The city of Hanford in Kings County is celebrating its 130th birthday, and residents have filled the weekend with activities and events commemorating the milestone. To hear more about the celebration and how the city was founded, Valley Edition Host Kathleen Schock spoke with Brad Albert, Hanford’s parks and community …
Read More »Kings County COVID-19 Spike Is Due To Meat Packing Facility in Hanford
Rural Kings County has seen a large spike in COVID-19 cases over the last two weeks. The majority of those cases can be traced back to the Central Valley Meat Company in Hanford. As of Wednesday, Kings County reported 211 cases of the coronavirus; 138 of them are connected to …
Read More »Hanford Tops “Brain Drain Index,” But Some Say That’s Not The Whole Story
Last month, business news company Bloomberg released its annual Brain Drain Index . It uses Census data to analyze which American cities are losing advanced degree holders, white-collar jobs, and STEM career opportunities. Topping that list this year is Hanford, California. Shelsy Hutchison, a teacher with the Business Academy at …
Read More »From Hanford To The White House: A Talk With NPR’s Tamara Keith
Before Tamara Keith was a household name among NPR listeners, she was a household name among Valley Public Radio listeners. For several years Keith worked as the Central Valley correspondent for KQED’s The California Report, based at the KVPR studios in Fresno. Before that she was a public radio listener …
Read More »New Investment Could Boost Troubled Electric Automaker Faraday Future, Hanford Factory
After a turbulent 2017 electric automaker Faraday Future could get a much needed infusion of around $ 1 billion, according to a new report from The Verge. The company’s top investor, Chinese billionaire Jia Yueting is also now reportedly taking over as CEO of the firm. The company has faced …
Read More »Another Hanford tunnel storing radioactive waste at risk, study finds
A second tunnel storing radioactive waste at the Hanford nuclear reservation in Washington state has structural problems and is at risk of failing, according to a U.S. Energy Department investigation … Click to Continue »
Read More »Workers begin to fill collapsed radioactive tunnel at Hanford
Crews have begun filling in a 400-square-foot collapse in a tunnel that is loaded with radioactive waste at the Hanford nuclear reservation near Richland, Wash., the Department of Energy said … Click to Continue »
Read More »Hanford workers take cover after cave-in of tunnel with radioactive waste
SEATTLE – Workers at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation in Richland, Wash., have been evacuated and others have been told to take cover indoors after a tunnel containing radioactive waste caved … Click to Continue »
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