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| Year | Stories |
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| 1861 | 4 |
| 1862 | 2 |
| 1864 | 1 |
| 1872 | 5 |
| 1876 | 34 |
| 1877 | 26 |
| 1878 | 16 |
| 1879 | 2 |
| 1880 | 4 |
| 1882 | 5 |
| 1883 | 24 |
| 1884 | 13 |
| 1885 | 35 |
| 1886 | 10 |
| 1887 | 10 |
| 1888 | 12 |
| 1889 | 40 |
| 1890 | 5 |
| 1891 | 31 |
| 1892 | 50 |
| 1893 | 43 |
| 1894 | 56 |
| 1895 | 80 |
| 1897 | 3 |
| 1898 | 5 |
| 1899 | 18 |
| 1900 | 2 |
| 1903 | 22 |
| 1904 | 12 |
| 1905 | 3 |
| 1907 | 1 |
| 1908 | 14 |
| 1909 | 23 |
| 1910 | 8 |
| 1911 | 4 |
| 1914 | 7 |
| 1915 | 6 |
| 1916 | 8 |
| 1917 | 4 |
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| 1928 | 2 |
| 1929 | 2 |
7 stories matching fit
- The Stall Birth: A Baby Born Among the Horses
In a remarkable coincidence of rural life and frontier pragmatism, a Vancouver woman delivers a healthy daughter in a horse stall at the Clarke County Fairgrounds.
- The Desert Grave of a Fugitive
After shooting his divorced wife in a fit of violence, a man vanished into the thick sagebrush of the Yakima Valley, only to be found dead weeks later by searchers who had walked right past him.
- Pasco Opens Municipal Plunge
The City Council takes over a private concrete pool to provide free summer recreation for residents.
- The Panama Canal Promises Prosperity for Kennewick Fruit
Local industry leaders anticipate a massive shift in freight costs and market reach once the Panama Canal opens to refrigerated shipping.
- The Fight to Cap Power Rates
Cities across the Pacific Northwest clash with Pacific Power & Light in a landmark valuation hearing.
- The Fight to Retain Benton County’s First Agriculturist
As local agricultural expert Lee M. Lampson eyes an offer in a bigger field, the editor argues that losing his local expertise would cost farmers more than a salary raise.
- Benton County Bets on Hogs, Corn and a Free Boar
Prosser's first annual Hog and Corn Show drew Kennewick crowds on the morning trains — and a warning that exclusive fruit raising would not carry the county forever.