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Debate Over Whether Taxes Cause Migration Rages On Updated: 2011-08-08 13:40:00 Description: The debate continues to rage in Oregon over whether raising taxes on the rich prompts people to leave the state. A new study claims the answer is no. But as Correspondent Chris Lehman reports, the new research doesn't put the controversy over last ye...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Berry Farms Fined for Child Labor Law Violations Updated: 2011-08-08 13:39:13 Description: The US Department of Labor imposed fines on three berry farms in Washington State this week for violations to child labor laws....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD No DNA Match To Purported D.B. Cooper Hijacking Suspect Updated: 2011-08-08 13:37:13 Description: A DNA test has failed to connect a deceased central Oregon man to the unsolved 1971 hijacking of a Northwest Orient jet. This is according to D.B. Cooper’s niece. She came forward this week to finger her uncle as the legendary fugitive D.B. Cooper....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Oregon Political Icon Mark Hatfield Dead At 89 Updated: 2011-08-08 13:36:06 Description: Long-time US Senator Mark Hatfield of Oregon has died at the age of 89. The Republican's political career spanned five decades...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Raw Oysters Source of Recent Bacteria Cases Updated: 2011-08-08 13:34:36 Description: Above-average temperatures have brought a rise in oyster related illnesses around Puget Sound and along the Washington coast....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Bill Sizemore Pleads Guilty To Tax Evasion Updated: 2011-08-05 13:31:55 Description: SALEM, Ore. - Conservative Oregon initiative activist Bill Sizemore will serve 30 days in jail. The former Republican nominee for governor pled guilty Thursday to three counts of tax evasion. Correspondent Chris Lehman reports....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Competition Heats Up To Insure Poor People in Washington Updated: 2011-08-05 13:30:20 Description: OLYMPIA, Wash. – In Washington, there are more people on Medicaid than there are kids in public school -- 1.2 million. And that number will grow significantly in 2014 when the new federal health care overhaul kicks-in....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD D.B. Cooper Expert Casts Doubt On Latest Hijacking Suspect Updated: 2011-08-04 21:01:33 Description: The man said by a relative to be the infamous airplane hijacker D.B. Cooper is buried in Bend, Oregon. An Oklahoma woman went public this week with the claim her late uncle was the mysterious bandit. But an expert on the 40-year-old case is dubiou...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Kitzhaber Schedules Election To Replace Wu Updated: 2011-08-04 21:00:14 Description: Voters in Oregon’s first congressional district will have to wait until next January to find out who will succeed David Wu. The disgraced Congressman officially resigned Wednesday night. Correspondent Chris Lehman has more on the process to replace...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Northwest Highways Await Mexican Trucks Updated: 2011-08-04 20:59:02 Description: The next time you head down the interstate, that truck in the lane next to you could be from Mexico. That's because of a recent cross-border trucking accord between the U.S. and its neighbor to the south. Opponents say putting Mexican trucks on U.S. ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Natural Gas Prices Expected To Remain Stable Updated: 2011-08-04 20:57:19 Description: If you heat your home with natural gas, the cost of keeping toasty this winter isn't expected to go up. That's what Oregon's three natural gas utilities told state regulators Wednesday. Correspondent Chris Lehman reports. ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Wyoming Reaches Wolf Management Deal Updated: 2011-08-04 20:55:38 Description: The state of Wyoming has reached a wolf management agreement with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, ending years of litigation over the issue in that state. ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD NW Tribes Seek New Permits To Remove Sea Lions Updated: 2011-08-04 20:54:19 Description: The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administrations Fisheries Service this month lifted permits for Northwest tribes to remove problem sea lions that feast on Salmon trapped by dams on the Columbia River while a challenge from the Humane Society of ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Oregon Wolf Compensation Bill Signed Updated: 2011-08-04 20:51:22 Description: Oregon Governor John Kitzhaber signed the state wolf compensation bill Tuesday. It creates a $100 thousand dollar fund to pay ranchers who lose livestock to the legally protected predators. Aaron Kunz has reaction from those who could benefit from t...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Patty Murray Wants Governors to Track Soldier Suicides Updated: 2011-08-04 20:48:36 Description: US Senator Patty Murray wants the nation’s governors to help report veterans suicides to the VA. ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Salmon Protection Updates Postponed Updated: 2011-08-03 15:30:35 Description: 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....