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  • Colorado crews contain 15 percent of deadly fire that claimed 4,100 acres

    Published March 29, 2012

    Crews are making progress on a wildfire that has killed two people in the mountains southwest of Denver and scorched 4,100 acres.

  • Wind power companies paid to not produce

    Published March 07, 2012

    Wind farms in the Pacific Northwest -- built with government subsidies and maintained with tax credits for every megawatt produced -- are now getting paid to shut down as the federal agency charged with managing the region's electricity grid says there's an oversupply of renewable power at certain times of the year.

  • Washington race gives GOP candidates last chance for momentum before Super Tuesday

    Published March 02, 2012

    For the first time in decades, Republican caucus-goers in Washington state may have a real say in who runs for president. 

  • Volunteers replace city workers

    Published February 24, 2012

    With budgets tighter than ever, cities across America are increasingly looking for more free labor. Nowhere is that trend more evident than Yakima, Washington. 

  • Powell 9-1-1 tapes released

    Published February 08, 2012

    Police in Pierce County, Washington have released the chilling 9-1-1 tapes from Sunday’s double-murder-suicide by Josh Powell—husband of Susan Powell who went missing in Utah more than 2 years ago.

  • Bloggers, Not Journalists

    Published December 22, 2011

    ‘Bloggers Beware’. That was the headline on a conservative blog following a $2.5 million judgment against blogger Crystal Cox in a defamation case tried in federal court in Oregon. It’s a case followed closely in the blogosphere and in the traditional media as it highlights the proliferation of blogging, the blurring of lines between journalists and bloggers and more libel cases born out of blog posts.

  • State Budgets Growing Despite Vows to Cut Spending

    Published December 09, 2011

    To lawmakers, a spending cut is often a reduction to the amount of spending growth that had been anticipated. This mindset helps explain why in state governments across the country, budgets are increasing despite vows to cut spending. 

  • Corporate Competitions Offer Employees Incentives to Lose Weight, Gain Cash

    Published December 01, 2011

    Is corporate America taking a page from The Biggest Loser? You bet. In an effort to reduce health care costs, a growing number of companies are offering cash to overweight workers who lose weight

  • Energy in America: No Bridge to Oil

    Published November 28, 2011

    North of the Arctic Circle, the tiny village of Nuiqsut, Alaska, has become the latest flash point in the struggle between oil drilling and environmentalism. 

  • Regulation Nation: Shell Ready to Move on Alaska Wells -- If Alphabet Soup of Challenges Would End

    Published November 16, 2011

    An estimated 27 billion barrels of oil are sitting just off the northern coast of Alaska in waters controlled by the United States, but despite spending more than five years and $4 billion, Shell Oil Company still can't get to it.