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A new sign graces the entrance onto the Hanford site near Richland, Washington. CREDIT: ANNA KING

Federal Hanford Cleanup Watchdog Put To Sleep During Government Shutdown

Anna King January 15, 2019

Climate change topped Gov. Jay Inslee's list of priorities in his 2019 State of the State speech. CREDIT: AUSTIN JENKINS/N3

In State Of State Address, Jay Inslee Calls For Climate Change Action, Addressing Mental Health

Austin Jenkins January 15, 2019

Dillon Sanders looks on as a collection of wildland firefighters train for an upcoming season. Sanders is the owner of Inbound LLC in Oakridge, Oregon, which runs 20-person hand crews and 13 engines for fire suppression. CREDIT: TONY SCHICK

Shutdown Cancels Federally Funded Wildfire Training As Northwest States Scramble To Prepare For Season

Emily Schwing January 15, 2019

Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross, who oversees the Census Bureau, approved adding a question about U.S. citizenship status to the 2020 census. CREDIT: Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Judge Orders Federal Government To Remove 2020 Census Citizenship Question; Appeal Expected

NPR News January 15, 2019

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Composer Olivier Messiaen in 1983, at the organ at the Trinité church in Paris where he held the post of organist for over 60 years. Francois Lochon/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images

Finding God, Love And The Meaning Of Life In Messiaen’s ‘Turangalîla-Symphonie’

NPR News January 12, 2019

Gillian and Anjuli with the Volta Trio

Here’s What NWPB Music Hosts Are Excited About In 2019

Anjuli Dodhia January 9, 2019

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Peter Jackson restores archival footage of British soldiers enjoying a meal in the documentary They Shall Not Grow Old. Warner Bros. Pictures

FILM REVIEW: World War I Brought To Astonishing Life In ‘They Shall Not Grow Old’

NPR News January 12, 2019

October 1789: American Gen. George Washington declining to accept terms, after the siege of Yorktown, from British Gen. Charles Cornwallis (left), whose subsequent surrender practically ended the American War of Independence.

BOOK REVIEW: ‘The First Conspiracy’ Details Foiled Plot To Assassinate George Washington

NPR News January 9, 2019

American actor Theodore Roberts as Moses in Cecil B. DeMille's silent version of The Ten Commandments — one of many works from 1923 that entered the public domain on Jan. 1. CREDIT: Hulton Archive/Getty Images

Freed From Copyright, These Classic Works Are Yours To Adapt

NPR News January 8, 2019

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Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross, who oversees the Census Bureau, approved adding a question about U.S. citizenship status to the 2020 census. CREDIT: Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Judge Orders Federal Government To Remove 2020 Census Citizenship Question; Appeal Expected

NPR News January 15, 2019

Rep. Steve King, R-Iowa, a member of the House Judiciary Committee, is under fire again for making controversial remarks. CREDIT: J. Scott Applewhite/AP

House GOP Leaders Move To Discipline Rep. Steve King After White Supremacy Remarks

NPR News January 14, 2019

After the November 2018 Camp Fire, thousands of people whose homes were destroyed were forced to seek refuge in nearby Chico, Calif. Some 700 people, some in their RVs, are still living at a Red Cross shelter at the Chico fairgrounds. The shelter is expected to close at the end of January. Kirk Siegler/NPR

Crisis Builds In Chico In Aftermath Of Camp Fire That Devastated Paradise And Butte County

NPR News January 14, 2019

Attorney general nominee William Barr met with senators including Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, last week. Barr has vowed to preserve special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation. CREDIT: J. SCOTT APPLEWHITE/AP

Attorney General Nominee William Barr Vows To Let Mueller Finish His Work, Promises ‘Transparency’

NPR News January 14, 2019

Americans now have a 1 in 96 chance of dying from an opioid overdose, according to new analysis from the National Safety Council. Spencer Platt/Getty Images

Report: Americans More Likely To Die Of Opioid Overdose Than In Vehicle Accidents

NPR News January 14, 2019

The westernmost edge of the U.S. border wall separates Tijuana from San Diego. Most undocumented immigrants in this country did not enter the U.S. at the Southern border. CREDIT: Rebecca Blackwell/AP

Where Does Illegal Immigration Mostly Occur? Not Through The U.S. – Mexico Border

NPR News January 13, 2019

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