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GOP fails to pick up Oregon congressional seat

Posted Tue, Jan 31, 10 p.m.

Republicans had a long-shot chance in a special election but lost even in the wake of a mess left by previous Democratic Rep. David Wu -- and a humorous, last-minute appeal by the GOP candidate for help to Stephen Colbert.

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Port opens door for China to get U.S. coal

Posted Fri, Jan 27, 2 a.m.

As Northwest concerns build about global and local environmental issues in the Northwest, a small Oregon port gives its approval to exporting coal to burn in Chinese power plants.

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Special congressional election in Oregon tests Democrats

Posted Tue, Jan 17, 6:31 a.m.

After the departure of a troubled Congressman, Oregon's Democrats are trying to hold what should be a safe seat.

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Dewey beats Stassen: Republicans hold a real debate

Posted Tue, Dec 27, 2 a.m.

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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University of Oregon blows its innovation chance

Posted Tue, Dec 6, 2 a.m.

Aiming to rank among the academic elite, like the University of Washington, the U of O instead winds up writing how-not-to lesson plans for a tight budget era.

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Sequim mastodon creates mystery about the first humans here

Posted Mon, Dec 5, 2 a.m.

The death of a mastodon nearly 14,000 years ago is helping reverse scientific thinking about the origins of human settlement in the Americas. Clearly, sophisticated hunting took place without any spread of culture from Alaska down the West Coast.

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More trains for NW may mean no more service

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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Seattle's missing out on the value of motorcycles

Posted Mon, Oct 31, 2 a.m.

Other cities, including Kirkland and San Francisco, are encouraging people to get out of cars and onto scooters and motorcycles. Seattle is mired in process on the question.

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Umatilla chemical weapons: end of a nightmare

Posted Tue, Oct 11, 11:45 a.m.

An international treaty has driven the destruction of deadly chemical weapons that had been stored near the Oregon community. Children in nearby counties no longer have to practice for the kind of disaster Saddam Hussein would have loved to inflict.

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Into thick sleet: Mount St. Helens turns sinister

Posted Wed, Oct 5, 2 a.m.

Three brothers savor a long-awaited volcano climb - until the weather turns, disaster looms, and a fellow hiker disappears.

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Coal-export plans turn into a running battle

Posted Wed, Sep 21, 12:45 p.m.

A growing coalition opposes the plans for shipping coal through the Northwest to China's electrical plants, but there is a lot of strength on the supporters' side, too.

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When the 'past' came to Century 21

Posted Mon, Sep 19, 2 a.m.

Forget Elvis. The real featured visitor to the Seattle world's fair was the region's past. Roy Rogers, Paul Bunyan, an Indian village, and a parade of old-timers were there to sell a version of "progress." On Tuesday, HistoryLink.org will bring a lot of the world's fair history back to life at its annual banquet.

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Cities now compete on how well they plan for biking-walking-transit

Posted Mon, Sep 5, 2 a.m.

With more people moving to urban settings, the cities such as Portland and Minneapolis that do the most to build transit and bike-friendly streets will be the economic winners.

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How a South Korean trade pact would impact the Northwest

Posted Thu, Sep 1, 2 a.m.

The free-trade agreement is getting close, though the politics is still divisive. Here's a look at how strong are the trade bonds between the Northwest and this Asian tiger, and it's far more than jetliners.

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The Mormons are coming!

Posted Fri, Aug 19, 2 a.m.

A book on America's "first civil war" looks at the so-called Mormon Rebellion, an event that spread fear throughout the Pacific Northwest as people worried about a new, independent theocratic state rising in the far West. The struggle has lessons for today.

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How the Feds failed Washington's great white worm

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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Northwest may never see another Republican like Hatfield

Posted Mon, Aug 8, 1:41 p.m.

Mark Hatfield fought against wars launched by presidents of both parties and championed aid for the poor, while remaining loyal to his party's leaders.

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The voodoo bug hits Oregon vintners

Posted Fri, Aug 5, 2 a.m.

Biodynamic winemaking, long established in Burgundy, has made the leap to Oregon, bringing with it ancient agricultural practices. Katherine Cole's new book, Voodoo Vintners, explores a world of grapes grown with the help of moon cycles, manure-packed cow horns, and lactating bovines. 

