BPA approved power to open papermill a year ago. Too costly was the Allrise reply.
By Thomas Clouse tomc@spokesman.com(509) 459-5495 The owners of a cryptocurrency operation announced Tuesday a plan to rehire as many as 150 workers to restart operations this fall at the Ponderay Newsprint mill in Usk. But the announcement isn’t worth the paper the mill isn’t printing, according to a power official. Todd Behrend, who formerly worked at Ponderay