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Taking 'Death with Dignity' lessons from Oregon

Posted Thu, Sep 18, 3 a.m.

Washington state voters must soon make up their minds about I-1000, a measure supporting physician-assisted suicide, which appears on the ballot this November. Former Oregon Gov. Barbara Roberts championed a similar law in her home state and supports I-1000. Here's a look at the results of Oregon's law, passed in 1997, and the issues surrounding it.

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Memories of an intense Oregon primary, 1968

Posted Sat, May 17, midnight

A young cameraman watched the McCarthy-Kennedy contest close up, wrestling with his own issues in a time when "I was scared of my own country."

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2008: Year of Hope, Year of Fear. Essay 8

Posted Wed, Dec 31, 9 a.m.

Is this the year the Republicans went down for the count?

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Meet the Pacific albus tree, harbinger of green forestry

Posted Tue, Dec 30, 6 a.m.

This fast-growing, light-weight poplar is finding a market in a more carbon-conscious forest-products industry.

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Can Seattle be a Slow City?

Posted Wed, Dec 24, 6 a.m.

An international movement to change the ethic of growing cities seems right for the Northwest. But we'd have to check the boom-town impulses embedded both in our growth economy and our frontier DNA.

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How Wall Street is destroying the timber way of life

Posted Fri, Dec 12, 6 a.m.

The pressure for real estate and the short-term perspective of fancy Wall Street financial instruments have changed the old line companies utterly.

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Memo to Obama: good local talent out here

Posted Fri, Nov 28, 6 a.m.

So far, no big catches in the Northwest by the Obama team. But keep an eye on Rep. Adam Smith.

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Joe the Bigfoot Hunter

Posted Mon, Nov 10, 6:46 p.m.

The campaign symbol that got away. Plus: tales of ravenous locusts, obese bears, Bigfoot's B.C. invasion, and more animal news.

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The incredible, shrinking Northwest GOP

Posted Fri, Nov 7, midnight

As Washington and Oregon become increasingly urban, Republicans are increasingly scarce. They remain in control of isolated, rural counties, but their numbers are no match for Democrats.

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The Alaska and Oregon races could be filibuster busters

Posted Sun, Oct 26, 10:45 a.m.

The fierce struggle over the 60-vote barrier in the U.S. Senate could be decided by a third-party candidate in Oregon.

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Anger over the right to die

Posted Fri, Oct 24, midnight

If God wants to join the political debate over assisted suicide, he should expect a bloody nose.

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Bringing back the wolves of Olympic National Park

Posted Mon, Oct 20, midnight

A new study reveals the changes wrought on Olympic National Park's ecosystem when the wolves disappeared, presenting a compelling argument for reintroducing them.

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Making Western states bicycle-friendly

Posted Sat, Oct 18, midnight

Unless you're in Washington, which ranks No. 1, state officials and bicycle advocacy groups have a lot of work to do.

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Indiana Jones, meth addict

Posted Sun, Oct 12, 4:09 p.m.

The strange link between looting Indian artifacts and methamphetamine users.

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The state's economic strength helps Gregoire

Posted Fri, Oct 10, 4 p.m.

Some misery is more equal than others, as new figures show. The governor also gains a notch by being able to dole out budget savings.

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(Historical) context is everything

Posted Tue, Oct 7, 3 a.m.

Making arrowheads, tossing spears, wandering old homesteads, and studying petroglyphs: All are part of a Washington state program designed to ensure that material progress doesn't completely obliterate the past. Part 1

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Pit bulls, bears, and lipstick: more attacks involving animals

Posted Tue, Sep 16, 4 a.m.

Lessons learned from the places where people, animals, and politics collide.

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Northwest national candidates through the ages

Posted Wed, Sep 3, 6 p.m.

Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin is hardly the first from this corner of the country to run for one of the highest offices, but those who made it to the general election are relatively few.

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A state agency eyes public-private transportation funding

Posted Tue, Sep 2, 2 a.m.

No less than the Washington State Investment Board, which oversees public pensions, is giving serious consideration to government-business partnerships to make infrastructure improvements. Experts identify several possibilities, including the Highway 520 bridge rebuild, I-5 across the Columbia River, and improvement of ferry service.

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One man's one-man team

Posted Sun, Aug 31, 11 a.m.

Biding time until coach Tyrone Willingham is gone, cranky University of Washington football fans at least get to watch an NFL quarterback prospect excel. Jake Locker does so in spite of those around him.

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After a late start, MSM blogs are everywhere

Posted Wed, Aug 13, 5 a.m.

The Northwest's mainstream newspapers are reporting political news on the Web first. Part 3 of 3

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Eat and walk your way through Northwest cities

Posted Wed, Aug 13, 5 a.m.

Our Whidbey Island correspondent shares her favorite way to explore the food and atmosphere of Portland, Vancouver, and Seattle.

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Oregon nabs top UW climate expert for its new institute Philip Mote will head the Oregon Climate Change Research Institute, based at OSU.

Last-minute decision to double logging in SW Oregon Interior Department rules to defy objections by agencies and Oregon's governor by increasing the allowable logging in southwest Oregon national forests. The decision will revive the timber wars.

A small Oregon timber town reinvents itself and joins the modern economy Estacada, pop. 2,900, has lost its logging trucks and replaced them with light industry.

10 top Northwest books for 2008 The Oregonian comes up with an especially good list of books by Northwest writers.

As customers trade down, Oregon's wine industry is hurting It has established Oregon pinot noir as a national brand, but premium brands are having trouble in the poor economy.

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A region in decline

Posted Tue, Jan 6, 6 a.m.

Once known for resilience, the Northwest now seems baffled as regards an economic strategy for the recession.

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The Postal Service greets the Great Nearby

Posted Mon, Jan 5, 6 a.m.

In 2009, two Northwest states are honored with an endangered species: postage stamps.

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Oregon will move to tax cars by the mile

Posted Tue, Dec 30, 6 a.m. 2008

The gas tax would be phased out and drivers monitored by GPS and subjected to a mileage tax instead.

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The politics of beards

Posted Sat, Jan 3, 3 p.m.

Is Portland the "beardiest" city in America? Should Prince William shave his new whiskers? And what will the impact of a baby-faced Obama be on facial hair fashion?

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In search of a new Oregon flag

Posted Tue, Dec 23, 6 a.m. 2008

Flag-wavers in Oregon share an unusual distinction with Moldova and Paraguay, but the state's largest newspaper wants to change all that. The result is an identity crisis.

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Is Northwest nature worship neurological?

Posted Thu, Nov 20, 6:30 a.m. 2008

Our religious impulses toward the wilderness could be boosted by the way our brains work.

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Sausage Links, concessions of hope edition

Posted Fri, Nov 7, 1:50 p.m. 2008

There's still hope for state Republicans. According to columnist Joel Connelly, all the GOP needs to do is cut ties with its biggest backer — the Building Industry Association of Washington.

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State by state with NBC's Chuck Todd

Posted Sat, Nov 1, 6:22 p.m. 2008

The network's political director surveys all 50 states for races and trends to watch. Here's what he sees in the Northwest.

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Looking forward to Tuesday

Posted Sun, Nov 2, 6:12 a.m. 2008

Some links to voting-related Web sites to help you prepare.

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Sausage Links, 'Are the polls wrong?' edition

Posted Fri, Oct 31, 3:29 p.m. 2008

Will the purported Obama wave show up to the polls on Tuesday? Actually, the wave may be bigger than we all expected.

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