Stories for July 8, 2009

The Google-Microsoft slugfest

Wed, Jul 8, 4:28 p.m.

By Robert Fortner

It's Bing versus Chrome in the endless cycle of capitalist vengeance

Dignity and pity in a tent city

Wed, Jul 8, 6:43 a.m.

By Judy Lightfoot

Notes from Nickelsville: fragile communities with fragile people like Chris in them

Why light rail was predestined for MLK Way

Wed, Jul 8, 6 a.m.

By Robert Ketcherside

The Bogue Plan, defeated in 1911 by voters, lived on in many ways, one of which was creating a route that would prove ideal for rail. Now, 98 years later, it's happening.

Dairy farms are putting in digesters, creating methane to power electrical generators, fertilizer, and cattle bedding. One problem: hydropower in the Northwest is so cheap that farmers can't make money selling their kilowatts.