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Wolf Recovery Plan Finalized Updated: 2011-08-03 15:20:33 Description: SEATTLE - The state is now home to five packs of gray wolves – numbering just shy of 30 animals. They’re still listed as endangered state-wide and the Department of Fish and Wildlife has put together a management plan for wolf recovery that will ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Suquamish Legalizes Same-Sex Marriage Updated: 2011-08-03 15:10:15 Description: KITSAP COUNTY, Wash - Same-sex marriage is now legal for a tiny sliver of Washington State. ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Post Offices May Be History Updated: 2011-08-03 15:03:27 Description: FORT ROCK, Ore - Last week, the Postmaster General released a list of 3-thousand 600 post offices across the country that are under review for closure. Forty-one of those offices are in Oregon. Many are in small towns, like Fort Rock. David Nogue...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Concerns on Natural Gas Drilling in Idaho Updated: 2011-08-03 14:13:21 Description: Idaho, Oregon, and Washington are known to hold large pockets of natural gas. That has a few companies exploring with hopes of producing fuel. In some instances, a controversial method called hydraulic fracturing has come into play. ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD New Model for Cyber Security: Ants Updated: 2011-08-03 14:09:54 Description: RICHLAND, Wash. – Ants have an incredible ability to track down food and swarm together against enemies. Now, scientists at the Pacific Northwest National Lab are hoping to use the same model to fight off cyber-attacks. The new tools are called dig...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Bird Eggs Swapped To Reverse Lark Decline Updated: 2011-08-02 14:06:44 Description: 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...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Study: Intensive Thinning Needed to Cut Wildfire Risk Updated: 2011-08-02 13:56:09 Description: A new study by the Forest Service finds that tree stands need to be "intensively" thinned to effectively prevent wildfires. ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Northwest Could Keep Nuclear Waste For 100 Years Under Recommendation Updated: 2011-08-02 13:52:30 Description: President Obama appointed the Blue Ribbon Commission to look into the question of where to store the nation’s worst nuclear waste. The new report says one option may be to store the waste at regional centers for more than 100 years while the countr...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Hanford Layoffs Not Based On Seniority Updated: 2011-08-02 13:45:17 Description: 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. ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Mercury Removal Proposed for Port of Bellingham Updated: 2011-08-01 14:31:38 Description: Bellingham, Wash - An old industrial site on the downtown waterfront has extreme levels of mercury contamination. The chlorine plant that spewed the mercury closed a decade ago. The Port of Bellingham is proposing to remove *some* of the worst toxic...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Army Corps Slow To Release Report Assessing Oil Tanker Risk Updated: 2011-08-01 14:30:02 Description: SEATTLE - Colonel Anthony Wright left his post as Seattle District Commander of the Army Corps of Engineers on Friday. He’s steered the Northwest through major flooding events and millions of dollars in military construction projects....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Concerns on Natural Gas Drilling Updated: 2011-08-01 14:10:06 Description: Idaho, Oregon, and Washington are known to hold large pockets of natural gas. That has a few companies exploring with hopes of producing fuel. In some instances, a controversial method called hydraulic fracturing has come into play....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Washington Still Issues Unemployment Benefits the Old Fashioned Way Updated: 2011-08-01 14:08:17 Description: OLYMPIA, Wash. – In this era of plastic, Washington still issues unemployment benefits the old fashioned way: by check. That's a stark contrast to neighboring Oregon where jobless benefits are loaded on a debit card, so what are the trade-offs?...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Commission Recommends New Agency To Site Nation's Nuclear Waste Repository Updated: 2011-07-30 00:37:51 Description: The nation needs a new agency to site a federal nuclear waste dump. That's the recommendation issued Friday by a presidential commission....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Northwest Could Keep Nuclear Waste For 100 Years Under Recommendation Updated: 2011-07-30 00:24:31 Description: The Northwest could end up keeping Hanford’s nuclear waste for 100 years or more under a recommendation issued Friday by a presidential commission. President Obama appointed the Blue Ribbon Commission to look into the question of where to store th...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD WA's AG files new lawsuit to clean up Hanford Updated: 2011-07-30 00:17:28 Description: Washington Attorney General Rob McKenna announced Friday that the state has filed a new lawsuit against the federal government....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Idaho Allows Wolf Hunting Season With Traps, No Kill Quota Updated: 2011-07-29 16:46:38 Description: 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....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Standoff Puts Some Airport Construction Projects In Limbo Updated: 2011-07-29 00:57:18 Description: 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 ou...