Oregon envy: Can a Seattleite turn green wishing to be there?
Posted Wed, Feb 3, 2 a.m.
Much as I hate to admit it, Portland and Oregonians come closer to the Northwest ideal than we do.
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Posted Wed, Feb 3, 2 a.m.
Much as I hate to admit it, Portland and Oregonians come closer to the Northwest ideal than we do.
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Posted Mon, Jan 25, 2 a.m.
As Oregon voters this week vote on two tax-hike measures, the Washington legislature watches for signs indicating whether tax increases could fly in their state.
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Posted Thu, Dec 31, 2 p.m.
For a transplanted Duck, there's a special joy in this year's Rose Bowl. 'We're here and you're not.'
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Posted Thu, Dec 24, 2 a.m.
And if you don't believe it, you can follow him (or his loot, at least) on Amazon's and other retailers' mesmerizing order-tracking Web pages.
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Posted Thu, Dec 17, 2 a.m.
Republican Chris Dudley, a former Portland Trailblazer, is the latest to join a crowded race for the open seat.
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Posted Thu, Dec 17, 2 a.m.
In an attempt to stop the move of oceanic research from Seattle to Newport, Ore., Washington leaders are pressing the case on behalf of Bellingham.
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Posted Tue, Dec 15, 2 a.m.
There's an energy "butterfly effect": Buy a TV in L.A. and the next thing you know we're developing more wind energy in the Columbia Gorge.
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Posted Mon, Dec 7, 2 a.m.
How World War II came to the Northwest: blackouts, interrupted broadcasts, and, finally, internment camps.
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Posted Fri, Dec 4, 2 a.m.
With the momentum of new legislation in Oregon and a new bicycling mayor in Seattle, Washington needs a bold new "vulnerable user" law for cyclists.
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Posted Tue, Nov 24, 6 a.m.
While multiple agencies argue over the Columbia River system, changes are afoot in the Nisqually Delta north of Olympia. Already you can see a difference.
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Posted Wed, Nov 18, 6 a.m.
States that love the citizen initiative are most in danger of fiscal insolvency, a study says, and Oregon may be next to tank.
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Posted Tue, Nov 3, 6 a.m.
The issues are maddeningly complex and politically explosive. Here's a close look at the bedeviled Klamath River basin, where a seeming agreement is dividing the greens.
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Posted Fri, Oct 30, 6 a.m.
Even a Seattle liberal can get that "not in Kansas anymore" feeling about a visit to Eugene, Ore.
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Posted Fri, Oct 16, 6 a.m.
The author of a new book on Oregon's little-remembered disaster finds some enduring truths while researching the tragedy.
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Posted Mon, Sep 28, 6 a.m.
A new study shows how many people are following the Northwest's lead of turning into religious skeptics and non-joiners.
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Posted Thu, Sep 24, 6 a.m.
Funding squeezes in Oregon put much of the history of Jacksonville behind closed doors. It could happen in King County next.
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Posted Wed, Sep 23, 6 a.m.
A Biological Opinion factors in the effect of climate change on California salmon runs and the orcas that depend on them. So why is the recent BiOp by NOAA on the Columbia and Snake so oblivious?
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Posted Tue, Sep 15, 3:34 p.m.
Salmon advocates had expected a move toward study of breaching dams as a remedy for declining runs on the Snake and Columbia. Instead, they got a "split-the-baby" decision that may please neither side of this hot political issue.
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Posted Wed, Sep 9, 9:24 p.m.
An art exhibit in Port Angeles displays creative responses to the Cascadia dream.
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Posted Fri, Sep 4, 6 a.m.
John Kitzhaber has jumped into the 2010 race, hoping for a third term. The Democrat faces a changed landscape from his highly effective earlier days.
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The decision to relocate the Marine Operations Center in Seattle to Newport has run afoul of flood-plain regulations. NOAA has agreed to reassess its decision, but the Oregon subsidy may still carry the day.
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The Northwest's newest Major League Soccer franchise has reached a deal with the city of Portland to renovate PGE Park, now a baseball stadium.
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Both Alaska and the New England states outdo Oregon and Washington in ranking low on the religiosity scale. A new survey finds that belief correlates strongly with Red states.
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New clues in Washington's weirdest worm mystery.
MOREPosted Wed, Dec 2, 4:13 p.m. 2009
The port's protest gained standing in Washington, D.C., leaving in doubt NOAA's selection of Newport for its Pacific Fleet, now based at Lake Union.
MOREPosted Sun, Nov 29, 2:20 p.m. 2009
What? The Apple Cup? No, not quite. Look south.
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.
MOREPosted Mon, Nov 2, 2:51 p.m. 2009
A shooting in BC answers the question
MOREPosted Thu, Sep 24, 5:32 p.m. 2009
You can't just block off vehicles and expect a public space. Here are some do's (Boulder, San Antonio) and don't's (Eugene).
MOREPosted Mon, Jun 29, noon 2009
The Oregon Legislature's big tax package faces a referendum, as legislators ponder changing the rules of the game
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