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| Year | Stories |
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| 1854 | 2 |
| 1860 | 2 |
| 1861 | 2 |
| 1862 | 1 |
| 1864 | 1 |
| 1871 | 1 |
| 1872 | 7 |
| 1876 | 34 |
| 1877 | 24 |
| 1878 | 10 |
| 1879 | 3 |
| 1880 | 8 |
| 1882 | 4 |
| 1883 | 22 |
| 1884 | 14 |
| 1885 | 17 |
| 1886 | 12 |
| 1887 | 9 |
| 1888 | 9 |
| 1889 | 30 |
| 1890 | 5 |
| 1891 | 20 |
| 1892 | 49 |
| 1893 | 55 |
| 1894 | 48 |
| 1895 | 42 |
| 1897 | 8 |
| 1898 | 6 |
| 1899 | 12 |
| 1900 | 9 |
| 1902 | 2 |
| 1903 | 23 |
| 1904 | 17 |
| 1907 | 1 |
| 1908 | 4 |
| 1909 | 16 |
| 1910 | 6 |
| 1911 | 5 |
| 1912 | 1 |
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| 1923 | 5 |
| 1928 | 3 |
| 1929 | 2 |
7 stories matching often
- The Myth of Easy Prosperity
A Northern Pacific railroad superintendent tells local business leaders that a geographic location on the Columbia is useless without the infrastructure to back it up.
- Kennewick Votes for Public Control of the Waterfront
In a bid to safeguard local commerce against monopolization, voters approve the creation of a port district to keep docks and warehouses in public hands.
- The 'Graveyard Bug' Threatens Kennewick Berries
Horticultural Inspector warns local growers that a destructive snout beetle is infesting regional strawberry patches and offers advice on how to eradicate it.
- The Deadly Road: Washington's Campaign to Map Every Crossing
Engineers on gasoline speeders are crisscrossing 6,000 miles of track to end the fatal collisions between cars and trains.
- Bringing The Ivory Tower to Town
Whitman College professors visit Kennewick High to bridge the gap between academic theory and civic life.
- The Price of Disunity
A local growers' association leader condemns farmers who bypass collective bargaining, warning that consigning produce to commission agents leads to market collapse.
- A Rancher Died Alone, and His Animals Waited
Henry Bahr had planned to move in with his daughter in Kennewick after one more season. Instead, a neighbor found him dead in his ranch house, his livestock starving in the barn.