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'See Washington Last'

Posted Fri, Jul 22, 2 a.m.

The death of the state's tourism office creates opportunities for a don't-come-hither campaign. Time to reverse-market our Delicious apples as "forbidden fruit."

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Plastic-bag ban: Bellingham gets the job done

Posted Thu, Jul 14, 2 a.m.

With grocery stores lining up in support, Bellingham bans plastic bags with little of the fuss seen in Seattle. The city takes the "Oregon model," which Oregon hasn't adopted.

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Oregon Blog posts

McCormick, Schmick and ... Bubba's?!

Posted Mon, Jan 9, 2 a.m.

The restaurants, which have just seen an ownership change, trace their roots to Jake's in Portland. Whatever the new Texas-born owner does, according to our Portland-native writer, he shouldn't mess with Jake's.

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Washington: the growth state?

Posted Tue, Jan 3, 4:30 p.m.

The Northern Tier as a whole has seen a spurt in population.

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Why Portland begat 'Portlandia' and Seattle stopped being funny

Posted Sat, Dec 31, 6 a.m. 2011

Once Seattle had its own self-mocking comedy sketch show, but now it's too grown-up to be funny. Luckily, Portland's not.

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Judge in key salmon rulings is retiring

Posted Fri, Nov 25, 2 a.m. 2011

Judge James Redden has relentlessly demanded more from government attorneys trying to limit what must be done to protect salmon on the Columbia River.

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Midday Scan: Monday's top stories around the region

Posted Mon, Oct 17, 11 a.m. 2011

Do Westlakers protest too much? Oregon's new growth industry, communications specialists; what's killing killer whales in Alaska? Initiative 1163 stirs up the budget wars in Olympia; and a Snohomish politician pens a good local novel.

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How Umatilla chemical weapons changed NW history

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

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.

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Midday Scan: Tuesday's top stories around the region

Posted Tue, Sep 20, 11 a.m. 2011

In the news: Corrections abstains from more projected budget cuts; an Alaska town takes environmental controversy into its own hands; city council badmouths the mounted police; social security, explained; and why ATM users should watch their backs. 

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Midday Scan: Friday's top stories around the region

Posted Fri, Sep 9, 11 a.m. 2011

Rumbles on the waterfront; another case of Portland-envy; dubious distinction time for Washington colleges; Rose City roses for Obama's speech; and a study puts tolls on 520 under another cloud.

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Midday Scan: Friday's top stories around the region

Posted Fri, Sep 2, 11 a.m. 2011

Passing of eras in Everett and Portland; McKenna gets a lesson from the Supreme Court; Tim Burgess wants to save Seattle's downtown, while Howard Schultz may want to save the country.

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Staff director of super-committee in Congress comes well trained

Posted Wed, Aug 31, 5 p.m. 2011

Mark Prater comes out of progressive Republican politics in Oregon, and he learned his dealmaking skills from a master, Sen. Bob Packwood.

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In Oregon, a fizzled effort to criminalize tweets The Oregonian reports, "It was dubbed the 'flash mob' bill when it got a hearing Monday at the Oregon Legislature -- a proposal to make it a felony to summon people by Twitter or email to commit a crime at a designated place."

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Two brothers use music to fight Alzheimer's disease The Oregonian reports, "The brain's musical pathways, it turns out, remain intact longer, even after speech and short-term memory fade. Research increasingly backs up that insight, and long-term care centers are increasingly employing it."

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In Oregon, early childhood ed gets an overhaul The Oregonian reports, "Gov. John Kitzhaber wants sweeping changes in early childhood programs in Oregon to make them better coordinated, easier for the neediest families to access and more focused on preparing youngsters for kindergarten."

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Oregon businessman blocked from U.S. after delivering humanitarian aid to Libya The man, a Muslim who is a trusted volunteer with a Christian nonprofit, fled Libya's brutal regime 35 years ago and has built an importing business in the Portland area. U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden is inquiring about why U.S. authorities suddenly blocked him, but a civil rights group says this frequently happens to Muslims traveling abroad.

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Environmental groups hope to replace Oregon counties' federal-forest payments The Oregonian reports, "A coalition of environmental groups, hoping to head off congressional action they believe would increase unsustainable logging, propose a three-prong approach for replacing federal forest payments to hard-hit Oregon counties."

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