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Winners and losers of the week: Romney up, but GOP down

Posted Mon, Feb 6, 2 a.m.

By Knute Berger

Romney rolls, cue Obama's "comeback," women roar, and Seattle's porn problem.

Green Acre Radio: UW exhibits highlights Hanford legacies

Posted Fri, Feb 3, 10 p.m.

By Martha Baskin

The exhibit takes a different perspective, viewing the heavily contaminated nuclear reservation through the eyes of artists and poets.

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Obama's defense changes look reasonable

Posted Wed, Jan 11, 2 a.m.

By Ted Van Dyk

Scaled-back defense goals and spending could quickly prove troublesome if some incident shakes the nation.

Heritage Turkeys of the year

Posted Mon, Jan 9, 2 a.m.

By Knute Berger

Who did most to raze, wreck, uproot, neglect, and generally trash our historic treasures in 2011? The envelopes, please...

Best of 2011: Where there's smoke, there's sickness

Posted Fri, Dec 30, 2 a.m.

By Robert McClure/InvestigateWest and Katie Campbell/ KCTS Earthfix

In Washington wood smoke is now a leading cause of air pollution, leaving residents of Tacoma and other highly-polluted areas, literally, gasping for air.

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Dewey beats Stassen: Republicans hold a real debate

Posted Tue, Dec 27, 2 a.m.

By Floyd McKay

When you consider the recent GOP debates, IT seems like a dream. Two serious Republican candidates squared off over a vital issue of liberty and security. The whole world was listening, and Oregon determined the outcome of the national party race.

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Feds are key to sustainable development

Posted Sun, Dec 18, 6 a.m.

By David Warm

Through very small expenditures, federal agencies can promote cooperation within a region on everything from climate change to economic growth.

Where there's smoke, there's sickness

Posted Fri, Dec 16, 2 a.m.

By Robert McClure/InvestigateWest and Katie Campbell/ KCTS Earthfix

In Washington wood smoke is now a leading cause of air pollution, leaving residents of Tacoma and other highly-polluted areas, literally, gasping for air.

Bad goat: when should the feds have shot the killer?

Posted Wed, Dec 7, 2 a.m.

By Daniel Jack Chasan

Long before Robert Boardman's death along a trail in the Olympic National Park, officials knew there was one bad actor. Sure, the park is a wild place, but what was gained by holding fire all those years?

Wars' painful legacies, from Pearl Harbor to Afghanistan

Posted Tue, Dec 6, 2 a.m.

By Ted Van Dyk

A World War II fighter, George McGovern, who suffered a fall last week, went on to run for president as a peace candidate. He's stayed active in large part because he worries about the young people who are still being sent off to war.

Soaring Hanford costs raise new clean-up questions

Posted Mon, Dec 5, 2 a.m.

By John Stang

If expenses continually go up, it becomes hard to see how the legal mandates to clean up the most dangerous wastes can ever be met, at least on time.

Spook cinema: The night I met "the man nobody knew"

Posted Sun, Dec 4, 7:42 a.m.

By Eric Scigliano

A son's haunting film biography of William Colby, his elusive spymaster father, comes to Seattle. It stirs many memories.

In Washington, floods are sometimes fought with fire

Posted Fri, Nov 18, 2 a.m.

By Judy Lightfoot

Watching firefighters-in-training take down a house in the Puyallup floodway: A controversial FEMA flood control program scorns levees in favor of demolition.

Eastwood's 'J. Edgar' misses the point: an evil reign at FBI

Posted Sat, Nov 12, 11 p.m.

By Ted Van Dyk

Forgery, illegal break-ins, manufacturing evidence, and trying to scare an American out of accepting the Nobel Peace Prize: That's the FBI director whose abuses have never received adequate exposure.

Finding ways to bring our veterans back home

Posted Fri, Nov 11, 2 a.m.

