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Man needing kidney transplant finds state program a hindrance

Skip Rodvold's most important job these days is staying alive and healthy until he gets a kidney transplant. Rodvold, 53, has polycystic kidney disease, an inherited disorder that caused his kidney...

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• Summer water supply dwindles toward D word
• Candidate can't convince baristas to quit
• Suspect makes appearance in weekend homicide
• Judge declares mistrial in rape and kidnapping trial
• Fire damages home in West Valley
• Speaker says area needs to expand wine theme amenities
• Wapato superintendent considered for Walla Walla job
• 'Quality of Life' applicants sought
• Tea party meeting moved to next week
• Pasco man pleads guilty in Sunnyside bank robbery
• The few missing people cases can prove vexing
• State Supreme Court hears arguments on county records case
• County re-examines plans for new courthouse

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Sports

• To The Dogs
• Mustangs Shut Down Buccaneers
• Wapato’s Spirited Charge Comes Up Short
• Grandview’s Chance Slips Away
• Hounded Devils Falter
• A Familiar Name Turns Tide for River Ridge
• 3/11/10 Wapato-Deer Park Photo Gallery
• 3/11/10 Grandview-Fife Photo Gallery

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Opinion

• Are we courting another 'love letter'?
• Forecast: Another year of unbridled gang violence
• Legislature must act to set aside drought-relief funds
• Quality of life panel a good idea, but diversity is essential

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Updates

• NEW Up to 16 inches of snow forecast in central Cascades
• NEW House targets nearly 50 panels for elimination or consolidation
• NEW Yakima man killed in one-car crash north of Ellensburg
• NEW Alleged driver in fatal Yakima shooting booked in jail

Question of the Day

• What should the Legislature cut to avoid raising taxes?

  • State employees at colleges & universities
  • State funding for the poor and disabled
  • State funding for public schools
  • State-run liquor stores (privatize them)
  • Raises for all state employees
  • State funding for college tuition (make students pay more)

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