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Posted Fri, Oct 30, 6 a.m.
As our Charter Membership Drive continues, a few words from a Crosscut Public Media contributor
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Posted Mon, Oct 26, 6 a.m.
Preservationists worry that the character of Bellingham's historic neighborhood rides on the FDIC's willingness to enforce its own order restricting a controversial development.
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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 Thu, Oct 15, 6 a.m.
Brookings' Bruce Katz argues in a UW talk that this "metro" can help lead the U.S. toward a new, more prosperous economy.
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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 Fri, Sep 25, 6 a.m.
Some East Coast experts mistake the West for a thinly populated place, a wasteful region for Obama's new rail spending. The numbers tell a different, highly urban story.
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Posted Fri, Apr 10, 6 a.m.
A new book looks at one spectacular legacy in the Colorado Plateau
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Posted Thu, Apr 9, 6 a.m.
Can a Pacific Northwest utopia be shaped on the shared belief that nature is sacred? This latest installment in a series on regional identity looks at the patron saint of the environmental movement, John Muir, and how his thinking informs the desire for a new, greener, and elusive entity some call Cascadia.
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Posted Sat, Mar 14, 6 a.m.
A new poll suggests Western states report a better sense of well-being, but neither prosperity not recession seem to be making most Americans happier.
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Posted Fri, Feb 27, 6 a.m.
A feisty newspaper that carried on the Edward Abbey tradition in Moab, Utah, is closing. It's a sign, along with too much good coffee, of change in the West.
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Posted Mon, Feb 23, 6 a.m.
Walling off migration is not possible. But there are ways to downsize our ambitions to a Lesser Seattle, which might be good for America and the environment.
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Posted Fri, Feb 20, 6 a.m.
Internecine squabbles over hydroelectric power in the Northwest might lead to a new Power Act, possibly opening up the Columbia River system so that other states benefit, such as California. Part 2
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Posted Thu, Feb 19, 6 a.m.
The new money will speed up building lines to the new green energy economy. Or will it just touch off more power struggles? The Northwest has a rich history of these epic battles over public power. Part 1
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Posted Thu, Jan 29, 6 a.m.
If Democrats show that protecting the environment means more jobs, there's hope for real environmental progress, economic salvation and a retreat from old animosities
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Posted Fri, Jan 23, 6 a.m.
Forget cleaning up Puget Sound: we have bigger waters to take care of. A new name for the Pacific Northwest's inland sea challenges us to rethink the region and its identity.
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Posted Fri, Jan 9, 6 a.m.
The rule doesn't change much, says this commentator, mostly just making the status quo the legal status quo. So let it be.
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Posted Fri, Dec 26, 6 a.m.
Conservatives in the region pay too much heed to national conservative themes and not enough to the deep values of the Northwest. These values do not necessitate liberal politics.
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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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Posted Thu, Dec 4, 6 a.m.
With Obama's new New Deal gaining momentum, let's remain skeptical of big projects that are touted as economic saviors. States like ours may be desperate, but a boondoggle is still a boondoggle.
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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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Author Lorraine McConaghy discusses her book chronicling a seamy Seattle in the 1850s.
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Washington state's Vancouver is considering a slight but significant name change
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KCTS documentary on AYP Exposition airs tonight.
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It's fall, which means time to turn up the heat. For our writer, who appreciates every step from felling a tree to stacking a cord, there's nothing like heating a home with a fire.
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Kennewick area is third fastest in the nation last year, while Seattle area is 100th, well behind Portland
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Driving the interior West from Seattle to Arizona is a demoralizing experience, as hard times bites these hard-bitten towns.
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Our religious impulses toward the wilderness could be boosted by the way our brains work.
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