economic development

An Australian company is looking at repurposing the soon-to-close coal power plant property in Centralia, Washington, to build a big hydrogen fuel production facility. Fortescue Future Industries went public with its plans during a hydrogen symposium hosted by the Economic Alliance of Lewis County on Thursday.

The push to restart the last remaining aluminum smelter in the Pacific Northwest got a boost this week as well as absorbed a setback. The prospective new owners of the idled Alcoa Intalco Works smelter near Ferndale, Washington, secured $10 million in taxpayer support to upgrade the decades-old factory. But separately, the Bonneville Power Administration said it turned down a request for a large amount of reduced-rate electricity to operate the energy-intensive aluminum smelter.

Oregon officials have hired outside lawyers to investigate allegations of discrimination, harassment and abusive behavior at the state's economic…

Oregon's agency devoted to economic development should provide more transparency about how its incentives are being used. That's one of the findings of an…

Washington Governor Jay Inslee tried to woo electric carmaker Tesla Motors to build a massive battery factory in the Evergreen state. But according to at…

For the first time, we are learning that Washington competed to become the location for a massive battery factory for Tesla electric cars.State officials…