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As his mom was dying, he stole $40,000 from his union to see his future wife
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The secretary-treasurer for a Wallula labor union was reeling from his mother's terminal cancer diagnosis when he reconnected with a childhood friend. Jason A. Richard let his guard down and opened up to the friend like he'd never done before, but he struggled to afford the frequent trips between Walla Walla and her home in Phoenix. Comment?
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Thief causes 8-hour power outage near Tri-Cities
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A Pacific Power lineman noticed a gate lock sawed through at a substation on Dodd Road in Wallula, according to Pacific Power. Comment?
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Feedlot settles state air pollution case
... ,000 to put asphalt on a road to keep trucks from kicking up dry manure and dust at its beef cattle feedlot north of Wallula. Comment?
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Students practice defending a power grid from hackers
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... understand Crohn's disease and related conditions more fully. Pacific Northwest National Laboratory test project at Wallula succeeds. Scientists show the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide injected into basalt deep underground quickly turns to solid ... Comment?
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Beef cattle feedlot settles with state in air pollution case - Sat, 07 Apr 2018 PST
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... to put asphalt on a road to keep trucks from kicking up dry manure and dust at its beef cattle feedlot north of Wallula. The Washington Department of Ecology initially fined the company $50,000 for allowing small particles into the air. The company ... Comment?
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Beef cattle feedlot settles with state in air pollution case
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A company that operates a beef cattle feedlot in southeastern Washington has reached a settlement with the state over a charge of failing to manage air pollution. The Walla Walla Union-Bulletin reported Friday that Simplot Feeders LLP agreed to pay a reduced fine and invest in a project that reduces small-particle pollution at their operation in Wallula, according to state Department of Ecology officials. Comment?
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Spring wildflowers arena t up for long. These experts will take you to them
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... plus driving time to the destinations outside of the Tri-Cities. The locations include Badger and Candy Mountain, Wallula Gap, Saddle Mountain, Cowiche Canyon, Basalt Gardens and the Gingko State Park. This year, Gretchen Graber and Rik Smith of the ... Comment?
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Breathe easier under a plan to cut airborne dust and manure at cattle feedlot
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Simplot Feeders has agreed to make changes at its Wallula feedlot to improve air quality, following complaints of excessive dust. The Washington state Department of Ecology said dust and dried manure were polluting the air and could cause health problems for people who are exposed frequently to high-enough levels of the fine particles. Comment?
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Containerboard: PCA on target with plan to add 550,000 tons of board capacity in 2018
OAKLAND, CA, Feb. 9, 2018 Packaging Corp. of America is on schedule to add 550,000 tons of additional containerboard capacity at its DeRidder, LA, and Wallula, WA, mills by ... Comment?
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PNNL and UW hope new program will have big IMPACT
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... understand Crohn's disease and related conditions more fully. Pacific Northwest National Laboratory test project at Wallula succeeds. Scientists show the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide injected into basalt deep underground quickly turns to solid ... Comment?
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Week in photos January 14-20, 2018
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... Pageant and part of a Coyote Ridge prison ministry team. January 15, 2018 - A white weasel photographed in the Wallula Habitat Management of the McNary National Wildlife Refuge, just upstream from Madam Dorian Park on the Walla Walla River near ... Comment?
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Spudnuts, soft spots and steelhead: All in a great daya s work
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... of the Walla Walla River for steelhead," I reply. "That's where I'm heading this morning." Halfway down the road to Wallula Junction, fog lifts and one donut disappears down the hatch. Meanwhile, a double-haul semi has been riding my hip ever since ... Comment?
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Man pleads guilty to charge for stealing from labor union
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The secretary-treasurer for a Wallula labor union has pleaded guilty to stealing $40,000 from the organization over nine months. The Tri-City Herald reported Monday that Jason A. Richard of Walla Walla pleaded guilty in the U.S. District Court in Richland. Comment?
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Onion deliveries to be aided by new transfer site
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... East Coast, but onion shippers are currently required to truck their produce west to the nearest reload facility in Wallula. A reload facility allows shipping containers to be transferred between truck and rail. With a reload facility nearby, the ... Comment?
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Onion deliveries to be speeded by new transfer site - Tue, 26 Dec 2017 PST
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... East Coast, but onion shippers are currently required to truck their produce west to the nearest reload facility in Wallula, Washington. With a reload facility nearby, the cost of shipping goes down and the produce is delivered faster, said Grant ... Comment?
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Onion deliveries to be speeded by new transfer site
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... East Coast, but onion shippers are currently required to truck their produce west to the nearest reload facility in Wallula, Washington. "This is a major game changer for onion shippers. It will help us maintain our viability as an industry," ... Comment?
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Officials expect onion reload facility built within 3 years
... worse. Onion shippers in the region are currently required to truck their produce to the nearest reload facility in Wallula, Washington. Comment?
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This official stole $40,000 from a Wallula paper mill union
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... a union officer for the labor organization, which holds its executive board and general membership meetings at the Wallula schoolhouse on Columbia Way. The Packaging Corporation of America operates the Wallula plant on Highway 12, about 15 miles ... Comment?
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70 years of history: Herald, Tri-Cities have grown up together
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... through a one-lane railroad underpass outside of Baker. When there was an air inversion, the sickly smell from the Wallula pulp plant contrasted with the brown plume of poisonous air from the Finley fertilizer plant. But the Tri-City Herald was a ... Comment?
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Union Pacific expands cross-country shipments
Union Pacific Railroad is expanding a refrigerated rail shipping program that sends fruit, vegetables and other perishables from California and Washington to the Northeast. Cold Connect, which has western terminals in Delano, Calif., and Wallula, Wash., and a Northeast terminal in Rotterdam, N.Y., will be sending trains eastward from Tuesdays through Saturdays. Comment?
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