Anna King
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Bones and pipes are breaking across the Northwest with the cold, and now the warm up
Northwest ERs seeing lots of injuries, contractors seeing lots of frozen or burst pipes
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Food
Celebrating the day ‘the sun turns around’ in the Pacific Northwest
Each December, tribes throughout the Pacific Northwest mark the winter solstice with what’s known as “Indian New Year.” The festivities include a feast commemorating the shortest day of the year, the return of longer days, and, eventually, springtime harvest.
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Winter solstice is also ‘Indian New Year’ in the Northwest
Dec. 21st is the winter solstice — the shortest daylight hours of the year. It was also Indian New Year across the Northwest. One of those celebrations happened on the Umatilla reservation in northeast Oregon.
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Health
Remembering 'the cow that stole Christmas,' 20 years later
Twenty years ago, on Dec. 23, panic descended on Central Washington and the nation’s cattle industry over a single cow. Today, many locals in Mabton know this event as, "the cow that stole Christmas."
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The cow that stole Christmas: Nearly 20 years after mad cow disease was first discovered in Washingt
Nearly two decades ago on December 23rd, a lone holstein cow “stole Christmas.” The milk cow from Canada had been shipped to Washington state in Mabton. It was the first mad cow disease, or bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), case discovered in the United States.
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Brian George leads new investigative team for Indigenous cold cases under Washington Attorney Genera
A team is quickly assembling under Washington state’s attorney general to solve cold cases involving Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and People.
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Rattlesnake Mountain soon to be co-managed between feds and Tribes
The Biden Administration announced it’s nearing a deal with Northwest Tribes to co-manage Rattlesnake Mountain or Laliik, in Sahaptin language, at the Hanford Reach National Monument.
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Hanford’s Waste Treatment Plant churns out first container of clean test glass
Federal and contract leaders cheer the birth at Hanford of a near 7-ton canister of test glass that was 20-years in the making
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Oregon joins Washington in having a full time tribal affairs director on governor’s staff
Oregon has created the fresh tribal affairs director position, while Washington has had a similar official in place since the early 80s.
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Hanford managers and watchdogs hold first in-person cleanup dialogue meeting since before pandemic
Hanford managers and watchdogs hold public meeting to discuss current cleanup and future plans at the site