Tom Banse
Regional Correspondent
Stories
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Older orcas living in captivity could find sanctuary on San Juan Islands
An environmental nonprofit is gauging interest in the creation of an orca enclosure in Washington's San Juan Islands. The organization is hosting public...
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Mind the gap: Efforts aim to stitch together long trails, getting hikers off highway’s edge
Long-distance hiking can be the experience of a lifetime. It also can present dicey to mundane hurdles, like having to hike stretches along busy...
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'Kits for Kids' take preparedness up a notch at tsunami-vulnerable Oregon school
How's this for emergency preparedness? An elementary school located in the tsunami inundation zone in Cannon Beach, Oregon, has equipped every student...
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Undeliverable Boeing 737 Max jets spill over to Central Washington for storage
Boeing is running out of space to park grounded 737 Max jets in the Puget Sound region and is now sending some of its Renton, Washington, factory output...
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Mind if we drop off a dead whale on your beach? Asking for a friend.
The tally of dead gray whales washing up on Pacific Northwest beaches during this year's northbound migration keeps going up. That's prompting an...
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Oregon State establishes hemp research center amid surge in farmer interest
Oregon State University has established what it considers to be the nation's largest hemp research center. This comes amid a surge of farmer interest in...
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KUOW Newsroom
Cormorants are protected. But their poop is corroding a bridge across the Columbia River
Cormorants by the thousands have taken up residence under the landmark Astoria-Megler Bridge over the Columbia River. Their poop can corrode the bridge...
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Deal for Columbia River hydropower clears path for diamond making in Wenatchee
When you think of made-in-the-Northwest products, diamonds are probably not on your list. But soon, they could be. A contract signed Thursday for...
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Pacific NW pilots will fly a special plane in D-Day and Berlin Airlift commemorations
Get ready to hear a lot of World War II memories: The milestone 75th anniversary of D-Day is coming up on June 6. Pilots from the Pacific Northwest aboard a historic plane have arrived in the United Kingdom to take part in a reenactment of the invasion of Normandy.
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'It's all about being prepared': Navy hovercraft could be hulking lifesavers after The Big One
People visiting or living along the Pacific Northwest coast may be completely cut off after "The Big One" — the feared magnitude 9.0 Cascadia earthquake...