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Rural Health Systems Challenged By COVID-19 Surge
Medical services in small Northwest towns are stretched to the limit with shortages of qualified workers and PPE, CARES Act funds running out and hospitals at or near capacity.
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National
Embattled Public Health Workers Leaving At "Steady And Alarming" Rate
More than 70 local public health officials have resigned or been fired since the start of the pandemic. They're over-worked and the subject of harassment from community leaders and residents.
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Juice-sippin' TikTok video could be a boon to Northwest cranberry and raspberry growers
Ardel McPhail says it’s foggy now most mornings on her family’s cranberry bogs just north of IIwaco, Washington, near the Pacific Coast. She and her husband own the largest bogs in Washington — more than 100 acres. Washington grows about 148,000 100-pound barrels of cranberries and Oregon grows about 558,000 barrels each year.
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Irrigation District's Plan Means Irritation (And Big Loss) For This Family's Pumpkin Farm
Dusty pumpkins slap between rough hands as workers throw them into a tractor’s trailer. It’s a rhythmic, full sound, like a child testing a drum. This third-generation farm supplies more than 600,000 pumpkins to Walmarts, Wincos, Yokes and Home Depots in Washington, Oregon, Idaho, and Alaska. But here in southeast Washington near the Tri-Cities, the farm’s future is at stake.
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Smoke on the vineyard: NW wine industry worries about possible smoke taint
Thousands of vines roll over the hills like neatly placed stitches on a rumpled bed quilt. The sunset on Red Mountain’s Sunset Road near Richland, Washington, is usually spectacular. But on this evening, the sun just slips behind a dirty-white veil of smoke.
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Milk-Shaken: Moving Northwest Dairy Cows Out Of Wildfire Danger Is Not Fun
With at least two dozen Oregon dairies threatened by raging wildfires , farmers are grappling with the delicate task of moving them to safer ground — or staying put.
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Labor Day Fire Storm Destroys Homes, Burns Thousands Of Acres Across The Northwest
Labor Day 2020 lived up to its name if you’re a firefighter. It was a day that set up for numerous fires in central and eastern Washington that have burned tens of thousands of acres, and possibly many more.
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So, Just How Did I Get Sick With COVID-19?
Before I got sick with COVID-19, I was a social-distance ninja: I hadn’t been anywhere. Not even the grocery store. I recently wrote about my nearly two-months as a COVID-19 longhauler. And the number one question I heard was: “How did you get it?” So I decided to dig into the possibilities.
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Too flush crush: Covid-19 and over-planting mean many Northwest wine grapes hanging on the vine
Many Northwest wine tastings for groups are done over Zoom nowadays. Here at Fidélitas in southeast Washington, winemaker and owner Charlie Hoppes explains some of his favorite flavors in a video for wine club members with his son. “We always seem to get that little bit of dustiness in this wine, that we talk about from Red Mountain,” Hoppes says.
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Diary Of A Long-Hauler: Correspondent Anna King's 7-Week Fight With COVID-19
NOTE: Anna King is based in Washington’s Tri-Cities. On Wednesday morning, June 3, she felt fine. Then, fever came on like a train — 104 degrees. She feared she had COVID-19. Early that Saturday, she headed to the emergency room. Here’s part of Anna’s seven-week diary. Listen to it above.