25 July 2008, 9:43 am
A giant underground pool at the Hanford Nuclear reservation used to hold radioactive fuel rods, sludge and garbage. But it leaked millions of gallons of that radioactive stew. Now workers have emptied the pool of its dangerous contents, and this week they began dismantle surrounding structures. Anna... read more
25 July 2008, 9:30 am
DNA tests confirm that a wolf pack recently seen in the North Cascades are indeed wild gray wolves. Meanwhile, some Idaho residents are unhappy that the wolf is back on the Endangered Species List. Doug Nadvornick reports on these developments.... read more
25 July 2008, 9:15 am
Call it biofuel backpedaling. Some Oregon lawmakers say it's time to repeal a one-year old law that requires gasoline sold to contain a 10 percent ethanol blend. Chris Lehman reports.... read more
24 July 2008, 5:52 pm
A federal judge in Seattle is allowing an emergency grazing program to go forward. A limited number of Western ranchers will get permission to graze or harvest hay from private land held in conservation reserves. Correspondent Tom Banse reports.... read more
24 July 2008, 5:51 pm
Hynix Semiconductor has announced it’s closing its Eugene computer chip plant. More than 11 hundred employees will be laid off in the next two months. KLCC’s Rachael McDonald reports.... read more
24 July 2008, 10:06 am
Some of the radioactive waste buried at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation has leaked out of storage tanks and into the soil. Federal officials say they have a final solution for this nuclear garbage: a vitrification plant, which will turn the waste into glass logs. In the second part of our series on ... read more
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