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A long journey to citizenship

Perham resident is working to bringing wife, baby to the U.S.

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Harvey Lee Williams Jr.

It's 2016, sweet potatoes are having a moment and Harvey Williams Jr. is thinking about vodka.

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Why Do All These Food Facilities Keep Catching Fire?

The best uncensored news, information, and analysis.

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Investigators seek reasons for Shearer's Foods explosion, fire

Forty people are trying to figure out why a boiler exploded at Hermiston Shearer’s Foods plant on Feb. 22, causing a fire that destroyed the building and put 231 people

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'We had to do something'

HERMISTON — Meeting employers at the entrance of a recent job fair, Val Hoxie said she felt overwhelmed by the people’s expressions of community and warmth.

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