By Logan
September 1, 2016

Ross Courtney

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Ross Courtney is now an associate editor for the Good Fruit Grower, a Washington tree fruit industry magazine. He previously worked 16 years for the Yakima Herald-Republic newspaper as a reporter and photographer.

VOLUME 3, ISSUE 3 – FALL 2016SENIOR EDITOR
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