Northwest Public Radio Local News Summary
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Newport Prepares To Welcome NOAA
Story: A fleet of federal research ships is moving from Seattle to the Oregon coast. This weekend, state and local leaders in Newport are celebrating the transition with festivities.
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Newport Prepares To Welcome NOAA
Story: A fleet of federal research ships is moving from Seattle to the Oregon coast. This weekend, state and local leaders in Newport are celebrating the transition with festivities.
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Newport Prepares To Welcome NOAA
Story: A fleet of federal research ships is moving from Seattle to the Oregon coast. This weekend, state and local leaders in Newport are celebrating the transition with festivities.
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Newport Prepares To Welcome NOAA
Story: A fleet of federal research ships is moving from Seattle to the Oregon coast. This weekend, state and local leaders in Newport are celebrating the transition with festivities.
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Newport Prepares To Welcome NOAA
Story: A fleet of federal research ships is moving from Seattle to the Oregon coast. This weekend, state and local leaders in Newport are celebrating the transition with festivities.
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Northwest Regional News
Stories: 1) Seattle Voters Side with Gregoire on Ref 1. 2) Making a Bigger Deal About Smaller Fish 3) Kitzhaber Names Education Advisor
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Northwest Regional News
Stories: 1) Seattle Voters Side with Gregoire on Ref 1. 2) Making a Bigger Deal About Smaller Fish 3) Kitzhaber Names Education Advisor
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Northwest Regional News
Stories: 1) Un-damming The Elwha Part I 2) Tiny, Twangy Jew's Harp Takes Center Stage
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Hanford Union Raises Concerns With Hanford Waste...
Story: The Department of Energy has given the go ahead to fabricating key elements of Hanford's waste treatment plant despite serious concerns being raised by engineers.
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Regence BlueShield Fined $100K Over IUD Removal
Story: One of Washington's largest health insurers faces a hefty fine for refusing to pay for the removal of a certain type of birth control device.
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Northwest Regional News
Stories: 1) Redistricting with Accurate Representation 2) Roman Artifact Helps Nuclear Waste Storage 3) Harry & David Close To Emerging From Bankruptcy 4) Court Sides with WA, ID and Other States Against Health Care Reform 5) Whidbey Island Race Remembers Iraq's First Fallen Female Marine Officer 6) Oregon Youth Authority Braces for Major Changes
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Northwest Regional News
Stories: 1) Black Bear Spotted at Hatchery 2) Bargain Basement Mortgage Rates Get Bank Phones Ringing 3) USDA Hopeful to Save Greater Sage-Grouse 4) Northwest Apple Harvest Could Yield Smaller Fruit This Year 5) Environmental Groups Say New "Conservation Fund" Misnamed
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Commentary: Mount Rushmore Up Close
Story: Bad plastic surgery... Micheal Jackson, Kenny Rogers, Mt. Rushmore? Commentator Corinna Nicolaou shares her up close visit to Mt. Rushmore and is taken aback by concrete and nose jobs.
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Northwest Regional News
Stories: 1) Friendship Forged Out of a Dark Childhood 2) Next Generation of Priests Face Abuse Fallout
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Northwest Regional News
Stories: 1) Idaho Touts Its Red State Culture To Attract Gun Manufacturing Jobs 2) Gary Locke Wants to Make Washington Proud 3) Oregon Gets Another Chance To Win Major HUD Contract 4) Senator Murray Ready to Work on Super Committee 5) To Sue or Not? Wolf Advocates Ponder 6) Young Farmers Learning to Use Draft Horses
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Northwest Regional News
Stories: 1) Deficit 'Super Committee' Selection Sen. Murray Proves Controversial 2) Next Generation of Priests Face Abuse Fallout
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Northwest Regional News
Stories: 1) When It's Legal to Shoot a Grizzly Bear 2) Experiencing Hells Canyon through Boyd Norton's Lens 3) Short-Line Railroad Floats Third Coal Export Terminal Proposal in Washington 4) Archivists Warn Of Lack of Preparedness 5) Northwest Businesses Seek New Salmon Policy 6) Fighting Gang Violence with Picnic Baskets
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Northwest Regional News
Stories: 1) Wallula Carbon Sequestration Project Experiments with Basalt 2) Gregoire Asks Agencies To Prepare Spending Cuts Up to 10% 3) Oregon Logging Protesters Gear Up Again 4) E. Coli Found in Oregon Strawberries 5) Oregon Irrigators Move Into The Hydropower Business 6) Washington's New Corn Plant Might Influence Crop Around World
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Northwest Regional News
Stories: 1) Raw Oysters Source of Recent Bacteria Cases 2) Oregon Political Icon Mark Hatfield Dead At 89 3) No DNA Match To Purported D.B. Cooper Hijacking Suspect 4) Berry Farms Fined for Child Labor Law Violations 5) Debate Over Whether Taxes Cause Migration Rages On
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Northwest Regional News
Stories: 1) Competition Heats Up To Insure Poor People in Washington 2) Bill Sizemore Pleads Guilty To Tax Evasion
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Northwest Regional News
Stories: 1) Kitzhaber Schedules Election To Replace Wu 2) D.B. Cooper Expert Casts Doubt On Latest Hijacking Suspect
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Northwest Regional News
Stories: 1) Patty Murray Wants Governors to Track Soldier Suicides 2) Oregon Wolf Compensation Bill Signed 3) NW Tribes Seek New Permits To Remove Sea Lions 4) Wyoming Reaches Wolf Management Deal 5) Natural Gas Prices Expected To Remain Stable 6) Northwest Highways Await Mexican Trucks
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Salmon Protection Updates Postponed
Story: BOISE - Tuesday, federal Judge James Redden struck down the federal government's plan for managing salmon and steelhead in the Columbia and Snake rivers. Correspondent Aaron Kunz reports.
