Anna King
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In Pendleton, rounding up high schoolers for a graduation before grabbing life by the horns
When Marcus Aaron Luke runs fast, everything feels slow. “You feel every small step,” he says. “You feel every small detail.” But in the pandemic year...
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Northwest Cherries Are Almost Here, But There Will Be Less Fruit Than Usual
Just as a farmer’s fruit should be turning juicy and sweet, an old foe called “ little cherry disease ” robs the harvest. From The Dalles, Oregon to...
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Fire Camp Germ Spread Is Dicey In Normal Times. Covid-19 Could Rip Through Crews This Season
This year, officials say fire camp could be as dangerous as the wildfires, and top Western managers are deep in planning how to make fire camps Covid-19 ready for fire crews.
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The Northwest Cattle-Branding Show Goes On, With Cautious Eye Toward Coronavirus Safety
Cattle brandings in the Northwest are usually dusty group affairs. Cowboys yell and call to each other. Horses work into a hot lather, helping their...
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Environment
Stumbling Toward Spring: Northwest Growers Scramble To Start During Coronavirus Crisis
It’s springtime in the Northwest: birds sing, emerald shoots are pushing up from the earth and the irrigation sprinklers tick, tick like clocks — same...
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National
Some U.S. Farmers Boxed In By Coronavirus Outbreak
Fewer ships from China are docking in the U.S., which hurts U.S. farmers who send exports on the ships' return trips. And perishables that do make it sometimes rot on the docks in China.
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Ah, Shuck: Oysters, Cherries, Other Northwest Products Back Up As Coronavirus Quarantines Trade
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Helicopter Rescues, Highways Closed, Sandbags Filled As SE Washington And NE Oregon Hit With Floods
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Environment
Large swaths of the Northwest from Washington to Oregon to Idaho deal with flooding and high water
Washington Gov. Jay Inslee has issued an emergency proclamation for 20 counties as major flooding inundated Washington and Oregon.
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Hanford's tricky and long-shuttered plutonium finishing plant is now officially demolished
The large plant that produced two-thirds of the United States’ Cold War-era plutonium no longer exists.