Tom Banse
Regional Correspondent
Stories
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Queen of the Skies returns to Central Washington to become flying testbed
An iconic Boeing jet model nicknamed the Queen of the Skies swooped back into Moses Lake, Washington, Tuesday where it once was a regular presence. This queen will be accessorized to carry bling under its wing while it's there.
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Eugene prepares to host 2021 world track champs, but needs more money
Public funding for big-time sports tends to generate static.
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Air taxi by Airbus completes 114 test flights in Northwest skies
Not a single accident.
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More state money sought as Eugene prepares to host 2021 world track champs
Public funding for big-time sports tends to generate static. So, Oregon Governor Kate Brown is building her case now for additional taxpayer support for...
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Defense contractors test drones in Oregon
Defense contractors are testing new surveillance drones in Pendleton, including the largest one to ever fly in the Northwest.
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Plastic with your seafood? Same question goes for otters and orcas
It was a dark and slippery early morning on the Oregon coast when researchers scrambled down the rocky shore in the small town of Yachats. They kept one eye on the crashing waves while scanning for two species of Pacific Northwest sea life that are now being checked for microplastics — fibers and fragments less than 5 millimeters long.
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Great quakes of Northwest past: Scientists look to the shaky future by probing lakes
Multiple teams of earthquake researchers are looking in what may seem like an unlikely place to figure out how strongly the Pacific Northwest shook during great quakes in the past.
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PNW coast could be protected as orca habitat
NOAA is expected to announce plans to expand protected habitat for endangered orcas to include all of WA, OR and northern California.
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Utilities get early access to earthquake warning system
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Daylight saving movement gets another nudge, this time from Canada
The movement to “ditch the switch” — the twice-yearly ritual of changing our clocks between daylight and standard time — just got a push from British...