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Northwest Regional News
Stories: 1) New Model for Cyber Security: Ants 2) Post Offices May Be History 3) Suquamish Legalizes Same-Sex Marriage
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Bird Eggs Swapped To Reverse Lark Decline
Story: Wildlife biologists are employing a little trickery to stop the downward spiral of a rare grassland bird in Western Washington. Biologists are taking eggs from healthier larks in Oregon and swapping them into western Washington nests, hoping the lark mothers don't notice. Correspondent Tom Banse reports.
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Hanford Layoffs Not Based On Seniority
Story: Seniority won't be the only criteria for layoffs at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation in southeast Washington. Pink slips are expected in six weeks. Anna King reports.
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Northwest Regional News
Stories: 1) Washington Still Issues Unemployment Benefits the Old Fashioned Way 2) Concerns on Natural Gas Drilling
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Commission Recommends New Agency To Site Nation's...
Story: The nation needs a new agency to site a federal nuclear waste dump. That's the recommendation issued Friday by a presidential commission.
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WA's AG files new lawsuit to clean up Hanford
Story: Washington Attorney General Rob McKenna announced Friday that the state has filed a new lawsuit against the federal government.
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Idaho Allows Wolf Hunting Season With Traps, No Kill...
Story: The Idaho Fish and Game Commission voted Thursday for a plan that sets hunting and trapping season for the Northern Rocky Mountain gray wolf. But critics object to Idaho allowing hunters to use trap.
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Standoff Puts Some Airport Construction Projects In Limbo
Story: The Congressional stalemate over the debt ceiling isn't the only Washington standoff in the news this week. A separate showdown over spending by the Federal Aviation Administration is having an immediate effect on jobs and airport construction in our region.
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Hanford Contractors Work To Reassure Workers Waste Plant...
Story: The heads of two Hanford Nuclear Reservation contractors tried to reassure workers with a memo this week. It says there is a strong safety culture on the massive waste treatment plant now under construction.
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Northwest Regional News
Stories: 1) Idaho Fish And Game Meeting Draws Crowd Of Wolf Foes 2) More Hanford Workers Raise Safety Concerns
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Northwest Regional News
Stories: 1) Wash. Prisons Fined For Safety Violations After Officer Murder 2) Oregon State Hospital To Open New Wing 3) Gray Whale Washes Up Near Bremerton
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Tribal Canoe Journey and Science Connect In Salish Sea
Story: Seattle, Wash - This week, thousands of American Indians from Alaska to Northern California will converge on the Swinomish Reservation 80 miles North of Seattle.
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Northwest Regional News
Stories: 1) Hanford Cleans Up Waste In Underground Trenches Earlier Than Planned 2) Audit Of Idaho National Lab Says Miscalculation Will Give Contractor Big Payout 3) Study: Genetically Modified Atlantic Salmon Can Breed With Wild Fish
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Northwest Regional News
Stories: 1) Feds Revoke Authority to Kill Sea Lions On Columbia 2) Wu's Resignation Will Force Special Election
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Northwest Regional News
Stories: 1) Banking On New Wetlands When Old Ones Vanish 2) David Wu Not Planning To Resign House Seat 3) Hanford Whistleblower Tamosaitis Responds To Department of Energy 4) Conifers Drink Lightly in Wet Northwest Winters
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Northwest Regional News
Stories: 1) High-Speed Motorcycle Crashes Claim 3 NW Soldiers Since April 2) Local Governments Brace For Unknown Fallout From Debt Stalemate
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Northwest Regional News
Stories: 1) Northwest's Giant Palouse Worm Denied Endangered Status From U.S. Fish and Wildlife 2) Congressman Wu Likely Faces House Ethics Probe
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Northwest Regional News
Stories: 1) Endangered Pygmy Rabbits Finally Breed Like, Well, Bunnies 2) Village Dig Focuses On Ancient Societal Transformation 3) Oregon Protests Loss of $4 million HUD Contract 4) Scientists Scramble to Save Crater Lake's Whitebark Pine. 5) Nearly 300,000 Washington Drivers Suspended For Failure To Pay Tickets: Part 2
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Teamsters Union Calls Investigation Into Officer Death...
Story: The union that represents frontline prison workers in Washington is reacting angrily to the findings of an investigation into the murder of Officer Jayme Biendl.
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Northwest Regional News
Stories: 1) Wash. Prison Investigation: Staff Errors After Officer Murdered 2) Idahoan's Idea To Pave Road In Solar Panels Gets Federal Funding 3) Northwest States Grapple With Reduced Federal Funding
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Commentary: A Tsumani of Dinosaur Bones
Story: The rate of China's economic growth is often reported in the news. But China is experiencing another bonanza, too. Dinosaur bones are flooding the market, but are you getting the real deal? The Rock Doc weighs in.
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Northwest Regional News
Stories: 1) Goats-For-Hire Whack Pervasive Weed In Boise Foothills 2) Deer Flat Puts A Name On Public Access Battle
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Convicted Murderer Haugen Get Psych. Evaluation Date
Story: A Salem judge has set a date for a psychological evaluation of convicted murderer, Gary Haugen. As Kristian Foden-Vencil reports, lawyers settled a number of technical issues at a hearing Thursday.
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Northwest Regional News
Stories: 1) Alleged "Kill Team" Leader Back In Court 2) Alaska Air Profit Slips Amid Higher Jet Fuel Costs 3) Lane County Oregon Jail Lets Prisoners Go
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Northwest Regional News
Stories: 1) American Airlines Orders Boeing 737s 2) Communities Await Army's Closure Plans For Umatilla Chemical Depot
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ExxonMobil Looks For Other Routes For Megaloads
Story: The on-again/off-again plans to transport huge parts of an oil refinery across Idaho and Montana are off ... again. The latest setback for ExxonMobil has the company looking for other options.
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Northwest Regional News
Stories: 1) Natural Disaster Declared in Twelve Idaho Counties, Five Counties in OR and WA 2) Washington's Jobs Losses In May An Error
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Natural Disaster Declared: Idaho, Oregan, Washington
Story: Boise, ID - The US Department of Agriculture has designated 12 counties in Idaho as natural disaster areas. The designation comes after heavy winter snow-pack and high runoff that damaged farmland. Ron Abrahmovich is a hydrologist with the USDA. He says this is one of the longest runoff seasons on record for Idaho.
