The Columbian2d
Experts, WA reps question rationale for BPA and Hanford layoffs
The U.S. Department of Energy picked roughly 400 people to lay off at the Bonneville Power Administration, which masterminds ...
Yakima Herald-Republic3d
More federal layoffs at Hanford nuclear contamination site
The reduction so far is about 16% of DOE’s Hanford workforce, which was 78% staffed when the layoffs were announced.
More federal layoffs at Eastern WA nuclear contamination site. Here’s what may be next
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 ...
KIRO 7 Investigates: Amazon’s nuclear gamble
During World War II, the Hanford Nuclear Reservation was the site of testing grounds where early scientists were trying to ...
DOE secretary to visit LANL, Sandia next week
Energy Secretary Chris Wright will make good on a promise by visiting Los Alamos National Laboratory on Monday and Sandia ...
‘I have concerns.’ GOP Rep. Newhouse weighs in on job cuts at nuclear site and more
WA congressional delegation says they can’t get information on the number of federal jobs cut or positions eliminated at ...
Lynnwood Times12d
Murray concerned exodus of federal workers will impact WA energy and housing sectors
A mass purge of federal workers including many Washington State researchers, electricians, engineers, and cyber security ...
Anti-Trump crowd descends on Portland City Hall in ‘Not my Presidents Day’ protest
A Presidents Day protest drew more than 1,000 people to downtown Portland, in one of the city’s largest demonstrations to ...
Hosted on MSN13d
About 100 Pantex employees abruptly fired as part of DOGE purge, AP reports
the Hanford Nuclear Site in Washington state, where workers secure 177 high-level waste tanks from the site's previous work ...
Trump administration brings back fired nuclear weapons workers in DOGE reversal
The Trump administration has halted the firings of hundreds of federal employees who were tasked with working on the nation’s ...
Trump layoffs hit Pacific Northwest engineers and researchers at PNNL, Hanford cleanup, elsewhere
The Trump administration layoffs are hitting engineers and researchers at PNNL, Hanford, NOAA, the Bonneville Power ...
Mint14d
Layoffs reversed: The unintended ‘nuclear’ consequences of Elon Musk led-DOGE’s energy department cuts
the Hanford Nuclear Site in Washington state (the site previously produced plutonium for the atomic bomb); and the Oak Ridge Reservation in Tennessee (contamination site associated with the ...