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Centralia Pot Testing Lab May Be First In Washington To Lose Its License

NWPB News April 17, 2021

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Past As Prologue: Sheep, Ranching And The Beginning Of Industrial Agriculture In The Northwest

NWPB News April 16, 2021

Asparagus from Schreiber and Sons Farms in Eltopia, Wash., has seen better days before it was windblown in recent cold, dry, windy weather across the Northwest.

Northwest Snowpack Is Good, But Dry, Cold, Windy Spring Wreaking Havoc With Crops

Anna King April 15, 2021

File photo, March 2, 2020: Farmer Ben DuVal with his wife, Erika, and their daughters, Hannah, third from left, and Helena, fourth from left, stand near a canal for collecting run-off water near their property in Tulelake, Calif. Federal officials announced in April 2021 that farmers who rely on a massive irrigation project spanning the Oregon-California border will get 8% of the deliveries they need amid a severe drought. CREDIT: Gillian Flaccus/AP

Epic Drought Means Water Crisis For Parts Of The West Coast, Though Much Of Northwest Is OK

NWPB News April 15, 2021

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Spring Music Moment: Britten’s Spring Symphony

NWPB Music April 16, 2021

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Sonny Simmons, Fiercely Independent Alto Saxophonist, Dies at 87

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The Final Revival of Opal & Nev, by Dawnie Walton

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Neither #OscarsSoWhite Nor #OscarsSoMale — What A Difference A Pandemic Makes

NPR News April 16, 2021

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‘Today, I Am A Witness To Change’: A Crowdsourced Poem Against Anti-Asian Hate

NPR News April 13, 2021

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Gunman Kills 8 At FedEx Warehouse In Indianapolis

NPR News April 16, 2021

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Democrats Unveil Long-Shot Plan To Expand Size Of Supreme Court From 9 To 13

NPR News April 16, 2021

Epic Drought Means Water Crisis For Parts Of The West Coast, Though Much Of Northwest Is OK

NWPB News April 15, 2021

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Signs Of Economic Boom Emerge As Retail Sales Surge, Jobless Claims Hit Pandemic Low

NPR News April 15, 2021

Using fluorescent antibody-based stains and advanced microscopy, researchers are able to visualize cells of different species origins in an early stage chimeric embryo. The red color indicates the cells of human origin. CREDIT: Weizhi Ji/Kunming University of Science and Technology

Scientists Create Early Embryos That Are Part Human, Part Monkey For Organ Transplant Research

NPR News April 15, 2021

Kim Potter, pictured in 2007, shot Daunte Wright, a 20-year-old Black man, during a traffic stop Sunday. She resigned from the Brooklyn Center, Minn., police on Tuesday after 26 years on the force. CREDIT: Bruce Bisping/Minneapolis Star Tribune via Getty Images

Ex-Officer Who Shot Daunte Wright Charged With 2nd-Degree Manslaughter

NPR News April 14, 2021

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Centralia Pot Testing Lab May Be First In Washington To Lose Its License

Past As Prologue: Sheep, Ranching And The Beginning Of Industrial Agriculture In The Northwest

Northwest Snowpack Is Good, But Dry, Cold, Windy Spring Wreaking Havoc With Crops

Epic Drought Means Water Crisis For Parts Of The West Coast, Though Much Of Northwest Is OK

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Spring Music Moment: Britten’s Spring Symphony

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Sonny Simmons, Fiercely Independent Alto Saxophonist, Dies at 87

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BOOK REVIEW: ‘The Final Revival Of Opal & Nev’ Is A Faux Music History That Rocks

Neither #OscarsSoWhite Nor #OscarsSoMale — What A Difference A Pandemic Makes

‘Today, I Am A Witness To Change’: A Crowdsourced Poem Against Anti-Asian Hate

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Gunman Kills 8 At FedEx Warehouse In Indianapolis

Democrats Unveil Long-Shot Plan To Expand Size Of Supreme Court From 9 To 13

Epic Drought Means Water Crisis For Parts Of The West Coast, Though Much Of Northwest Is OK

Signs Of Economic Boom Emerge As Retail Sales Surge, Jobless Claims Hit Pandemic Low

Scientists Create Early Embryos That Are Part Human, Part Monkey For Organ Transplant Research

Ex-Officer Who Shot Daunte Wright Charged With 2nd-Degree Manslaughter

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