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Businesses worried about plans for Road 68 in Pasco

Those who attended two Wednesday meetings about upcoming Pasco road projects expressed concern about what they could mean for their businesses.

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Kamiakin's Megan Beauchene, left, battles down the stretch with North Central's Katie Knight, behind, and Glacier Peak's Amy-Eloise Neale, right, during Thursday's Class 3A 1,600 meters at Star Track XXXI in Tacoma. Beauchene finished second in the event.

Trio of seconds highlight Star Track

Kamiakin's Megan Beauchene and Amanda Miller and Walla Walla's Katarina Tonhdavong all finished second during Thursday's first day of Star Track XXXI in Tacoma

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FILE - In this Saturday, Nov. 12, 2011 file photo, workers in protective suits and masks wait to enter the emergency operation center at the crippled Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power station in Okuma, Japan. Tokyo Electric Power Co., the utility that runs the Fukushima Dai-ichi plant that melted down in March 2011 after being hit by a tsunami, is finding that it can barely meet the headcount of workers required to keep the three broken reactors cool while fighting power outages and leaks of tons of radiated water, said current and former nuclear plant workers and others familiar with the situation at Fukushima.

Stricken Japan nuke plant struggles to keep staff

Keeping the meltdown-stricken Fukushima nuclear plant in northeastern Japan in stable condition requires a cast of thousands. Increasingly the plant...

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Joel Pett / Lexington Herald-Leader (May 25, 2013)

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This undated photo provided by Hobby Lobby Stores Inc., shows its co-founders David and Barbara Green who are asking a federal appeals court in Denver on Thursday, May 23, 2013, for an exemption from part of the federal health care law that requires it to offer employees health coverage that includes access to the morning-after pill. The Oklahoma City-based arts-and-crafts chain argues that businesses, and not just religious groups, should be allowed to seek exemptions from that part of the health law if it violates their religious beliefs.

Hobby Lobby tests birth-control coverage mandate

In the most prominent challenge of its kind, Hobby Lobby Stores Inc. asked a federal appeals court Thursday for an exemption from part of the federal...

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Hotel California, an Eagles tribute band from Canada, performs May 25 at the Clover Island Inn in Kennewick.

Hotel California: Eagles tribute band performing May 25 at Clover Island Inn in Kennewick

The old adage if it walks like a duck, it talks like a duck, it must be a duck isn't always true. 3 hours ago

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Former Boys Scout leader Jennifer Tyrrell, center, is greeted as her son and current Boy Scout Cruz Burns, 8, bottom, looks on during the Equal Scouting Summit being held near where the Boy Scouts of America are holding their annual meeting Wednesday, May 22, 2013, in Grapevine, Texas. Delegates to the Boys Scouts of America meeting are expected to address a proposal to allow gay scouts into the organization.

Boy Scouts approve plan to accept openly gay boys

After lengthy and wrenching debate, local leaders of the Boy Scouts of America have voted to open their ranks to openly gay boys for the first time... 2 hours ago

Hanford

Washington Closure Hanford is making extensive preparations to lift the underground 340 Vault, weighing 1,100 tons, and haul it to central Hanford for disposal. The vault, which is a quarter mile from the Columbia River, has leaked radioactive contamination into the soil.

Huge vault to be moved at Hanford

Washington Closure Hanford is preparing for one of its largest and most challenging lifts -- hoisting an underground vault weighing an estimated 1...

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