2000 Winners - C.B. Blethen Memorial Awards

Distinguished Deadline Reporting
Under 50,000 circulation
1st place - The Bellingham Herald, Staff, "Blast stuns city."
2nd place - Yakima Herald-Republic, Staff, "Fire claims St. Josephps."

Distinguished Deadline Reporting
Over 50,000 circulation
1st place - The Oregonian, Staff, New Carissa coverage
2nd place - Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Staff, Alaska Airlines crash

Distinguished Feature Writing
Under 50,000 circulation
1st place - The Bellingham Herald, John Harris, "Camp lets kids flee grip of grief," and "Death in the family."
2nd place - Yakima Herald-Republic, Matt Cooper, "Floydps lonesome walk."

Distinguished Feature Writing
Over 50,000 circulation
1st place - The News Tribune, David Quigg, "Letter to Makenzie."
2nd place - The Seattle Times, Alex Tizon, "In memory."

Distinguished Enterprise Reporting
Under 50,000 circulation
1st place - Great Falls Tribune, Eric Newhouse, "Alcohol: Cradle to grave."
2nd place - The Bulletin, James Sinks, "The Forest Plan: Good intentions, poor results."

Distinguished Enterprise Reporting
Over 50,000 circulation
1st place - The Oregonian, Tom Hallman Jr., "The player."
2nd place - Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Scott Sunde, Michael Paulson, Phuong Le, "Pipelines: Americaps hidden hazards."

Distinguished Investigative Reporting
Under 50,000 circulation
1st place - Idaho Press-Tribune, Wayne Hoffman, "No place like home."
2nd place - The Daily World, John Hughes and Robert Saltvig, "Who killed Laura Law?"

Distinguished Investigative Reporting
Over 50,000 circulation
1st place - The Oregonian, Brent Walth and Alex Pulaski, "The politics of pesticides."
2nd place - The Seattle Times, Eric Nalder, Anne Koch and Kim Barker, "No justice for åthrowawayp people."

Distinguished Coverage of Diversity
Under 50,000 circulation
1st place - The Olympian, Staff
2nd place - Great Falls Tribune, Eric Greene

Distinguished Coverage of Diversity
Over 50,000 circulation
1st place - The Seattle Times, Staff
2nd place - Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Lise Olsen, "Locked in limbo."

Debby Lowman Award
All circulations
1st place - The Oregonian, Erin Hoover Barnett, Richard Hill, Joe Rojas-Burke, "The puzzle of pain."
2nd place - Lewiston Morning Tribune, Elaine Williams, "Living life in advance."