Anna King
Anna King calls Richland, Washington home and loves unearthing great stories about people in the Northwest. She reports for the Northwest News Network from a studio at Washington State University, Tri-Cities. She covers the Mid-Columbia region, from nuclear reactors to Mexican rodeos.
The South Sound was her girlhood backyard and she knows its rocky beaches, mountain trails and cities well. She left the west side to attend Washington State University and spent an additional two years studying language and culture in Italy.
While not on the job, Anna enjoys trail running, clam digging, hiking and wine tasting with friends. She’s most at peace on top a Northwest mountain with her husband and their muddy Aussie-dog Poa.
NORTHWEST NEWS Correspondent
News Posts
![A young resident killer whale chasing a Chinook salmon near Vancouver Island. Image obtained from a small drone that was flown more than 100 feet above the whales for research under NMFS permit #19091.](https://www.nwpb.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/031418TB_DroneOrca-300x175.jpg)
Three Things You Should Know About Chinook Salmon, Key To Orca Survival
Orcas survive largely on a single food source: Chinook salmon migrating from Northwest rivers. As Chinook populations have declined, orcas have struggled to find enough to eat.
![Red Delicious apples wait to be hauled out of a Cowiche, Washington orchard by workers during harvest. Red Delicious growers have been under pressure lately with one of their top export markets – India – mostly shut down because of high tariffs](https://www.nwpb.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/IMG_4567-300x200.jpg)
Delicious Death: India’s apple tariffs crush business for Northwest Red Delicious apple farmers
For decades boatloads of Northwest apples have shipped to India – especially the variety Red Delicious. But since Trump-era tariffs on steel and aluminum went into place, retaliatory tariffs have put a crunch on that valuable fruit market. Now, Washington state’s full congressional delegation is asking the federal government for help.
![Cars from an Amtrak train lie spilled onto Interstate 5 below alongside smashed vehicles as some train cars remain on the tracks in DuPont, Washington. CREDIT: ELAINE THOMPSON/AP](https://www.nwpb.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/ap_18191685416185_1531507180616-300x186.jpg)
Hearing On Washington Amtrak Derailment Zeroes In On Problematic Curves
The engineer operating the doomed Amtrak 501 train traveling from Seattle to Portland on Dec. 18 last year told investigators the train had a different control panel and displays than what he was used to.