KENNEWICK — The global market for American apples, pears and cherries, technology in the tree …
KENNEWICK — Veggies have gotten very high-tech, if the exhibitors at the 2023 Pacific Northwes…
PORTLAND, Ore. — Federal regulators on Thursday approved the expansion of a natural gas pipeli…
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Washington saw record-breaking agricultural production last year, according…
MOSES LAKE — Group14 Technology released its third quarter review Oct. 19, which said the comp…
Basin Business Journal commodity report for Nov. 22, 2023
Commodity prices in the Basin
Chemical processor fined nearly $480,000 for exposing workers to toxic gases
TUMWATER — A manufacturing company in Moses Lake that works with dangerous chemicals is facing nearly $480,000 in fines for safety violations, according to a statement from the Washington State Department of Labor …
Energy Dept. awards Washington $23.4 million for electric infrastructure
OLYMPIA — On Sept. 5, Washington state received a $23.4 million Grid Resilience State and Tribal Formula Grant from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to modernize the electric grid and reduce impacts due to extre…
Yakima orchards pay back wages to improperly paid workers
TUMWATER — The Washington State Department of Labor and Industries announced July 12 that the owners of two Yakima orchards have paid $500,000 in back wages and interest to more than 400 workers. “Farmworkers do…
Basin Business Journal commodity report for July 21, 2023
Here's how agricultural commodity prices have changed in the last month:
As fuel taxes plummet, states weigh charging by the mile
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Evan Burroughs has spent eight years touting the virtues of an Oregon pilot program charging motorists by the distance their vehicle travels rather than the gas it guzzles, yet his own mother still…
Wenatchee port commissioner named to WSTC
OLYMPIA — Gov. Jay Inslee has appointed Janet “JC” Baldwin of Wenatchee to fill an open seat on the Washington State Transportation Commission, according to an announcement from the WSTC. Baldwin is a small busines…
Basin Business Journal commodity report for June 2023
Here's how agricultural commodity prices have changed in the last month:
For honey bees, 2023 is potentially a bad year
A massively destructive hurricane in Florida last year, a very stormy winter in California, and higher than average colony losses mean that 2023 is positioned to be a bad year for honey bees. “I talked with a be…
WSU Institute for Northwest Energy Futures receives state funding
RICHLAND, Wash. — Washington’s clean energy future became a little brighter when members of the Washington State House and Senate approved Gov. Jay Inslee’s funding proposal for the Washington State University Tri-…
