Anna King
Stories
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Six dogs sickened or dead near the Tri-Cities, all thought to have recent contact with Columbia Rive
Pets dead or sick after coming in contact with Columbia River water near the Tri-Cities, Wash. Now health officials have confirmed the culprit, Anatoxin-a in toxic algae.
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More dogs dead from exposure to toxic algae in the Columbia River
Pets dead or sick after coming in contact with Columbia River water near the Tri-Cities, Wash. Likely culprit? Toxic algae.
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Easterday estate farm equipment sell-off one of the largest in US history
One of the historically largest farm equipment sales in the country is happening this week in the Northwest. It follows the bankruptcy of the Easterday family empire after its multi-million-dollar cattle swindle.
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Easterday Idaho: What’s to become of a water-rich northwest ranch
The saga of the troubled Easterday ag empire is spreading to rural Idaho. At issue: The fate of an Easterday ranch centered on a beautiful meadow that contributes water to the Spokane region.
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Beef wars: two meat giants battle over Easterday feedlot north of Pasco
Two meatpacking giants are battling in federal bankruptcy court over a 1,500 acre feedlot near Pasco, Washington. It’s part of the ongoing Easterday cattle swindle saga.
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Roasted on the vine: Heat dome threatens NW berry harvest
Blueberries from Oregon to B.C. are being baked on the bush. Raspberries too. Growers are calling the heat damage catastrophic.
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Scientist John Zachara dies, leaving a legacy of exploring what's going on beneath Hanford
John Zachara was a brilliant geoscientist at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. And he had a dry sense of humor.
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Farmers Are Feeling The Pain As Drought Spreads In The Northwest
It's as dry as it's been in a century in parts of Washington and Oregon. Some farmers are watching their crops fail, while others are selling cattle because they don't have the grass to feed it.
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A long haul: Reporter's snail-slow recovery after Covid-19
Sometimes I feel as low as this cold-early-morning snail on the Richland river path. June 3 marks a year since COVID-19 blasted through my immune system. I have never figured out how I got it. And my recovery has come in fits and starts. But mostly it’s just been incredibly, snail-slow.
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'Somber harvest': Crops may fail, cattle sold as the NW descends into drought
Nicole Berg wades into her stunted wheat field. It’s so short and sparse, she doesn’t think the combine can even reach the wheat without eating rocks. “Combines don’t like dirt and rocks,” Berg says. “They get indigestion.” Berg is a dryland wheat farmer in the sweeping Horse Heaven Hills of south-eastern Washington. She shows off one head of half-turned golden wheat amid a sea of them. Besides being too short, the plant’s kernels didn’t fill out properly.