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  • High times: 3 states to vote on recreational marijuana use

    Published October 08, 2012

    Advocates of legalizing marijuana for recreational use may be closing in on their first statewide victory. Voter initiatives that would legalize up to an ounce of pot will be on the ballot in three states in November; Oregon, Colorado and Washington State. Polling shows the measures leading in Washington and Colorado with at least 50 percent support.

  • Solar power company banks on loan, but skeptics question government investment in industry

    Published September 30, 2012

    SoloPower closed on a guaranteed government loan of $197 million last August, about the time another solar panel manufacturer, Solyndra, filed for bankruptcy. 

  • Washington State wants park system to think like the private sector

    Published September 24, 2012

    Washington State is considering being the first in the nation to make its Parks Department self-sustaining. As recently as 2009 the legislature appropriated $94 million toward the operating budget of the state’s 117 parks. But now, facing a $3 billion budget deficit, Democratic Governor Christine Gregoire is proposing cutting funding to zero.

  • Prosecutors drop effort to obtain Colorado shooting suspect's notebook

    Published September 20, 2012

    Prosecutors in the Aurora movie theatre massacre have dropped their efforts to get access to a notebook suspect James Holmes allegedly sent his therapist the day before the shooting rampage that left 12 people dead and 58 others wounded.

  • Feds probe sexual assault accusations against University of Montana football players

    Published September 11, 2012

    Missoula is a long way from Happy Valley and few would confuse the Penn State Nittany Lions football team with the Griz at the University of Montana. But both universities have been wildly successful on the field in the past and both are starting their 2012 football seasons under a dark cloud.

  • Life after bankruptcy: Problems persist as Vallejo, Calif., touts efforts to bounce back

    Published July 31, 2012

    This city of 118,000 northeast of San Francisco believes that after hitting rock bottom in 2008 it is now recovering from three years in bankruptcy.

  • Budget cuts force Oregon jail to give prisoners get-out-of-jail-free cards

    Published July 16, 2012

    A $100 million budget deficit in Lane County Oregon has prompted the Sheriff to release nearly 100 inmates from his jail, including several accused of killing people. 92 prisoners were freed over three days this month as the jail closed a whole wing of its 507 bed facility.

  • Washington state ferry fight pits family vs. government

    Published July 09, 2012

    From the scenic waters of Lake Chelan in Washington State, comes a battle over big government that could sail all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court. At issue is whether Cliff Courtney and his brothers, who live and operate a tourist resort in the isolated village of Stehekin, have a right to compete with a government-sanctioned ferry monopoly.

  • Japanese tsunami debris washing ashore in US; cleanup costs piling up

    Published June 25, 2012

    More than 15 months after a powerful 9.0 earthquake triggered a tsunami in Japan, some of the estimated 1.5 million tons of debris is finally starting to wash up on U.S. beaches. Among the items; a soccer ball in Alaska, a fishing boat in Washington State and a large dock in Oregon.

  • Firearm-friendly towns in Idaho lure gun makers

    Published June 11, 2012

    Detroit is known for cars, Los Angeles for its stars, but small towns in Idaho are trying to become gun towns. It’s not exactly a return to the Wild West. The goal is to get people working again.