Anna King
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Hanford's Plutonium Finishing Plant Demolition Job Reaches Even More Delicate Phase
At Hanford, in southeastern Washington, contractors have just completed much of the demolition work at the site’s Plutonium Finishing Plant. But now crews have to finish the job. And that’s the tough part.
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First Flood, Then Fright: Community Rallies To Save Eastern Washington Town With Haunting
In the City of Palouse council chambers, Sharon White and Brenda Brown are trying to get their hair just right. They rattle a can of super-hold hairspray before spraying liberally. “Here let me spray and then you pick [your hair],” said Sharon White, a director of events at nearby Washington State University and Palouse resident.
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'Not One Drop Of Blood': Cattle Mysteriously Mutilated In Oregon
In remote eastern Oregon, a serial crime is unfolding. Someone is killing purebred bulls. And they're doing it with a level of cruel precision that's frightening to both ranchers and law enforcement.
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Columbia River Lock Reopens For Barge Traffic As Northwest Wheat Harvest Finishes Up
A critical navigation lock on the lower Columbia River reopened Friday night, Sept. 27, according to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The Corps previously said the river would reopen Sept. 30, but crews were able to finish work a few days early.
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Music Performed Inside Hanford's B Reactor Explores Nuclear Workers' Dreams, Nightmares
You’ve heard the grim numbers about the Hanford nuclear site — the millions of gallons of radioactive waste and the growing price tag for cleanup. But now, the creators of a new musical work called “Nuclear Dreams” highlight the dreams and nightmares of people who work and live near Hanford in Washington’s Tri-Cities.
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Columbia River Lock Reopens For Barge Traffic As Northwest Wheat Harvest Finishes Up
A critical navigation lock on the lower Columbia River reopened Friday night, Sept. 27, according to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers . The Corps...
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‘Not One Drop Of Blood’: Cattle Are Being Mysteriously Mutilated And Killed In Eastern Oregon
Outside of Pendleton, Oregon, Terry Anderson’s cattle have messed up his irrigation spigots. Again. The cows knock them down pretty much daily, and he has to fix ‘em. He jumps out of his side-by-side vehicle and deftly rights them again or screws on a new spigot if they’re really bad. “Cows just rub on stuff for the heck of it,” Terry Anderson says with a smile. “They love to scratch.”
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Grain isn’t moving into global markets because of Northwest dam lock closure
The Northwest’s soft white wheat harvest is in full swing, but that grain is going nowhere fast. That’s because of an emergency repair to a lock at Bonneville Dam on the Lower Columbia River. So far, there’s no word on when the lock will reopen to barge traffic.
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‘You Have To Remain An Optimist.’ Northwest Farmers Wrap Wheat Harvest As Prices Depress
There’s a lot of time to think while sitting behind the wheel of a combine. Right now, Northwest wheat farmers are wrapping up their harvest in many...
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Mild Northwest fire season could blow up in late summer as fuels dry out
You might have noticed some smoky skies lately, particularly in the Inland Northwest from the Williams Flats Fire near Grand Coulee Dam.