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Why Homeless Advocates Don't Always Believe Homeless Data
Story: Advocates for the homeless say a recent population count in Idaho doesn't jibe with what they're seeing in their shelters. The survey found that the number of people living on the streets has decreased since 2010.
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Northwest Regional News
Stories: 1) Oregon Unemployment Rate Shows Little Hiring 2) Enthusiastic Response For "Buy Washington" Bonds
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State Workers In Oregon Closer To Paying Portion Of...
Story: State workers in Oregon are closer than ever to paying a portion of their health insurance premiums for the first time.
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Seattle Eases Street Food Rules
Story: Vendors who sell so-called "street food" in Seattle can finally sell it... on the street. Since the 1980s, food trucks have been restricted to private property. The city council passed a measure that now gives them the go ahead to hawk goodies from public curbs.
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Northwest Regional News
Stories: 1) Corrections Union Wants More Attention to Officer Safety 2) Controversial Wash. Data Center Project Opens
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Wash. Litter Line Falls Victim To Budget Cuts
Story: OLYMPIA, Wash. - Washington's litter hotline is no more. The toll free number to report people throwing trash out of their cars has fallen victim to state budget cuts.
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Pesticide Exposure Investigation in Residential Area
Story: BLACHLY, Ore- The State of Oregon plans to begin testing residents of the Triangle Lake area for exposure to pesticides used on clear cuts. At a packed Grange Hall in Blachly Thursday night, state and federal officials explained the details of the "exposure investigation." Correspondent Jes Burns reports.
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Idaho National Lab Requests Emissions Permit For...
Story: A new facility at the Idaho National Laboratory would test the effects of radiation on the materials that could be used to build future nuclear reactors.
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Northwest Regional News
Stories: 1) UT-Arlington Joins Idaho and Seattle in the Western Athletic Conference 2) Departing Mt. Rainier Superintendent Gets Emotional
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Northwest Regional News
Stories: 1) Yucca Mountain In Nevada Still Kicking After U.S. House Vote 2) On The Road Again, But Megaloads Taking New Route
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Haugen To Get New Lawyers In Execution Bid
Story: An Oregon death row inmate who's trying to speed up his execution convinced a judge to replace his lawyers Thursday. But Gary Haugen will still have to submit to an evaluation of his mental competency.
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Northwest Regional News
Stories: 1) Wash. Pays A Premium For Electronic Benefits 2) "Prophet Of Doom" Preaches Tsunami Preparedness 3) Mental Hospital Staff Bear Brunt of Patient Violence
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Northwest Regional News
Stories: 1) CDC in Seattle for Vaccine Input 2) Congress Debates Payments To Timber Counties 3) Wash. Pays A Premium For Electronic Benefits 4) Mental Competency Of Death Row Inmate To Be Evaluated
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Historic B Reactor at Hanford Recommended For National...
Story: The National Park Service Wednesday gave its support to turning part of the Hanford nuclear site into a new national park.
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Northwest Regional News
Stories: 1) Fish and Wildlife Service Will Tackle Species Backlog 2) CDC in Seattle for Vaccine Input 3) Cities Adapt To Food Cart Demand
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Northwest Regional News
Stories: 1) Investigators Recommend Clearing Treasurer's Staff Of Ethics Complaints 2) Quincy Data Centers' Diesel Generators To Be Discussed
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President Awards Medal Of Honor To NW Soldier
Story: President Barack Obama says the Medal of Honor could not be going to a "nicer guy." At the White House Tuesday, the president honored Sergeant First Class Leroy Petry , who's based in western Washington.
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Living The Dream: The Truth About Life Inside Food Carts
Story: When you grab a great meal from a food cart, it's easy to fantasize about quitting your day job and opening up one of your own. Cooking your favorite meals, not worrying about big overhead, no boss looking over your shoulder.
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Northwest Regional News
Stories: 1) More Wash. Counties Roll-out Controversial Immigration Program 2) Megaload Opponents File New Motion 3) Convicted Murderer Joseph Duncan to Get New Competency Hearing 4) New Investigation Planned Into Hanford's Safety Culture
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Northwest Regional News
Stories: 1) Northwest Food Carts Fuse Cultures To Create New Cuisine 2) Scatology Used to Study Orca Decline
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Northwest Regional News
Stories: 1) Lineworkers: Bringing Power to the People, Without a Net 2) Energy's Deputy Secretary to Speak at Hanford's Waste Treatment Plant
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WSU Gets 2000 Internment Camp Photos
Story: Washington State University in Pullman will soon get the largest collection of photos from a World War II internment camp
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Northwest Regional News
Stories: 1) Idaho Release Wolf Hunting Season Proposal 2) Liquor Privatization Initiative Appears Headed To Wash. Ballot 3) Northwest Cherry Season Begins Late, Pickers Pass Time With Song 4) New Regional Weather "Normal" Is Warmer, Less Snowy
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Northwest Regional News
Stories: 1) Forest Service and BLM Settle Lawsuit Over Old Growth Forest Species 2) Fish Shift Up West Coast Predicted By Climate Study
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Northwest Regional News
Stories: 1) Lane County, Oregon Cutting Jail Beds, Sheriff's Patrol 2) Chicken Cage Ballot Measures Shelved In OR & WA 3) Wash. Governor Names New Prisons Director 4) Northwest Farmers Hope To Regain Mexican Market 5) Kibbie Dome Renovation Project On Schedule at U of Idaho
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Northwest Regional News
Stories: 1) Lane County, Oregon Cutting Jail Beds, Sheriff's Patrol 2) Chicken Cage Ballot Measures Shelved In OR & WA
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Northwest Regional News
Stories: 1) Lane County, Oregon Cutting Jail Beds, Sheriff's Patrol 2) Chicken Cage Ballot Measures Shelved In OR & WA
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Despite Tuition Increase, WSU Still Has Millions To Cut
Story: A recently approved tuition increase at Washington State University has not meant an end to budget problems there. In fact, there's a long way to go.
