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February 19, 2021 at 6:00 pm

On the Colville reservation, the vaccination rate is nearly double the state’s, despite challenges

While health districts across the state have struggled to get and distribute vaccine doses, tribal governments in Eastern Washington have had relative success, despite historical,...

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SPOKANE TRIBE OF INDIANS, LEGACY OF URANIUM MINING
032307 and 032407 Interviews with families, former workers and uranium site.

Tribal activist Deb Abrahamson, walking through what little is left of Uranium City, a housing complex, pushes for cleanup. Her dad brought home the small, hard balls used to crush the ore at the mill and they became playthings for the kids. She’s with S.H.A.W.L.

January 4, 2021 at 10:40 am

Deb Abrahamson, powerful advocate for environmental justice on Spokane reservation, dies at 65

Deb Abrahamson, whose fight for environmental justice made her a major figure in the push to clean up the legacy of uranium mining on the...

July 27, 2020 at 8:01 am

New passenger rail from Spokane faces significant obstacles, study finds

A study found adding a new rail line for a twice-daily round trip would require “significant upfront costs” of nearly $390 million in infrastructure improvements...

April 22, 2019 at 10:16 am

Montana rules unclear in ‘chemical restraint’ of children

BUTTE, Mont. (AP) — When Annette Smith found out a 9-year-old Oregon girl she represents was being injected with Benadryl and other antihistamines to chemically...