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Hanford's K East Basin coming down
- Workers at the nation's most contaminated nuclear site have begun demolishing the building that surrounds a leaky pool built in the 1950s to hold spent fuel from nuclear reactors.
VA shuts down Wash. nursing home
- The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs has shut down its 30-bed nursing home in Walla Walla after an outside review raised concerns about the quality of care, and an internal audit validated those concerns.
WA medical school celebrates opening
- A new Pacific Northwest medical school celebrated its opening Wednesday with a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the College of Osteopathic Medicine, which plans to send primary care doctors to serve in rural and low-income areas in a five-state region.
Manhattan Project reactor nears landmark status
- The National Park Service's advisory board on Tuesday recommended designating the world's first full-scale nuclear reactor, which produced plutonium for one of two bombs dropped on Japan during World War II, as a national historic landmark.
Hanford reactor closer to historic landmark status
- The National Park Service's advisory board has recommended designating the world's first full-scale nuclear reactor, which produced plutonium for one of two bombs dropped on Japan during World War II, as a National Historic Landmark.