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Northwest Regional News
Stories: 1) Media Moguls Talk Tech In Sun Valley 2) Solondz Returns To Face Charges From 2001 UW Arson 3) NW National Lab Still Recovering From Cyber Attack
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Cleanup Continues Along Yellowstone River
Story: An ExxonMobil oil pipeline burst over the weekend, spewing an estimated 42,000 gallons of crude into the water. Montana Public Radio's Emilie Ritter says it's still unclear just how far reaching damage from the spill will be.
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Cleanup Continues Along Yellowstone River
Story: An ExxonMobil oil pipeline burst over the weekend, spewing an estimated 42,000 gallons of crude into the water. Montana Public Radio's Emilie Ritter says it's still unclear just how far reaching damage from the spill will be.
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Northwest Regional News
Stories: 1) A Fixer-Upper Yields Valuable Chinese Artifacts 2) First North Cascades Grizzly Sighting in 50 Years 3) Hanford Whistleblower Says He'd Do It Again
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Wash. Prisons Chief Resigns; New Details Emerge On...
Story: Washington's prisons chief has resigned suddenly citing personal reasons. The announcement late Friday comes the same week an inmate was fatally shot during a prison escape attempt. Governor Chris Gregoire's staff says she did not ask Eldon Vail to tender his resignation. Meanwhile new details emerged about the incident at Clallam Bay prison.
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Northwest Regional News
Stories: 1) Washington Begins Deporting Some Prison Inmates Early 2) Deputy Secretary Of Energy Tells Hanford Employees To 'Reach Out' With Safety Concerns
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Commentary: My Country Tizovee
Story: When you were a kid, did you sneak candies and hide the wrappers so your parents wouldn't find the evidence? Commentator Corinna Nicolaou did too. As we head into the 4th of July weekend here's a story of rebellion, and the sweet land of liberty, as a child sees it.
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Kitzhaber Enjoys Productive Session, Avoids Vetos
Story: As Oregon lawmakers head home after adjourning their 2011 session in Salem, many give Governor Kitzhaber high marks. Even with a closely divided House and Senate, lawmakers passed many of his priorities.
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Northwest Regional News
Stories: 1) Oregon Lawmakers Adjourn 2011 Legislative Session 2) Even As The West Prepares, Climate Still A Sticky Issue Among Western Governors
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Northwest Regional News
Stories: 1) More Details Emerge In Wash. Prison Break Attempt 2) Dept. of Energy Seeks Confidential Details From Hanford 'Safety Culture' Investigation
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Northwest Regional News
Stories: 1) Feds Release Plan to Recover Spotted Owl 2) Inslee Won't Rule Out Tax Increases
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Two Years On, Idaho Town Hopes For Local Captive's...
Story: It's been two years since since the Taliban captured an American soldier who grew up in Hailey, Idaho. Bowe Bergdahl remains the only U.S. soldier in Taliban captivity. Getting him back will be a delicate matter for international peace negotiators. In the meantime Bergdahl's hometown will quietly mark the anniversary of his imprisonment on Thursday.
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Wash. Cuts to Juvenile Parole Puts Convicted Killer Back...
Story: One of the three teens convicted of killing a popular Seattle street musician in 2008 continues to make headlines for his tangles with the law. Billy Chambers — who's now an adult — was most recently locked up for hit-and-run. It turns out he did not qualify for supervision by a juvenile parole officer because of state budget cuts.
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Northwest Regional News
Stories: 1) Inmate Shot and Killed During Escape Attempt at Clallam Bay Corrections Center 2) Idaho Couple Takes Long-Brewing Clean Water Act Controversy To Supreme Court
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Northwest Regional News
Stories: 1) Idaho Potatoes, Defended 2) Klamath Salmon Migration In Jeopardy
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Oregon Budget Writers Break Corrections Logjam
Story: A budget puzzle that began months ago is nearly complete. Oregon lawmakers began this year's legislative session with one goal: pass a budget that balances a $3.5 billion shortfall.
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Northwest Regional News
Stories: 1) Oregon Human Services Budget 10 Percent Less Than Current Services 2) Former Wash. DOC Supervisor: Agency "Completely Failed" In Clemmons Case 3) Wash. Secretary Of State To Retire
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Northwest Regional News
Stories: 1) Some Bills Languish As Oregon's Legislative Session Ends 2) ExxonMobil Megaloads Get The Green Light In Idaho
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Northwest Regional News
Stories: 1) Inslee Announces Run for Wash. Governor 2) Supreme Court of Washington to Hear Oral Arguments on K-12 Funding
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Northwest Regional News
Stories: 1) Soldier Overcomes War Wounds, Gets MBA 2) High-Tech 'Crops' Growing Fast In Quincy
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Northwest Regional News
Stories: 1) War Crimes Case May Have Fueled Alleged Terror Plot 2) Budget Negotiations Continue In Salem 3) Idaho Town Marks Two Years Since Taliban Captured Hometown Soldier
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Northwest Regional News
Stories: 1) Washington's New Pain Managment Law Beginning To Take Effect 2) Campaign Launched Against Human Trafficking
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Transformation Bill Key To Oregon Health Authority Budget
Story: House lawmakers Thursday passed a two-year budget for the Oregon Health Authority. This agency oversees health care for low-income and disabled Oregonians.
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Northwest Regional News
Stories: 1) Idaho Schools Frustrated With State-Mandated Computer System 2) Illegal Journalist Reveals Gap In Wash. Driver's License Screening 3) WA Governor Proposes Partnership To Build Wind Energy Storage 4) Governor Kitzhaber Signs 'Cool Schools' Initiative
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Army Widow Channels Grief Into Running
Story: This weekend, an Army widow named Lisa Hallett will lead a group of runners in Seattle's Rock 'n' Roll marathon and half-marathon. They are members of a running club that formed during an especially deadly deployment of Washington-based soldiers to Afghanistan. For Hallett and her teammates, running has become not only a way to remember their loved ones, but an outlet for their grief.
