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Kaiser Permanente’s Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of Washington is among the largest insurance plans in the state, along with Regence BlueShield and Premera Blue Cross. Together they’ve amassed nearly $4.5 billion in surpluses. At the same time, consumers have faced double-digit premium increases.

Lobbying Pays Off: Washington Health Insurers Benefit From Change To Consumer-Focused Bill

Austin Jenkins February 18, 2020

Amy Skillings of Oysterville, Washington, wheels the day's shucked oysters into a large cooler to await pickup. The oysters will be flown quickly across the country and to China.

Ah, Shuck: Oysters, Cherries, Other Northwest Ag Products Back Up As Coronavirus Quarantines Trade

Anna King February 18, 2020

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Welcome To … Greater Idaho? Oregonians Could Be Asked To Join Proposal For Shifting State Lines

NWPB News February 18, 2020

Ash blows off of rangeland that burned in the Martin Fire of 2018 — the largest in Nevada state history. CREDIT: ASHLEY AHEARN/NPR

Federal Land Managers Propose 11K Miles Of Fuel Breaks To Combat Wildfires In Western States

NWPB News February 17, 2020

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Baby Rose Goes Vintage, Unadulterated, ‘Almost Otherworldly’ At NPR’s Tiny Desk

NPR News February 18, 2020

Tania León speaks at the premiere of her piece "Stride," one of 19 pieces composed by women that the New York Philharmonic commissioned to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment. CREDIT: Chris Lee/Courtesy New York Philharmonic

19th Amendment, 19 Women: NY Philharmonic’s 2020 Program Celebrates Suffragists

NPR News February 16, 2020

Nina Simone, photographed in July, 1969. CREDIT: Verve

We’ll Soon Be Able To Stream Nina Simone’s Late-Career Rarity ‘Fodder On My Wings’

NPR News February 11, 2020

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John Trumbull's painting The Death of General Warren at the Battle of Bunker Hill. Peter Salem is thought to be the figure in the lower right. From the Boston Museum of Fine Arts

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