Anna King
Richland CorrespondentAnna King calls Richland, Washington home and loves unearthing great stories about people in the Northwest. She reports for the Northwest News Network from a studio at Washington State University, Tri-Cities. She covers the Mid-Columbia region, from nuclear reactors to Mexican rodeos.
The South Sound was her girlhood backyard and she knows its rocky beaches, mountain trails and cities well. She left the west side to attend Washington State University and went abroad to study language and culture in Italy.
While not on the job, Anna enjoys trail running, clam digging, hiking and wine tasting with friends. She's most at peace on top a Northwest mountain with her husband Andy Plymale and their muddy Aussie-dog Poa.
In 2016 Washington State University named Anna Woman of the Year, and the Society of Professional Journalists Western Washington Pro Chapter named her Journalist of the Year. Her many journalism awards include two Gracies, a Sigma Delta Chi medal and the David Douglas Award from the Washington State Historical Society.
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Mysterious illness takes down many dogs across Northwest and nation, labs don’t know what it is yet. -
Cadaver dogs, ground-penetrating radar and high-tech computer mapping are all employed to help reveal suspected unmarked graves at Fort Simcoe Historical State Park on Yakama Nation lands.
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Great weather and increasing international trade are putting a shine on the Northwest apple industry
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Farmers in Washington, Oregon, Idaho and Alberta are all dumping potatoes
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Twenty-two workers exposed, three took in most of the dose
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Federal government studies Columbia River in Washington, Shenandoah River in Virginia, Escalante National Monument in Utah and the American River in California for toxic algae.
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Mustard-yellow colored nitric acid in the sky Wednesday, being looked into by Benton Clean Air Agency
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The federal government aims to document the experiences of Native Americans who endured forced attendance at government boarding schools
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Companies are interested, but it could be complicated to develop lands with multiple layers of tribal, federal and even complex-science concerns
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The spill’s source isn’t yet known, and more buildings are becoming involved downtown
