Amazon's West Plains fulfillment center

Amazon's impact on the region a year after opening West Plains fulfillment center

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Amazon's Aditya Ravi Shankar leads a tour of Amazon's Airway Heights fulfillment center on Monday, June 7, 2021, in Airway Heights, Wash.

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Some of the swag Amazon employees received for getting the Covid-19 vaccine is was on display during a tour of Amazon's Airway Heights fulfillment center on Monday, June 7, 2021, in Airway Heights, Wash.

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An Amazon employee gives a thumbs up at a security gate during a tour of Amazon’s West Plains fulfillment center on Monday, June 7, 2021, in Airway Heights. Amazon employs more than 3,000 workers at the fulfillment center.

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Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-Wash.) and Spokane Mayor Nadine Woodward tour Amazon's Airway Heights fulfillment center on Monday, June 7, 2021, in Airway Heights, Wash.

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Amazon's Aditya Ravi Shankar chats with Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-Wash.) as he leads a tour of Amazon's Airway Heights fulfillment center on Monday, June 7, 2021, in Airway Heights, Wash.

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Items snake their way through Amazon's Airway Heights fulfillment center on Monday, June 7, 2021, in Airway Heights, Wash. The fulfillment center processes and ships more than 5 million items a week.

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An Amazon employee scans items during a tour of Amazon's Airway Heights fulfillment center on Monday, June 7, 2021, in Airway Heights, Wash.

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Employees walk through Amazon's Airway Heights fulfillment center on Monday, June 7, 2021, in Airway Heights, Wash.

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Amazon's Joe Flores sorts through items during a tour of Amazon's Airway Heights fulfillment center on Monday, June 7, 2021, in Airway Heights, Wash.

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Amazon's Joe Flores sorts through items during a tour of Amazon's Airway Heights fulfillment center on Monday, June 7, 2021, in Airway Heights, Wash. The colored light in the photograph indicates which items need his attention.

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Amazon's Joe Flores, center, shows Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-Wash.) how he sorts through items as Amazon's Aditya Ravi Shankar, right, leads a tour of Amazon's Airway Heights fulfillment center on Monday, June 7, 2021, in Airway Heights, Wash.

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Amazon's Joe Flores, left, walks Spokane mayor Nadine Woodward how he sorts through items during a tour of Amazon's Airway Heights fulfillment center on Monday, June 7, 2021, in Airway Heights, Wash.

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Automated robots move stacks of goods in synchronized unison as seen during a tour of Amazon's Airway Heights fulfillment center on Monday, June 7, 2021, in Airway Heights, Wash.

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Automated robots move stacks of goods in synchronized unison as seen during a tour of Amazon's Airway Heights fulfillment center on Monday, June 7, 2021, in Airway Heights, Wash.

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Employees work at Amazon's Airway Heights fulfillment center on Monday, June 7, 2021, in Airway Heights, Wash.

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Employees work at Amazon's Airway Heights fulfillment center on Monday, June 7, 2021, in Airway Heights, Wash.

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Amazon’s Kayla Hardorsen sorts though products and scans them as a tour of Amazon’s Airway Heights fulfillment center passes on Monday.

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A worker uses a step ladder to access goods at Amazon's Airway Heights fulfillment center on Monday, June 7, 2021, in Airway Heights, Wash.

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Employees work at Amazon's Airway Heights fulfillment center on Monday, June 7, 2021, in Airway Heights, Wash.

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Employees work near the loading docks at Amazon's Airway Heights fulfillment center on Monday, June 7, 2021, in Airway Heights, Wash.

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Employees work at Amazon's Airway Heights fulfillment center on Monday, June 7, 2021, in Airway Heights, Wash.

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Amazon's Aditya Ravi Shankar, right, leads a tour with Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-Wash.) at Amazon's Airway Heights fulfillment center on Monday, June 7, 2021, in Airway Heights, Wash.

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Amazon's Aditya Ravi Shankar leads a tour with Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-Wash.) as he leads a tour of Amazon's Airway Heights fulfillment center on Monday, June 7, 2021, in Airway Heights, Wash.

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Amazon's Karen Echavarria shows off Amazon's "AmaZen" pod during a tour of Amazon's Airway Heights fulfillment center on Monday, June 7, 2021, in Airway Heights, Wash.

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Amazon Prime packing materials are seen during a tour of Amazon's Airway Heights fulfillment center on Monday, June 7, 2021, in Airway Heights, Wash.

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Amazon's Amerlynn Webber tapes up a box at Amazon's Airway Heights fulfillment center passes on Monday, June 7, 2021, in Airway Heights, Wash.

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Amazon employees package items as a tour passes through Amazon’s Airway Heights fulfillment center on June 7. In a report released Wednesday, Amazon indicated it has invested more than $550 million in the Spokane area.

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A package is stamped with a shipping label at Amazon's Airway Heights fulfillment center on Monday, June 7, 2021, in Airway Heights, Wash.

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A woman passes Amazon's glamazon booth during a tour of Amazon's Airway Heights fulfillment center on Monday, June 7, 2021, in Airway Heights, Wash. Glamazon is Amazon's diversity & inclusion network for LGBT employees and their allies.

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