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Hanford Contractors Work To Reassure Workers Waste Plant Safety Culture ‘Is Strong’ Updated: 2011-07-28 23:56:20 Description: 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....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD More Hanford Workers Raise Safety Concerns Updated: 2011-07-28 14:20:37 Description: More Hanford workers are starting to raise safety concerns about a massive nuclear waste treatment plant under construction in southeast Washington. A federal nuclear watchdog agency has called the safety culture at the Hanford facility “flawed.”...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Idaho Fish And Game Meeting Draws Crowd Of Wolf Foes Updated: 2011-07-28 14:20:12 Description: The Idaho Fish and Game Commission will vote Thursday on a plan to allow wolf hunting this fall without a cap on the number of wolves being killed in the state. And for the first time in the lower 48, trapping of the gray wolf would also be allowed....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Gray Whale Washes Up Near Bremerton Updated: 2011-07-28 00:23:25 Description: Biologists from the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife are studying a gray whale that washed up near Bremerton in Puget Sound....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Oregon State Hospital To Open New Wing Updated: 2011-07-28 00:20:35 Description: The troubled Oregon State Hospital is preparing to open a new wing. The Salem mental health institution plans to move 216 patients next month from a crowded mid-20th century hospital ward to a brand new building called "Trails."...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Wash. Prisons Fined For Safety Violations After Officer Murder Updated: 2011-07-27 23:57:17 Description: Lapses in training and "serious" safety violations may have contributed to the murder of a Washington correctional officer earlier this year. Those are the findings of a six-month investigation by Washington's workplace safety watchdog....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Tribal Canoe Journey and Science Connect In Salish Sea Updated: 2011-07-27 13:44:24 Description: Seattle, Wash - This week, thousands of American Indians from Alaska to Northern California will converge on the Swinomish Reservation 80 miles North of Seattle....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Study: Genetically Modified Atlantic Salmon Can Breed With Wild Fish Updated: 2011-07-27 02:04:37 Description: A new study of genetically-modified Atlantic salmon shows they can breed with their wild counterparts. Critics worry escaped farmed fish could weaken wild stocks....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Audit Of Idaho National Lab Says Miscalculation Will Give Contractor Big Payout Updated: 2011-07-27 01:07:12 Description: A new federal audit criticizes the way the U.S. Department of Energy calculated costs of clean-up work at the Idaho National Laboratory. The report finds that a contractor may end up getting large bonuses as a result....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Hanford Cleans Up Waste In Underground Trenches Earlier Than Planned Updated: 2011-07-27 00:55:26 Description: Hanford Nuclear Reservation workers have retrieved a key portion of radioactive waste ahead of schedule. That announcement came from the federal government Tuesday. ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Wu's Resignation Will Force Special Election Updated: 2011-07-26 23:58:12 Description: Voters in Oregon's First Congressional District will vote to replace David Wu now that the Democrat has announced his resignation. But the exact date for a special election is unclear....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Feds Revoke Authority to Kill Sea Lions On Columbia Updated: 2011-07-26 23:54:50 Description: Federal officials revoked the permission Tuesday they had given to Oregon and Washington to trap and kill sea lions on the Columbia River. But Rob Manning reports it may be just a temporary move....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Conifers Drink Lightly in Wet Northwest Winters Updated: 2011-07-26 15:02:23 Description: Scientists at Oregon State University have learned that Douglas fir and hemlock trees struggle to transport water from their roots to their crowns in the winter....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Hanford Whistleblower Tamosaitis Responds To Department of Energy Updated: 2011-07-26 15:02:19 Description: A high-level Hanford whistleblower is accusing the Department of Energy of being too cozy with its contractors at the federal nuclear reservation. Walter Tamosaitis made that accusation in a letter released Monday. ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD David Wu Not Planning To Resign House Seat Updated: 2011-07-26 15:02:12 Description: David Wu is not planning to resign his job in Congress, even as he faces a possible ethics investigation in the U.S. House of Representatives. The controversy follows an allegation that he sexually assaulted a young woman last year. Rob Manning repo...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Banking On New Wetlands When Old Ones Vanish Updated: 2011-07-26 15:02:04 Description: Washington has lost almost half of its wetlands since European settlers first arrived, according to estimates from the Department of Ecology....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD |
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