Anna King
Richland CorrespondentAnna 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 Andy Plymale and their muddy Aussie-dog Poa.
-
Companies are interested, but it could be complicated to develop lands with multiple layers of tribal, federal and even complex-science concerns
-
The fire burned several hundred acres near the Tri-Cities, threatened shrub steppe habitat and homes.
-
Ste. Michelle Wine Estates makes up around half of Washington’s wine industry. The company announced its cutting its contracted grapes by 40%, a move that may have far reaching effects.
-
The farming and ranching Easterdays, in Washington State, owe millions of dollars in taxes to the federal government. That’s according to a lien filed in Franklin County Washington Wednesday.
-
This week, Russia bombed key Ukrainian ports – crippling major wheat exports. It also pulled out of a key agreement that allowed the export of Ukrainian grain. That’s spiking U.S. wheat futures prices on soft red winter wheat just as the Northwest starts to harvest.
-
Caddisflies – the insects – are a key indicator species of the health of our region’s rivers and streams. And they’re out in force across the Columbia Basin this year.
-
A family-owned apple and cherry orchard business has agreed to pay the amount to settle a lawsuit filed by the state Attorney General's Office in 2021. The workers will each get about $1,000.
-
Red flag, dry conditions, multiple wildfires worry Northwest fire managers after July Fourth holidayThere’s red flag warnings and heat advisories in several areas of the Northwest this week, along with several growing wildfires.
-
It’s peak cherry season in the Northwest. The fruits are typically grown outdoors in an orchard. This business in southeast Washington is doing things a little differently.
-
Long before the U.S. government made plutonium for bombs at the Hanford Site in southeast Washington [state], the land belonged to native peoples. For the Yakama Nation, the area was vital for hunting and fishing. Tribal leaders want young people to know about their legacy, and the fight that lies ahead.