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Ore. Higher Education Budget Includes Tuition Increases
Story: The cost of higher education for students will rise under a budget approved by House lawmakers Wednesday. Tuition and fees at Oregon universities would increase by 7.2 percent on average over the next year. That translates to about $7,000 per student. Di Saunders speaks for the Oregon University System.
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Ore. Higher Education Budget Includes Tuition Increases
Story: The cost of higher education for students will rise under a budget approved by House lawmakers Wednesday. Tuition and fees at Oregon universities would increase by 7.2 percent on average over the next year. That translates to about $7,000 per student. Di Saunders speaks for the Oregon University System.
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Northwest Regional News
Stories: 1) Wash. Initiative Seeks to Legalize Pot 2) Pharmaceutical Company Searches NW Mountains For Cancer Drug 3) Bill Would Reimburse County Jails For Holding Repeat Drunk Drivers
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Northwest Regional News
Stories: 1) Columbia Barge Traffic Normalizing As High Water Recedes 2) Ore. House Votes To Compensate Ranchers Who Lose Livestock To Wolves
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Ore. Education Bills Move Forward
Story: A legislative session known for its lack of drama is ending on a fiery note. Oregon lawmakers are hotly debating a raft of education bills aimed at overhauling Oregon's education system.
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Northwest Regional News
Stories: 1) Department Of Energy Responds To Safety Culture Criticism In Letter To Employees 2) NW Soldiers Prepare To Deploy As President Plans Troop Drawdown
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Northwest Regional News
Stories: 1) Spotted Winged Fruit Fly Worries Northwest Fruit Farmers 2) Idaho's Payette County Oks Nuclear Plant
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Oregon Lawmakers Begin Work On Education Reform Bills
Story: Oregon lawmakers began voting Monday on a variety of bills to make sweeping changes to the state's education system. The Senate has already passed many of the proposals, but momentum is slower in the House.
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Spotted Winged Fruit Fly Worries Northwest Fruit Farmers
Story: Some of the first Northwest fruit of the season - blueberries — are weeks from harvest. But a minuscule Asian fly with spotted wings once again has West Coast fruit growers worried they might lose their crops.
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Wash. Gov in Paris: "Thank goodness we're the home of...
Story: Boeing has announced more than $11 billion in sales at the Paris Air Show. The order includes 17 of the aerospace giant's newest generation 747 jumbo jets - built in Everett .
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Northwest Regional News
Stories: 1) Washington State Parks to Charge Fee 2) Seeing the Future of Our Landscape
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Hunting and Fishing Increases as Economy Declines
Story: The recent economic downturn has caused an interesting blip in hunting and fishing license sales. Tom Banse obtained spreadsheets from the three state Fish and Wildlife agencies in the Northwest and has this report.
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After Federal Guilty Plea, Colton Harris-Moore Expected...
Story: Colton Harris-Moore, the so-called "Barefoot Bandit," pleaded guilty to seven charges in federal court in Seattle Friday.
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Northwest Regional News
Stories: 1) Some Layoffs At Hanford A Sign Of Cleanup Progress 2) Controversial Education Bills Begin To Move In Oregon Legislature
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Northwest Regional News
Stories: 1) Wash. Revenue Forecast Takes $570M Bite Out Of Reserve 2) Ore. Senator Accused Of Stifling Union Criticism
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Latest Invasive Weed Not Following Usual Script
Story: The usual story of invasive species goes something like this. An exotic plant or critter hitches a ride on an incoming cargo ship. Alarm bells go off. An eradication campaign starts. But now there's a non-native seaweed on the West Coast that breaks the mold. Japanese eelgrass has defenders along with its critics.
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Northwest Regional News
Stories: 1) Accused Eco-Saboteur Changes Plea to Guilty In UW Arson Case 2) Mill Closure Spikes Dream Of A Young Entrepreneur 3) Oregon National Guard Troops Return From Afghanistan 4) Wash. To Require JPMorgan Chase To Disclose 85-Cent Fee
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Northwest Regional News
Stories: 1) WWII Bomber Appearance Cancelled After Fiery End To 'Liberty Belle' 2) Health Authority Budget Relies On Second Year Cost Savings
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Northwest Regional News
Stories: 1) WWII Bomber Appearance Cancelled After Fiery End To 'Liberty Belle' 2) Health Authority Budget Relies On Second Year Cost Savings
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Northwest Regional News
Stories: 1) WWII Bomber Appearance Cancelled After Fiery End To 'Liberty Belle' 2) Health Authority Budget Relies On Second Year Cost Savings
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Northwest Regional News
Stories: 1) WWII Bomber Appearance Cancelled After Fiery End To 'Liberty Belle' 2) Health Authority Budget Relies On Second Year Cost Savings
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Northwest Regional News
Stories: 1) Oregon Lawmakers Hope For Deal On Congressional Redistricting 2) Wash. Gov's Race: Gregoire Bows Out, Inslee Says Announcement "Shortly"
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Wash. Gov's Race: Gregoire Bows Out, Inslee Says...
Story: Washington Congressman Jay Inslee says he will make his intentions regarding a bid for governor known "shortly." The Democrat issued that statement Monday after incumbent Governor Chris Gregoire announced she will not seek a third term.
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Northwest Regional News
Stories: 1) Silver Valley Cleanup Gets New Infusion From Hecla Settlement 2) Oregon Lawmakers Hope For Deal On Congressional Redistricting
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Gregoire Won't Run For Third Term
Story: The path is now clear for Congressman Jay Inslee - and other Democrats - to enter the race for Washington governor. Incumbent Democrat Chris Gregoire announced Monday she will not seek re-election.
