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Posted Tue, Jan 31, 9:19 p.m.
Anti-abortion activism has caused estrangement of two agencies serving women's health needs. Caught in the middle: women in Washington and Idaho served by breast-cancer screenings.
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Posted Mon, Jan 9, 2 a.m.
Who did most to raze, wreck, uproot, neglect, and generally trash our historic treasures in 2011? The envelopes, please...
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Posted Fri, Nov 11, 2 a.m.
Oregon will soon receive more Talgo trains, made in an American plant. But advocates fear Northwest states will miss the chance to open new service.
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Posted Tue, Sep 27, 2 a.m.
The highways will likely receive less attention. But that's just the start when layoffs hit Hanford, the Forest Service, national parks, and more.
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Posted Wed, Sep 7, 2 a.m.
Through a series of political machinations, Congress has taken gray wolves in Idaho, Montana, Utah, and parts of Oregon and Washington off the endangered species list. Will a new state plan go far enough to protect the Washington population?
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Posted Thu, Aug 25, noon
Howard Schultz of Starbucks is trying to start a national reform movement to get some big solutions to our big impasses. Here are some suggestions for translating these ideas to our state.
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Posted Tue, Aug 9, 2 a.m.
The Feds deal a blow to the Giant Palouse Earthworm's endangered species status, partly because it appears to live on in far-flung habitats. Still, the mysteries of this ice-age survivor endure, and deepen.
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Posted Fri, Jul 8, 2 a.m.
The artist riffs on his lifelong desire to "create wonder." An exhibition of his work has just opened at the Northwest Museum of Art in La Conner, where Balazs will give a talk on Saturday afternoon (July 9), reception following.
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Posted Wed, Jun 22, 10:08 p.m.
Tribal enterprises are pumping money into local economies, and there's an opportunity to save money by rethinking Medicaid rules.
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Posted Tue, Jun 21, 7:09 a.m.
As the lawsuits and citizen opposition mount up, the oil companies are looking at other routes and changing their story about the size of the huge modules they hope to haul by truck on a two-lane highway from Lewiston to Alberta's vast oil reserves.
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Posted Fri, Mar 11, 2 a.m.
Giant modules for petroleum production in Alberta are making their way through the Northwest. And raising questions about the environment.
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Posted Thu, Mar 3, 2 a.m.
Politicians in the Northwest have been trying for some time to free the states of the burden of obeying Endangered Species Act protections for the gray wolf. Now, bills in Olympia would give the legislature a chance to play to the anti-wolf crowd.
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Posted Mon, Jan 17, 2 a.m.
As the Civil War reaches its 150th anniversary, it's time to reflect on the impact of that era on the Pacific Northwest, and how political battles over slavery, secession, and states' rights were fought not just back East, but in the Rain Belt too.
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Posted Fri, Jan 7, 4 p.m.
U.S. laws limit the burning of coal here, and Washington state has a strong green influence. Passenger rail in Seattle and beyond would suffer consequences from shipments to Bellingham. But the financial firepower lined up in favor of shipping coal from Washington ports to China is gigantic.
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Posted Tue, Jan 4, 2 a.m.
The worst developments in Northwest heritage and historic preservation for 2010.
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Posted Fri, Nov 12, 2 a.m.
Big Oil's plans for developing Alberta's sands involve shipping huge equipment up the Columbia to Lewiston, Idaho, then by truck to the north. Environmentalists fear the plan will keep four Snake River dams operating.
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Posted Thu, Nov 4, 2 a.m.
The federal government tried to lift protections, but environmentalists won a court victory. Now, the governor of Idaho is taking a different approach.
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Posted Tue, Oct 12, 2 a.m.
The political campaign has brought a lot of talk about the private sector being the only place jobs are created. It flies in the face of reality.
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Posted Wed, Oct 6, 2 a.m.
Some straws in the wind suggest the rising of a third party and support for "solutionist" politicians. Here's how it might get started locally.
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Posted Wed, Jul 7, 2 a.m.
Because of bureaucratic delays, money for high-speed rail may not reach the Northwest until fall.
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In the news today: Seattle's former transportation director gets serious about BART, Idahoans Internet access is WAY slower than yours, and British Columbia eyes the role of geothermal king of the world.
MOREPosted Mon, Apr 11, 2 a.m. 2011
A bill to allow guns on campuses died in the Idaho Senate but a number of other states are looking at joining the frenzy. It's all about bullying higher education's learning communities and catering to the NRA's desires.
MOREPosted Thu, Feb 24, 6 a.m. 2011
The Northwest has always had its share of racist groups, and the latest Southern Poverty Law Center report identifies 13 in Washington state alone.
MOREPosted Sat, Feb 5, 9:33 a.m. 2011
The expanding mystery of what lives under our feet in the Pacific Northwest gets "curiouser and curiouser."
MOREPosted Thu, Oct 7, 10:05 p.m. 2010
And also recognizing a few historic gems, with good news for Bainbridge and Crosscut.
MOREPosted Wed, Jul 21, 11:42 p.m. 2010
The Feds decided to find out if the Great White worm of the Palouse is endangered or not.
MOREPosted Wed, Apr 28, 10:29 a.m. 2010
Live specimens of the rare Great White Palouse earthworm have been found, great for Northwest science, but a let-down for The New York Times.
MOREPosted Mon, Nov 30, 2:26 p.m. 2009
The recent spate of police executions triggers a thought about the third rail of Northwest politics: gun control. What of those plans to ban, or allow, firearms in public parks?
MOREPosted Fri, Nov 27, 1:59 p.m. 2009
A leader in civil aviation and a mainstay of Democratic politics in the Northwest dies of lung cancer in Boise. A friend recalls Stimpson's amazing network of pals and people he helped.
MOREPosted Mon, Nov 23, 6 a.m. 2009
The parties are back in court this morning to revisit the federal government's unadopted plans to protect the river system's salmon, listed 15 years ago as endangered.
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