclear site budget of about $400 million, delaying some environmental cleanup projects. On Friday the Trump administration released a ...

Layoffs are possible in a tough budget year, says senator.

SEATTLE – 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 ...

The nation’s brand-new top official for cleanup of the nation’s contaminated nuclear weapons sites is getting a look at Hanford this week in an unpublicized visit. Tim Walsh is the highest ranking ...

KENNEWICK — The Trump administration showed support for environmental cleanup at Hanford in its initial proposal for fiscal 2026 funding, calling for a much higher annual budget than it did during ...

For years Sen. Patty Murray has used her considerable clout in Congress to wring more money from fellow lawmakers for the cleanup of the Hanford nuclear site than requested in nearly every president’s ...

The Department of Energy lost 96 employees, or 37% of its Tri-Cities staff who oversee the environmental cleanup of the Hanford site, says a new Government Accountability Office report. The overall ...

Traffic crowds Highway 240 nearly every morning outside the Hanford Site’s sprawling, sage-studded industrial complex. This site churned out plutonium for nuclear weapons during World War II and the ...