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“Twilight” Revives WA’s TV Town Cred

Monday, September 22nd, 2008

An article in the Medford Mail-Tribune calls attention to the damp town of Forks, Washington, which has become a destination magnet for “giddy teenagers.” That’s because it’s the setting of the popular Twilight book series, which blends young, true love with teen vampires and werewolves. Forks is doing its best to give its youthful pilgrims […]

Old Nuke Reactor To Delight New Visitors

Wednesday, August 27th, 2008

Richland, Washington, has always been proud of its “Hanford Site,” a formerly top secret military area where most of America’s nuclear bomb plutonium was made. But there was never much for tourists to see, since much of Hanford is still radioactive and off-limits. That changed on August 25, when Hanford’s B Reactor — which made […]

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