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Washington apple farmer is "optimistic" as workers get vaccinated

by Kai Ryssdal , Andie Corban and Minju Park
Mar 19, 2021
“They are on the front lines of the food production industry in this country," said Patrick Smith, who runs Loftus Ranches.
"I’m really hopeful that when we get to our harvest season, globally, things are really looking up," says Patrick Smith, whose family runs Loftus Ranches, an apple and hops farm in Yakima, Washington.
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Congress isn't just wrestling with a coronavirus relief package — it has a budget to pass, too

by Nancy Marshall-Genzer
Aug 5, 2020
Congress has to fund the government for the next fiscal year, which begins Oct. 1 — and it's slow going.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell after the funeral of Rep. John Lewis in Washington, D.C.
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Small Washington town reaps benefit of volunteers' Halloween spirit

by Anna King
Oct 31, 2019
Each October, Palouse turns into a haunted version of itself.
People snap pictures with zombie Monica Burleson. She drags a foot around the streets of Haunted Palouse and tries to get scares and starts as patrons wait to get in line for the haunted houses and hayride.
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My economy: Life as a liveaboard in Southwest D.C.

by Robyn Edgar
May 16, 2019
Darryl Madden’s life on a boat started as a simple solution for affordable housing. Now he wouldn’t have it any other way.
Darryl Madden, a full-time liveaboard boater, next to his 50-foot cruiser in Southwest D.C.
Robyn Edgar
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Divided Decade

Divided Decade: How the financial crisis changed you

by Tommy Andres and Hayley Hershman
Dec 20, 2018
We've gathered your stories for a year. Here's what we learned.
Jessica Perelman, one of more than 500 participants in our "How We Changed" series. 
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Tariff jitters grow at Washington state port

by Molly Solomon
Sep 12, 2018
The port of Vancouver handles the West Coast's second-largest volume of imported steel, now subject to a 25 percent duty.
ILWU Local 4 President Cager Clabaugh says the tariffs are already hurting work at the port. An order for 6,000 tons of copper ore on route to China was recently canceled. The mountains of copper now sit unused in a warehouse at the Port of Vancouver.
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The EPA is at the center of a debate over pesticide regulations

by Scott Tong
Apr 23, 2018
Chlorpyrifos has helped protect crops from pests since 1965, but it's also been linked in studies to low-IQ babies and dead fish.
Farmer Mike Locati in eastern Washington.
Courtesy of Esmy Jimenez
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What the loss of a mill means to a town

by Molly Solomon
Jan 8, 2018
An industry that once defined Camas, Washington, is coming to an end. Now the former mill town is searching for its future identity.
Camas Mayor Scott Higgins in his office.
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Do farmed Atlantic salmon have a future on the West Coast?

by Marketplace Contributor
Oct 30, 2017
Fish farm break: 150,000 Atlantic salmon escaped into Washington state's Puget Sound in August. Now comes the fallout.
Kurt Beardslee, of the Wild Fish Conservancy, wants to end fish farming in Puget Sound.
Eilis O'Neill/ for Marketplace
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Make Me Smart With Kai and Molly

A listen-along glossary for our conversation with Capt. Deborah Dempsey

by Jennie Josephson
Jul 17, 2017
Don't worry, there's no quiz.
Mt. Hood rises in the background as the town of The Dalles is seen on the Columbia River June 15, 2006 in Oregon.
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