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High tech inspires rural boom -- and fear it could go poof

11 May 2008, 5:23 pm

"It's like we're still waiting for something. So far, we're not really seeing the growth we expected." When the wind blows across the arid river basin, dust swirls and scatters over the sun-heated earth of this small farming town, sneaking into buildings on pant legs and the tops of shoes. via KCPQ... read more

Colombia's popular president hovers above scandal

10 May 2008, 5:13 pm

"It's almost as if he's a person with supernatural powers that let him do whatever he likes" These are trying days for President Alvaro Uribe, Washington's closest ally in a region dominated by leftist leaders. via Seattle Post-Intelligencer ... read more

Yakima's crime rate plummets to lowest in decades

9 May 2008, 5:10 pm

"That was never the case back then." ANDY SAWYER/Yakima Herald-Republic Yakima Police Department Sgt. Joe Salinas, head of the department's Gang Enforcement Unit, takes a suspected gang member into temporary custody March 24, 2007. via Yakima Herald-Republic ... read more

President Signs Bill Creating Wilderness Area

8 May 2008, 5:09 pm

President Bush signed a bill today creating the Wild Sky wilderness. It designates 167 square miles in the Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest north of Highway 2 near Sultan for the government's highest ... via KAPP ... read more

Agreement reached on incentives for Iran on nuclear program

7 May 2008, 7:44 pm

"Unless that changes, the political process is being stripped of its meaning" World powers agreed Friday to try again to lure Iran to the nuclear bargaining table with a repackaged set of carrots to accompany the stick of U.N. sanctions. via Seattle Times ... read more

State oyster dredge sinks, leaking fuel

6 May 2008, 7:34 pm

The Washington Department of Ecology says a 50-foot oyster dredge that sank in Grays Harbor leaked an undetermined amount of marine fuel into the bay. via KOMO News ... read more