Anna King
Stories
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Why so many of Washington's apples are not getting picked this season
Huge swaths of apple orchards are going unpicked in Washington state.
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Labor Shortage And Fall Weather Stack Up To Leave Apples Rotting In Washington Orchards
Fujis and Pink Ladies are some of the most valuable and last to ripen apple varieties in the Northwest. And this winter there are huge swaths of them...
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Feds withhold crucial info about Hanford, among most contaminated sites in the world
The Washington Department of Ecology has issued a more than $1 million penalty to the U.S. Department of Energy for withholding important information at...
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Like Your Hummus Wet? Then You Want Dry Garbs. So Do Northwest Farmers
Outside Palouse, Washington, it’s mid-autumn and Chad Redman’s combine tractor keeps jamming with rocks it picks up in the field. Chad and his father, Jim, tug and ratchet at the combine. But nothing dislodges these rocks from the cutting header. “So we’ll have to go back to the pickup,” Jim Redman grumbles.
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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...