Winners of the 2004 C.B. Blethen Awards are:

Deadline Reporting (under 50,000 circ.)

1, Staff, Yakima Herald-Republic, "Mad Cow Disease.''
2, Staff, Skagit Valley Herald, "Skagit Valley Flood.''

Deadline Reporting (over 50,000 circ.)

1, Staff, The Oregonian, "Taki-Tooo Tragedy.''
2, Staff, The Oregonian, "Mad Cow Disease.''

Feature Writing (under 50,000 circ.)

1, Margaret Wimborne, The Post Register of Idaho Falls, "A Love of Life.''
2, Scott North, The Herald of Everett, "The Garden that Grief Built.''

Feature Writing (over 50,000 circ.)

1, Tom Hallman Jr., The Oregonian, "Fighting for Life on Level 3.''
2, Craig Welch, The Seattle Times, "The Great Geoduck Caper.''

Enterprise Reporting (under 50,000 circ.)

1, Genoa Sibold-Cohn and John Trumbo, Tri-City Herald, "When Love Turns Lethal.''
2, Leah Beth Ward and Dori Harrell, Yakima Herald-Republic, "Cut to the Core.''

Enterprise Reporting (over 50,000 circ.)

1, Bill Graves, Betsy Hammond and Melissa Jones, The Oregonian, "Fixing High Schools.''
2, Sean Robinson and Martha Modeen, The News Tribune of Tacoma, "The Thin Blue Lie.''

Investigative Reporting (under 50,000 circ.)

1, John Trumbo, Tri-City Herald, "Not So Public?''
2, Leah Beth Ward, Yakima Herald-Republic, "Defending Public Dollars.''

Investigative Reporting (over 50,000 circ.)

1, Kim Christensen, Julie Sullivan and Brent Walth, The Oregonian, "A Place Where Children Die.''
2, Steve Miletich, Mike Carter and Justin Mayo, The Seattle Times, Bull's Eye Shooter Supply/Beltway Sniper Shooting stories.

Coverage of Diversity (under 50,000 circ.)

1, David Olson, The Herald of Everett.
2, Vicki Adame, The Tri-City Herald.

Coverage of Diversity (over 50,000 circ.)

1, Angie Chuang, The Oregonian.
2, Courtnay Peifer, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, "Chasing the Sun.''

Debby Lowman Award for
Reporting of Consumer Affairs (open competition)

1, The Seattle Times, "Aging Well.''
2, Staff, Salem Statesman Journal, "Stolen Lives.''

The first- and second-place winners in each category receive plaques and cash awards donated by The Seattle Times.
PNNA daily newspaper members in Washington, Oregon, Montana, Idaho, Utah, Alaska, Alberta and British Columbia are eligible to enter the contest, which is administered completely independently from The Seattle Times by PNNA. Judges are top news executives from respected daily newspapers outside the PNNA area and are not affiliated with PNNA member groups.
In the competition for the special Debby Lowman Award for Distinguished Reporting of Consumer Affairs, all entrants compete together, regardless of circulation. This award honors Debby Lowman, a Seattle Times consumer reporter who died of cancer in 1978.