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Anna King
Richland CorrespondentAnna King calls Richland, Washington home and loves unearthing great stories about people in the Northwest. She reports for the Northwest News Network from a studio at Washington State University, Tri-Cities. She covers the Mid-Columbia region, from nuclear reactors to Mexican rodeos.
The South Sound was her girlhood backyard and she knows its rocky beaches, mountain trails and cities well. She left the west side to attend Washington State University and spent an additional two years studying language and culture in Italy.
While not on the job, Anna enjoys trail running, clam digging, hiking and wine tasting with friends. She's most at peace on top a Northwest mountain with her husband Andy Plymale and their muddy Aussie-dog Poa.
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Investigations into two people killed, and another two shot at the Beyond Wonderland festival in 2023 are still ongoing. Families of the deceased have sued Live Nation.
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Cherry season is upon us as the summer weather warms up east of the Cascades.
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Over production of almonds has dropped prices and crushed the once-lucrative industry. Now, that’s a buzzkill for Northwest beekeepers that usually send millions of hives to California.
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New research out of Washington State University says that colonies of bees that fly in warm weather during fall and winter die quicker for lack of forage.
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Farmers in the Yakima and Kittitas valleys will be some of the hardest hit by Washington state’s declared drought. They might only get about 54% of their normal water this summer.
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Three government agencies made a plan public for how to move forward and clean up radioactive waste from large, underground tanks at the Hanford site in southeast Washington.
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A new federal tool called TRAC is helping lawmakers, tribal nations and even watchdogs see how contamination is moving underground in southeastern Washington.
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The next couple of weeks will determine just how challenging it could get this summer for agricultural irrigators, fish and wildfire.
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Lead contamination is the main concern along popular rivershore and recreational sites
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Oregon State University is using science to block even a smudge of wildfire flavors in prime Northwest wines