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| Year | Stories |
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| 1884 | 1 |
| 1889 | 1 |
| 1890 | 3 |
| 1891 | 3 |
| 1892 | 4 |
| 1894 | 2 |
| 1898 | 2 |
| 1903 | 7 |
| 1904 | 2 |
| 1905 | 77 |
| 1909 | 1 |
| 1914 | 203 |
| 1915 | 263 |
| 1916 | 371 |
| 1917 | 270 |
| 1918 | 42 |
| 1922 | 8 |
| 1923 | 86 |
| 1924 | 68 |
| 1925 | 32 |
1,446 stories
- The Town That Rebuilt Itself
After the mercantile company abandoned their original townsite, the people of White Bluffs took matters into their own hands to secure a new general store.
- Railroad Giant Rejects Farmers' Plea for Wheat Shipping Aid
A desperate effort to route Eastern Washington's record wheat crop eastward to avoid a shipping bottleneck at Puget Sound is crushed by Northern Pacific officials.
- Fire Levels Kiona Business District
A pre-dawn blaze incinerates a general store, hotel, and post office, leaving sleeping guests with a narrow escape.
- The Fight for the Ballot Box
A legislative attempt to curb 'professional petition pushers' aims to ensure only legal voters influence state law.
- The Dawn of Cooperative Banking in Benton County
Local farmers organize the first federal loan association to secure $29,000 for regional development.
- The $15 Million Dream That Would Turn Horse Heaven Green
A consulting engineer told the irrigation district it could transform 300,000 dry acres with a vast Klickitat River storage and canal system—if voters backed an enormous bond issue and bought out private water-right claims.
- The Great University Feud: A Lawmaker’s Stand
Gordon C. Moores breaks with local sentiment to support a contentious bill restricting academic duplication between Washington State College and the University of Washington.
- Benton County Calls for Conscription of Labor
A wartime committee resolves to force 'able-bodied' unemployed men into the harvest fields as part of the broader national effort.
- The Fruit Growers' Dilemma
Federal promises to prioritize fruit shipments during WWI don't solve the long-term transportation and infrastructure crisis facing Kennewick's orchardists.
- Strawberry Growers Face Pressure to Unite
A sharp-tongued editorial from the Kennewick Courier-Reporter calls out local fruit growers who refuse to join the cooperative marketing union.
- Kennewick's Waterfront Transitions to Public Ownership
The Kennewick Improvement Company moves to sell its dock assets to the Port of Kennewick, marking a major shift in local infrastructure control.
- The First Call to the Colors
As the United States prepares its first massive mobilization for World War I, local boards receive final instructions for shipping the region's men to training camps.
- Tragic Discovery Near Benton City
A teenage boy who went missing just before Christmas is found dead near a cliffside after a hunting accident.
- The Struggle for the Soldier Settlement Project
Community leaders head to the coast to secure funding for the Priest Rapids Valley development.
- The High Stakes Battle Over White Bluffs Water
A complex legal struggle over water rights enters a new phase after a presiding judge is disqualified from the appeal.
- The Bank Panic and the Fifty Million Dollar Backstop
A telegram from the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad promises federal intervention to stabilize agricultural banking in the Northwest.
- The Settlers' Standoff
A group of White Bluffs farmers break ranks with dissenters to declare the state-run irrigation project a success.
- The Birth of a County
Proponents of the new Benton County prepare to prove population requirements to Judge Rigg in a final legal hurdle before state recognition.
- Telegraph Strike Paralyzes Regional Rails
Union telegraphers strike across the Great Northern and Northern Pacific lines, leaving passengers and freight stranded during the height of the harvest.
- The Price of Separation: Benton County’s Debts
Newly formed Benton County grapples with the financial burden of its division from Yakima County.
- The North Bank Railroad Boom
A new joint venture between the Northern Pacific and Great Northern will connect Pasco to Portland, funneling millions into the regional economy.
- The Last of the Range Riders
As the agricultural transformation of the Columbia Basin accelerates, a veteran cowboy prepares to trade his horse string for a motor vehicle.
- Prosser Businessman Frank Hedger Drowns in Yakima River
A prominent Prosser businessman drowns while duck hunting near the mouth of the Yakima River.
- County Cuts Public Services to Lower Taxes
Benton County commissioners eliminate the positions of county agent and club leader to reduce the tax burden, ending agricultural extension services.
- Warehouse Company Cleared of $10,000 Debt
A jury sides with the local warehouse company in a high-stakes legal dispute over promissory notes.