Anna King
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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
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With dogs and radar, volunteers search for remains at Mool-Mool, or Fort Simcoe State Park
Since time immemorial, Native Tribes in the Columbia Basin met at a village crossroads called Mool-Mool. In the wake of the Yakama Treaty of 1855, the site was of continual use as a U.S. military outpost, and for decades, the grounds included a boarding school operated by the Bureau of Indian Affairs, where children from the Yakama Nation were forced to attend. Today, volunteers and Yakama descendants are searching the 200-acre park for their relatives' remains.
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As families take to the road with their pets, a mysterious disease is sickening hundreds of dogs
It starts like a mild case of kennel cough, then develops into pneumonia-like symptoms. Some animals have died. And scientific labs aren’t sure what they’re dealing with yet – bacteria? A virus? Something else?
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Yakama descendants search for relatives’ remains at Mool-Mool, or Fort Simcoe Historical State Par
Cadaver dogs, ground-penetrating radar and high-tech computer mapping are all employed to help reveal suspected unmarked graves at Fort Simcoe Historical State Park on Yakama Nation lands.
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‘Vintage Year’ for apple crop, experts say the weather was just right
Great weather and increasing international trade are putting a shine on the Northwest apple industry
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A glut of French fry potatoes means a big spud dump across Northwest
Farmers in Washington, Oregon, Idaho and Alberta are all dumping potatoes
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Energy Northwest fined over incident that exposed workers
Twenty-two workers exposed, three took in most of the dose