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November 19, 2015

WRPS donates $127,000 to support local STEM education efforts

RICHLAND, Wash. – Tri-City area students, from grade school through college, will benefit from $127,000 in contributions announced today by Washington River Protection Solutions (WRPS), the Hanford tank operations contractor. The money will be used to strengthen and expand K-12, college and community science, technology, […]
December 11, 2015

WSUTC hosts WRPS Day

Where does the money go? Three Washington State University Tri-Cities (WSUTC) students answered this question recently at WRPS-WSUTC Day on the Richland campus. The day consisted of a presentation by WSUTC students benefiting from WRPS grants and a panel discussion about technology, the Hanford Site […]
December 11, 2015

WRPS supports area small businesses

2015 Small Business Incentive Grant recipients were announced last week at the Regional Tri-City Chamber’s monthly meeting.  WRPS funds the program that provides up to $2,000 in individual grants to local small businesses with needs in training, equipment or website development.  More than 30 businesses […]
December 11, 2015

WRPS continues to support GLAM

“I want to be in manufacturing when I grow up” is not something you hear from most girls, but local organizations are working together to change that perception. In fact, manufacturing is an in-demand career open to all genders. Recently, more than 100 high school […]
December 29, 2015

Volunteers build bikes for local tykes

For the second straight year, WRPS Contractor Assurance employees donated a day off to help build bikes for disadvantaged children. WRPS volunteers joined about 600 others, including 400 area high school students, at the sixth annual Bikes for Tykes volunteer build at the Benton County […]