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Radioactive Ranch: How Hanford's history reflects the West

Posted Wed, Sep 21, 2 a.m.

By Knute Berger

A new history of Hanford tells us about the motives, contradictions, and influences that shaped the "nuclear reservation" that has changed lives and re-shaped the world.

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Dreams of more irrigation meet the environmental questions

Posted Thu, Mar 24, 2 a.m.

By Daniel Jack Chasan

In Eastern Washington, decades of irrigation are depleting the Odessa Aquifer. Should the state and federal government lead a rescue built around what has been called "the big fix" of diverting even more river water for farming?

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An irrigation project with New Deal echoes blooms in Eastern Washington

Posted Wed, Mar 23, 2 a.m.

By Daniel Jack Chasan

Anti-tax sentiment may have taken hold in much of the country, including east of the Cascades. But a stimulus-package irrigation project is reopening discussion of much-larger work.

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New wine in old bottles

Posted Thu, Feb 18, 2 a.m.

By Harris Meyer

A European idea is catching on in Washington's wine country: reusable bottles. It saves money and is kind to the environment.

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Why do people like Medicare and fear health care reform?

Posted Tue, Aug 18, 6 a.m.

By Harris Meyer

A reporter talks to protesters at a Yakima rally and discovers profound disconnects between beliefs and behavior

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Indiana Jones, meth addict

Posted Sun, Oct 12, 4:09 p.m.

By Knute Berger

The strange link between looting Indian artifacts and methamphetamine users.

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Tri-Cities Blog posts

Which US cities are growing fastest?

Posted Thu, Mar 26, 6 a.m. 2009

by David Brewster

Kennewick area is third fastest in the nation last year, while Seattle area is 100th, well behind Portland

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The mysterious, legend-ridden hole in Eastern Washington Komo reports, "Many locals claim to know about the hole, but it didn't become phenomena until 1997, when Mel Waters went on the Coast to Coast radio show with Art Bell."

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In Cashmere, the death of a bullied child The Wenatchee World reports, "Friends and family of a 14-year-old Cashmere boy who hanged himself Jan. 29 said during a candlelight vigil Friday night that he had been bullied because he was gay."

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Do the Wenatchee hills really hold 'billions' in gold? Bryan Johnson reports, "A Canadian company claims the hills near Wenatchee are harboring billions of dollars worth of gold."

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Danny Westneat: Why Seattle library is right on free access to web sites, including porn An Eastern Washington case illustrates why Seattle Public Library is right to allow the public access to trash along with the riches of knowledge.

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Apple growers stretching to find workers Everything from the dangers posed by drug cartels to a late harvest have combined to make it especially difficult for some Easter Washington growers, particularly independents, to find enough workers. And the growers are now scrambling to get apples picked before winter hits.

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