A five-year battle over a bag of clams shows how a reliance on century-old treaties can lead authorities to treat members of some tribes differently than others.
Coastal gardens once saw harvests that rivaled today's commercial fisheries without exploiting the land. Some Native communities are now reviving the tradition.
Estimates put the sale price at $30-40 million, about a $200 million loss from the 1998 purchase price. And the Seattle company apparently has to carry unfunded pension liabilities as part of the deal...
Brunswick News, part of the Irving family's vast industrial holdings in Canada, is kicking the tires of Blethen Maine Newspapers, which is owned by the Seattle Times Co. The Irvings own most of the...