Bill Johnson, the newly named president of Mission Support Alliance at Hanford, will bring 22 years of professional experience to the Department of Energy contractor when he starts work Feb. 2.

I’m Dave Miller, joining you now from a place called White Bluffs Overlook. There is a majestic view of a big bend of the Columbia River here, with the Hanford site past it in the background.

Update: Take cover alert was issued at the Hanford nuclear site north of Richland, WA because of an odor at the REDOX plant in 200 Area where plutonium was processed. Workers initially evacuated.

RICHLAND, Wash. — On June 18 of this year, 10 workers at the Hanford nuclear site in eastern Washington digging in what are known as the "tank farms," were overcome by strange odors. Nine of the ...

The Hanford nuclear site guards were locked out starting at 5:30 a.m. Wednesday as their third contract extension expired on a three-year contract originally good through Nov. 1.

HANFORD, Calif. (KFSN) -- An innocent 15-year-old boy has died after being shot in the head at a party in Hanford earlier this week. Hanford police say Drake Riley passed away in the hospital on ...

The Hanford site in Washington State made plutonium for the atomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki, Japan, according to the Associated Press. It is about half the size of Rhode Island, according to the AP.