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Northwest Regional News
Stories: 1) New Zealand Snails Invade Seattle 2) Budget Bills Signal End Is Nigh For Legislative Session
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McKenna Supports Parental Consent For Abortion
Story: Washington's first official candidate for governor in 2012 says he supports a parental consent requirement for abortion. Republican Rob McKenna weighed in on several hot button social issues in an interview Thursday with our Olympia Correspondent Austin Jenkins.
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Federal Watchdog Questions Hanford Treatment Tank Science
Story: A federal nuclear watchdog agency is questioning some of the science behind a massive treatment plant at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation in southeast Washington.
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Northwest Regional News
Stories: 1) Oregon Governor Signs 'Bottle Bill' Expansion 2) North Cascades Wolves Hit Hard By Poachers; Indictments Filed
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Washington Attorney General Announces Gubernatorial...
Story: Attorney general rob McKenna officially launched his campaign for governor on Wednesday. He made his announcement at Sammamish High School in Bellevue, his high school alma mater.
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Gregoire Unveils Strategy To Keep Boeing 737 In Wash.
Story: "Project Pegasus." That's the code name Washington Governor Chris Gregoire has for a new effort to convince Boeing to build its next generation 737 jetliner in Washington and not elsewhere. Gregoire unveiled her strategy Wednesday.
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Defense Attorneys Ask Judge for New Trial for Pete Seda
Story: Pete Seda was back in federal court in Eugene Tuesday asking a judge for a new trial. The co-founder of an Islamic charity in Ashland was convicted last year of conspiracy to defraud the U.S. government and filing a false tax return.
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Northwest Regional News
Stories: 1) Ore. Lawmakers: No Midwest Firewood In My Backyard 2) Wash. Gov Unveils Strategy To Keep Boeing 737
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Northwest Regional News
Stories: 1) Idaho Nuclear Power Plant Rezoning Decision Postponed 2) Sick Hanford Workers Say Safety Isn't A Priority
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Northwest Regional News
Stories: 1) Oregon Lawmakers Unveil Redistricting Plan 2) Lawmakers Call For Wash. To End Contract With Chase
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Northwest Regional News
Stories: 1) Governor Signs 'Buy Oregon First' Bill 2) GOP Source: Rob McKenna Will Announce For Wash. Governor Wednesday
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Northwest Regional News
Stories: 1) Chase Bank Lobbies For Veto Of Wash. Fee Disclosure Requirement 2) Oregon Chickens To Get Housing Upgrade 3) More Taxpayer-Funded Electric Car Charging Stations Unveiled 4) Latino Farmworkers Union Papers Archived by U of O 5) Anglers' 'Hackles' Raised Over New Hair Trend 6) WSU Regents Approve Sixteen Percent Tuition Hike
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Northwest Regional News
Stories: 1) The ABC's of the Affordable Care Act 2) Oregon Senate Okays Person-to-Person Car Rental 3) Scientists Enjoy One Last Birds-Eye-View of Forest Canopy 4) Nuclear Regulators Pressure Hanford To Step Up Safety
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Northwest Regional News
Stories: 1) Harmful Algal Blooms Bad News for Salmon 2) Deciding the Future of Nuclear Power in Payette County 3) Brother of Imprisoned Hiker Visits Cottage Grove, Oregon 4) Re-enactors Embark On Epic Paddle Down Swollen Columbia River 5) Snowpack and Rising Temperatures Lead to Flood Concerns on the Columbia
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Northwest Regional News
Stories: 1) Wash., Oregon, Alaska Tops Among Vaccination Refusers 2) Gates Foundation Unveils New Seattle Headquarters
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Northwest Regional News
Stories: 1) Idaho Superintendent Releases Complaints Over Teacher Politicking 2) House Dems Attempt To Dislodge In-State Tuition Bill 3) Island Tries Peer Pressure To Save Energy
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Northwest Regional News
Stories: 1) Army Alcohol Treatment Program Breaks Barriers 2) Need Cash? Rent Out Your Car 3) Sturgeon Decline In The Northwest Part Of A Larger North American Trend
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Northwest Regional News
Stories: 1) Gregoire Defends State Tab for Paris Air Show 2) Investigated Energy Employees Get Their Jobs Back 3) Health Insurance Exchange Bill Moves In Advance Of Deadline 4) Idaho Tops Northwest In Pedestrian Safety 5) BPA Ban Remains In Flux Despite Signature Shortage
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Northwest Regional News
Stories: 1) Early Summer Crops Are Particularly Late This Year 2) Technology Helps To Keep Tabs On Oregon Wolves
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Northwest Regional News
Stories: 1) Major Cause Of Idaho Cattle Deaths Similar To Common Cold 2) Turbines Going Off Line For Historical Dam Removal 3) Human Service Cuts Come Into Sharper Focus
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Excess Water Kills Fish At Grand Coulee
Story: Farm-raised steelhead trout are dying by the thousands below Grand Coulee Dam in Washington because federal operators are releasing so much water.
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Northwest Regional News
Stories: 1) Oregon Bill Would Extend More Authority To Tribal Officers 2) Measure Would Expand Use Of Ignition Interlock Devices 3) Idaho More Youthful, Oregon Grayer Than National Median Age
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Northwest Regional News
Stories: 1) Central Washington Water Project Named for Adversary 2) Voter Initiative at Odds with Privatized Liquor
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The Economic Impact of New Clean Fuel
Story: There are two coal burning power generators in Centralia, and they're set to shut down in 2020 and 2025. Environmentalists are excited, but Lewis County officials worry about the economic impact.
