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| Year | Stories |
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| 1854 | 2 |
| 1858 | 1 |
| 1859 | 7 |
| 1861 | 3 |
| 1862 | 6 |
| 1863 | 2 |
| 1865 | 1 |
| 1872 | 9 |
| 1876 | 50 |
| 1877 | 60 |
| 1878 | 36 |
| 1879 | 5 |
| 1880 | 18 |
| 1882 | 11 |
| 1883 | 70 |
| 1884 | 29 |
| 1885 | 49 |
| 1886 | 34 |
| 1887 | 45 |
| 1888 | 36 |
| 1889 | 102 |
| 1890 | 17 |
| 1891 | 77 |
| 1892 | 130 |
| 1893 | 124 |
| 1894 | 179 |
| 1895 | 238 |
| 1897 | 11 |
| 1898 | 17 |
| 1899 | 43 |
| 1900 | 5 |
| 1902 | 7 |
| 1903 | 70 |
| 1904 | 52 |
| 1905 | 5 |
| 1908 | 16 |
| 1909 | 80 |
| 1910 | 12 |
| 1911 | 10 |
| 1912 | 5 |
| 1914 | 9 |
| 1915 | 12 |
| 1916 | 21 |
| 1917 | 16 |
| 1918 | 5 |
| 1923 | 3 |
| 1924 | 5 |
| 1925 | 1 |
| 1928 | 4 |
| 1929 | 2 |
9 stories matching noth
- The Unidentified Passenger
A tragic fall from a train near Badger leaves a man dead and the town searching for a name.
- The War on Rotting Spuds
A state agricultural expert warns farmers that the 1914 potato blight is more destructive than ever.
- Kennewick Demands Fair Share of Road Funds
The city challenges county commissioners to return a percentage of taxes for local street infrastructure.
- The Hanford Irrigation Crisis
With the receiver out of funds and water users refusing to pay excess charges, the future of the Hanford irrigation project hangs in a precarious legal balance.
- The Initiative Craze Sweeps the Campaign Trail
Legislative candidates across Washington are hitching their political wagons to initiative measures, but the editor argues they are misrepresenting their own power to the voters.
- The Hard Sell for Inland Empire Farms
Spokane boosters and Kennewick business leaders draft a regional campaign to recruit farmers for 'untilled' lands, pivoting away from the era's wild land speculation.
- The Struggle for Kennewick's River Future
As the Celilo canal nears completion, local business leaders push for a Port district to tax outside corporations and secure the town's maritime edge.
- The Great Merger: How Two Kennewick Newspapers Died to Save the Town
In April 1914, the Courier and the Reporter merged into the Courier-Reporter because a town of 2,000 people couldn't afford two papers. It was a stark lesson in economic consolidation.
- The River That Wasn't: Kennewick’s Lonely Fight to Open the Snake
While Portland looked the other way, Kennewick businessmen pooled their own money to dredge rapids and build docks, betting the town's future on a water route that never came.