Here’s what icy Tri-City weather is canceling or delaying

Icy early morning roads, particularly in outlying areas of the Tri-Cities, and a forecast of freezing rain was causing cancellations and closures Thursday.

Check back for updates to this list:

▪  Pacific Northwest National Laboratory closed at 1 p.m. All workers on the Richland campus and those based at Hanford were sent home, unless they were essential to maintaining safe and secure conditions. The swing and graveyard shifts also are canceled.

▪  Most Energy Northwest workers were released early at 12:30 p.m. Energy Northwest operates the nuclear power plant north of Richland.

▪  The Kennewick Branch of the Mid-Columbia Libraries will open late at 11 a.m.

▪  Nonessential cleanup contractors at Hanford were told not to report to work. Day and swing shift are canceled for those workers. At 3:30 p.m., the graveyard shift also was canceled.

▪  Hanford vitrification plant workers were told to stay home. Just before 3 p.m. the night shift also was canceled.

Send any delays or closures to news@tricityherald.com and we will help get the word out.

This story was originally published December 28, 2017 at 7:44 AM with the headline "Here’s what icy Tri-City weather is canceling or delaying."