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Northwest Regional News
Stories: 1) Idaho Foes Of Merit Pay, Teacher Union Reforms Say Petitions Are Full 2) Electric Car Road Fee Dies in Wash., Still Alive In Ore. 3) Former Gov. Locke Gets Friendly Reception At Confirmation Hearing 4) Oregon High Court Bolsters Miranda Rights
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Northwest Regional News
Stories: 1) Idaho River Communities Brace For Flooding 2) Washington Lawmakers Adjourn Special Legislative Session
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Northwest Regional News
Stories: 1) Clergy Abuse Case Becomes Spiritual Struggle for Idaho Attorney 2) Washington Lawmakers Adjourn Budget Session
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Northwest Regional News
Stories: 1) Health Care Union Files Initiative To Soften Cuts 2) Oregon Lawmakers Send Bottle Bill Expansion To Governor
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Northwest Regional News
Stories: 1) Wine Makers Fret Over Cool Spring, Still Hold Out Hope For Good Vintage 2) Columbia River Sea Lions Get a Reprieve With New Agreement
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Northwest Regional News
Stories: 1) Marijuana Bill Dies, Referendum Introduced 2) Northwest Lawmakers Crack Open Egg Controversy 3) Bill Allows Canned Good Sales Direct From Farmers 4) Violent Crimes Trend Downwards Nationwide
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Equine Herpes Virus (EHV-1) Killing Northwest Horses,...
Story: The states of Washington, Oregon and Idaho have asked horse owners to quarantine their animals. State agriculture officials are asking stables to practice biosecurity for at least two more weeks due to an outbreak of Equine-Herpes-Virus-One.
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Northwest Regional News
Stories: 1) Wash. Supreme Court Ponders Red Light Camera Initiatives 2) Washington Legislative Leaders Unveil Budget Plan
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Northwest Regional News
Stories: 1) BPA Struggles to Balance Hydropower and Wind Energy 2) Spring Rains and Low Tempatures Have Idaho Farmers Concerned
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Idaho Man Sets Out on the Pony Express Trail
Story: The Pony Express was the FedEx of the late 1800s. The trail became the nation's most direct route for mail between Missouri and California. The 10-day trip crossed the Great Plains and the Rocky Mountains. Today, an Idaho man sets out from Kansas on that route with his horses. Most of us have a bucket list - the things you've always wanted to do. Tom Noll is no exception.
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Northwest Regional News
Stories: 1) Washington Lawmakers Reach Budget Deal 2) Idaho Communities Bracing For High Water From The Snake River And Tributaries 3) Oregon Lawmakers Take Aim At Faith Healing Defense 4) High Gas Prices Hurting Meals On Wheels
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Northwest Regional News
Stories: 1) Turning Down The Volume Underwater 2) WA Lawmakers Strike A Deal On Workers' Comp 3) Move To Lease Liquor Distribution Alive Again
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Northwest Regional News
Stories: 1) New Study Says Earthquakes Near Hanford Not As Unlikely As First Thought 2) Idaho Jobless Rate Drops For First Time In Four Years 3) Running Start Students Face Tuition Increase 4) Union Rally Draws Thousands To Oregon Capitol
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Idaho Ready for Wolves to be Removed from Endangered List
Story: Idaho has officially gone back to its own wolf management plan. Now that states once again have authority over wolves, the Idaho Fish and Game Commission voted Thursday to adopt its previous plan for managing wolves.
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Post-Release Parolees to Recieve Less Supervision
Story: Low and moderate risk parolees would get less supervision under a bill approved by the Washington State Senate today. The measure could save the state roughly ten million dollars. The bill does not include the Senate's original proposal to cut 60 days off inmate sentences. Republican Senator Mike Carrrell explained his support on the floor of the Senate Thursday.
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Northwest Regional News
Stories: 1) As Yakima River Flood Waters Recede, Residents Clean Up 2) Oregon High Court OKs Concealed Weapons For Pot Patients 3) OSU Vet. Doc Says Keep Horses Stalled Until Deadly Horse Virus "Blows Over"
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Northwest Regional News
Stories: 1) Sen. Murray Questions U.S. Secretary of Energy about Nuclear Cleanup 2) Hurdle to Passing the Budget: Logistics 3) Moscow, Idaho Company Recieves International Humanitarian Reward
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Northwest Regional News
Stories: 1) Eugene Voters Reject Income Tax for Schools 2) Roseburg Forest Products to Lay Off More Than 200 3) WSU Professor Recieves Prestigious Wolf Prize
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Northwest Regional News
Stories: 1) Feds Re-Authorize Catching and Killing Sea Lions 2) Oregon Jobless Figure Back In Single Digits 3) Central Washington Rivers Flooding, Causing Grief 4) Some WA Guard Units May Deploy Again 5) B.C. Parliamentarians Add To Call For Parvaz Release 6) Sixth Soldier Charged In Afghan Murder Case
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Northwest Regional News
Stories: 1) Feds Re-Authorize Catching and Killing Sea Lions 2) Oregon Jobless Figure Back In Single Digits 3) Central Washington Rivers Flooding, Causing Grief 4) Some WA Guard Units May Deploy Again 5) B.C. Parliamentarians Add To Call For Parvaz Release 6) Sixth Soldier Charged In Afghan Murder Case
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Northwest Regional News
Stories: 1) Feds Re-Authorize Catching and Killing Sea Lions 2) Oregon Jobless Figure Back In Single Digits 3) Central Washington Rivers Flooding, Causing Grief 4) Some WA Guard Units May Deploy Again 5) B.C. Parliamentarians Add To Call For Parvaz Release
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Northwest Regional News
Stories: 1) Feds Re-Authorize Catching and Killing Sea Lions 2) Oregon Jobless Figure Back In Single Digits
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Feds Re-Authorize Catching and Killing Sea Lions
Story: California Sea Lions can once again be trapped or killed near Bonneville Dam, under a new federal authorization announced Friday.
