PHOTO: Anna King interviewing Jane Hedges, the now-retired head of Washington Ecology’s Hanford office. Hedges grew up swimming off the docks in Richland, but only understood the massive scope of the […]Read More
Sue Olson, 94, was a Manhattan Project era secretary at Hanford during World War II. She locked her filing drawer anytime she left her office. CREDIT KAI-HUEI YAU Listen […]Read More
Listen Originally published on October 1, 2015 In southeast Washington state, a group of farms has been frozen in time. It’s at Hanford, the area the federal government took over […]Read More
Zelma Maine Jackson says she’s the only African-American woman geologist perhaps for hundreds of miles. KAI-HUEI YAU This story was originally published AUG 4, 2015. In the West, there aren’t […]Read More
Natalie Swan, a member of the Yakama Nation, says Hanford is a special place that will always hold great value for the Yakama people. KAI-HUEI YAU Listen This story […]Read More
Shirley Olinger, left, her daughter Sarah McCormick and mother Kazuko [Ozaki] Nishimoto have strong connections with Hanford. KAI-HUEI YAU Listen Wherever she was, she stood out for being half white, […]Read More