By Judy Lightfoot

Half a year after Gen. Peter Chiarelli told a packed audience at the UW that Seattle must take specific steps to help veterans cope with the lingering trauma of military service, how are we doing?

Polluters pay, and then keep fouling the air anyway

Posted Mon, Nov 7, 3:47 p.m.

By Robert McClure/InvestigateWest and Lisa Stiffler/InvestigateWest

Regulators crack down on hundreds of pollution-pumping Northwest firms, but even when companies cooperate it can take years to bring emissions under control. Here, from a consortium of local and national investigative reporters, is a first-ever look at who pollutes and how much they pay for the privilege.

Farm workers at risk: EEOC wins NW harassment settlements

Posted Wed, Oct 26, 2 a.m.

By Eric Scigliano

The federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission sues a series of Northwest employers for letting foremen harass and assault immigrant workers. Civil rights attorneys say abused farm and janitorial workers are just starting to come forward.

Jonathan Raban's lonely journeys

Posted Wed, Oct 26, 2 a.m.

By Knute Berger

The eccentric West through the eyes of Seattle's British expat author is a landscape of strange customs, forlorn towns, and back roads. His mantra: "To be alone is to be safe."

Green Acre Radio: Stimulus project tries to satisfy environmentalists, Skagit farms

Posted Sat, Oct 22, 4:39 p.m.

By Martha Baskin

Sometimes the best thing for nature is a construction project. And this one hopes to meet the goals of both environmentalists and farmers.

Limits on health cuts don't prevent pain if Super Committee stumbles

Posted Sat, Oct 22, 2:30 p.m.

By Mark Trahant

Tribal leaders around the country are worried about deep cuts if the congressional Super Committee fails to head off automatic cuts. The concern extends to health programs.

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Wichita gets the bye-bye Boeing blues

Posted Mon, Nov 28, 2 a.m. 2011

by Eric Scigliano

Instead of building its long-awaited refueling tanker in Kansas, Boeing threatens to pull out.

How Umatilla chemical weapons changed NW history

Posted Fri, Oct 14, 2 a.m. 2011

by Floyd McKay

After initialing bowing to Pentagon plans to ship deadly weapons from Okinawa to Umatilla, Oregon's Tom McCall fought back. He soon became an outspoken Republican leader who pushed new land-use laws and criticized his own party's administration in D.C.

Midday Scan: Wednesday's top stories around the region

Posted Wed, Oct 5, 11 a.m. 2011

by Pete Jackson

In the news: Everett's last working mill finds a fairy godmother; an unknown Congressional candidate flexes his popular muscle; Howard Schultz faces criticism for not walking the walk; the AP is still questioning Amanda Knox's antics; and Seattle's Catholic pet-owners turn out for iguana blessings.

Review: Leopold film revitalizes land ethics for a new generation

Posted Thu, Oct 6, 2 a.m. 2011

by Pamela Biery

A new Aldo Leopold documentary is set to premiere in Seattle's U-District, but can it bring the importance of land use and connectivity home to a new generation of conservationists?

Midday Scan: Friday's top stories around the region

Posted Fri, Sep 30, 10:25 a.m. 2011

by Pete Jackson

The political education of former U.S. Attorney John McKay; a tax break for Safeco Field; Patty Murray's partisan email to supporters; Amazon magoozling in California; and Seattle's burgeoning population of bikers.

If earplugs don't work, try phone sex

Posted Wed, Sep 28, 10:10 a.m. 2011

by Eric Scigliano

Aviation officials suggest a novel recourse for citizens afflicted by Sea-Tac jet noise.

Cantwell pushes a new bill to boost low-income housing and jobs

Posted Tue, Aug 30, 3:20 p.m. 2011

by Judy Lightfoot

Washington Low Income Housing Alliance hosted Sen. Cantwell and affordable housing advocates at a forum in the impressively renovated Salishan neighborhood. Cantwell said her bill supports a "win-win-win" federal strategy.