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Northwest Regional News
Stories: 1) Oregon Lawmakers Aim to Reduce Child Prostitution 2) Washington Cigar Smokers Push For Space Of Their Own
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Northwest Regional News
Stories: 1) Death Row Inmate Denounces Attorneys, Requests Execution 2) Latinos' Growing Numbers And Affluence Attract Marketers 3) Businesses Tapping Into Growing Latino Buying Power 4) Time Is Running Out For Wash. Special Session 5) New Rules Distance Boats From Endangered Orcas 6) Astoria Celebrates Bicentennial With Look Back To 1811
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Northwest Regional News
Stories: 1) Oregon Lawmakers Aim to Reduce Child Prostitution 2) Washington Cigar Smokers Push For Space Of Their Own
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Northwest Regional News
Stories: 1) Death Row Inmate Denounces Attorneys, Requests Execution 2) Latinos' Growing Numbers And Affluence Attract Marketers 3) Businesses Tapping Into Growing Latino Buying Power 4) Time Is Running Out For Wash. Special Session 5) New Rules Distance Boats From Endangered Orcas 6) Astoria Celebrates Bicentennial With Look Back To 1811
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Northwest Regional News
Stories: 1) Death Row Inmate Denounces Attorneys, Requests Execution 2) Latinos' Growing Numbers And Affluence Attract Marketers 3) Businesses Tapping Into Growing Latino Buying Power 4) Time Is Running Out For Wash. Special Session 5) New Rules Distance Boats From Endangered Orcas 6) Astoria Celebrates Bicentennial With Look Back To 1811
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Commentary: The Great Crack in the Atlantic
Story: The island nation of Iceland is particularly hard hit by the economic crisis. Dr. Kirsten Peters, "The Roc Doc," ponders the possibility of a geologically based resurgence of the Icelandic economy.
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Northwest Regional News
Stories: 1) Famous Racer's Ride Restored 2) Libyan Student Funds Frozen by U.S.
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Northwest Regional News
Stories: 1) Trial Lawyers Keep Washington Vulnerable to Litigation 2) Environmentalists Drop Suit Against Wolf Kill 3) Desmond Tutu - "It's the Little Things"
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Trial Lawyers Keep Washington Vulnerable to Litigation
Story: OLYMPIA, Wash. - The amount of money Washington is paying to settle lawsuits has nearly doubled in the past five years. Yet, a series of proposals to limit Washington's exposure to litigation failed this year in the legislature. The effort faced opposition from a lobby group that holds significant sway in Olympia - trial lawyers.
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Northwest Regional News
Stories: 1) The Debate Over In-State Tuition for Undocumented Residents 2) Pygmy Rabbits Reintroduced to Washington 3) Taking Another Look at Medical Marijuana Legislation 4) Moscow Concerned Over Megaloads on U.S. 95
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Army Fancies Unfinished Nuke Plant For Training
Story: The quest to find new uses for an uncompleted nuclear power plant in western Washington has a new twist. The U.S. Army has taken a liking to training soldiers in the tunnels, plazas and towers of the old Satsop complex.
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Northwest Regional News
Stories: 1) Wash. Gov Approves 6 New Health Care Laws 2) Oregon Redistricting Maps Released
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Wash. Lawmakers Slash Funds for Performance Audits
Story: Bonanza. Windfall. Surge of funds. Those are some descriptions of a recent tax amnesty program in Washington State. It delivered a surprising payout of $320 million. State lawmakers cheered the news last week. But now, some legislators want to slash funding for the program that suggested the idea in the first place.
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Northwest Regional News
Stories: 1) DSHS Must Address Welfare ATM Fees 2) Wash. Lawmakers Slash Funds for Performance Audit 3) $20 Million Climate Change Research Project Kicks Off 4) New Law Aims To Sway Immunization Skeptics 5) Microsoft's Skype Acquisition May Have Been Defensive Move
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Bankruptcy Court Blesses Harry & David Financing
Story: A bankruptcy court judge has blessed key portions of a restructuring plan for the famous Northwest retailer Harry & David. Correspondent Tom Banse says the decision increases the likelihood the Medford-based company will survive, but its pension plan may not.
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Northwest Regional News
Stories: 1) Partial Truce Announced Over Endangered Species Listing Morass 2) Obama Won't Go To Bridgeport, WA
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City Of Sunnyside Tables Anti-Gang Resolution
Story: The city council of Sunnyside debated a resolution Monday, to allow police to use counter-terrorism techniques to fight against gangs. But as correspondent Anna King reports, the resolution proved too controversial to win final approval, at least for now.
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Northwest Regional News
Stories: 1) Wash House Approves Higher Tuition, More Financial Aid 2) Oregon Governor, Legislative Leaders Say They've Reached Budget "Agreement"
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Northwest Regional News
Stories: 1) Columbia River Court Hearing Focuses on Future of Fish 2) Bridgeport Waits For White House Call 3) Oregon Lawmakers Grapple With Cuts To Social Assistance 4) Federal Government Announces Rail Grants For Oregon and Washington 5) Hecla Profits Reach All-Time High Despite Miner Death
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UW Crow Research Aids Hunt for bin Laden
Story: We've all heard now about how a team of U.S. Navy Seals took down Osama bin Laden. But the decade-long hunt for the terrorist leader also got some help from an unlikely partner connected to the University of Washington.
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Northwest Regional News
Stories: 1) Federal Watchdog Says Radioactive Waste May Remain At Hanford For A Long Time 2) California Commission Approves Removal Of Four Southern Oregon Dams 3) Gates Urges Optimism, Barely Mentions Bin Laden In WSU Speech 4) Portland Judge Hears Salmon Preservation Case 5) Sunnyside, Washinton Prepares To Take A Hard Stance Against Gangs 6) Chase Bank Collecting Hidden ATM Fees From Welfare Clients
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Oregon Lawmakers Nearing Decision In Juvenile Lockup Bill
Story: Lawmakers in Oregon are close to signing off on a bill that would disallow locking up juveniles in adult jails while they await trial. Correspondent Chris Lehman reports.
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Oregon Governor Calls a Budget Summit
Story: Governor John Kitzhaber has summoned key lawmakers to his official residence on Monday, in an attempt to broker a plan for Oregon's next two-year budget.
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NW Pilots Credited With Flying Bin Laden Mission
Story: Washington state senators Wednesday praised Northwest chopper pilots for flying a celebrated mission that no one can confirm they were on. That would be the mission that killed Osama bin Laden. Correspondent Tom Banse explains.
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