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Obituary: Robert Laporte
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Obituary: Robert Laporte

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Robert J. Laporte was born on Nov. 15, 1928, in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, to Helen and Clyde Laporte. He passed away on Wednesday, March 18, 2020, i…

Reed Baker Jacob
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Reed Baker Jacob

Reed Baker Jacob was born Oct. 10, 1931, near Driggs, Idaho, and left this world Aug. 4, 2018, at his home near Dallas, Ore.

‘Hanford: A Conversation’ at White Salmon Library
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‘Hanford: A Conversation’ at White Salmon Library

The Friends of the White Salmon Valley Community Library invite the public to join former Washington State Poet Laureate Kathleen Flenniken and Patricia Hoover, Hanford Downwinder and activist, as they share insights, poems and personal experiences living in the shadow of the Hanford Nuclear Reservation during the 1950s to 1970s.

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WWII stories from the Columbia River

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he Oregon Historical Society and the Columbia Gorge Discovery Center present “Oregon Transformed: World War II Stories on the Columbia River,” Thursday, Aug. 20, at 7 p.m. An optional dinner preceeds to the program at 6 p.m.

Sharon Editha McCulloch
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Sharon Editha McCulloch

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With her husband of 54 years at her side, Sharon (“Shon”) Editha McCulloch (Prettyman) peacefully surrendered to a battle against heart diseas…

Nuclear site workers test thousands of air samples
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Nuclear site workers test thousands of air samples

  • NICHOLAS K. GERANIOS, Associated Press
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RICHLAND, Wash. (AP) — About 12,000 air samples taken on the Hanford Nuclear Reservation this year after more than three dozen workers reported being sickened by chemical vapors have failed to find a cause for the problem, Hanford officials said Wednesday.

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Outside lab asked to look into Hanford

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RICHLAND, Wash. (AP) — A South Carolina lab will lead an independent review of chemical fumes reported by workers at waste storage tanks at the nation’s most contaminated nuclear weapons site in Washington state.