Editor's Take: March 27, 2008
Morse Wildlife Preserve
Washington Bets on the Farm
I dread that stretch of I-5 from Seattle to Portland. You know what I’m talking about -- radiating from Renton down to Olympia -- shopping malls, outlet stores, sprawl, sprawl, and more sprawl. Washington state is offering funds to save local farmland from development in Pierce County. And it’s making a difference. See today’s Tacoma News Tribune for the scoop.
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Washington State Works to Save Local Farmland
Tacoma News Tribune
03/27/2008
Dick and Terry Carkner have spent 25 years working their rich Puyallup Valley soil, but they worry what will happen to it 25 years down the road.
That's why they sought public money to keep Terry's Berries, their 21-acre organic farm between Tacoma and Puyallup, from being sold to developers.
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NW, National Food Chains Try Buying Local
Washington Post
03/27/2008
Some regional chains and national food service providers are launching their own buy-local experiments. For some, like Portland's Burgerville, it fits their corporate mission. Others are driven by rising concerns about food safety, skyrocketing fuel costs and growing consumer demand for fresh, seasonal food. Whatever the reason, the attempts are spurring a massive overhaul of the way these businesses operate, from the way they plan menus and pick suppliers to the way they think about food costs and distribution.
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Idaho's Economy Expands, but Income Doesn't Keep Up
Boise Idaho Statesman
03/27/2008
Despite an economy that grew at a faster rate than the U.S. economy, per capita income in Idaho remained mired among the lowest in the nation in 2007, according to government statistics released Wednesday.
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15 Million Salmon Go Under the Knife
Seattle Times
03/27/2008
The task is to make hatchery-bred salmon distinguishable from wild salmon so that commercial fishermen and sport anglers can tell them apart.
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Portland's Streetcar Dreams
Oregonian
03/27/2008
To direct growth in the coming decades, Portland is embarking on a back-to-the-future course, to a time in the early 20th century when streetcars were as commonplace as buses are today.
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Portland Cafe Offers Address for Homeless Voters
Willamette Week
03/27/2008
Homeless people are getting more than a warm lunch from Sisters of the Road Cafe this year. They're getting a chance to vote.
Recognizing Oregon's vote-by-mail system requires a mailing address for Oregonians to get their ballot, Sisters offers its address of 133 NW 6th Ave. to its homeless clientele.
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Tri-Cities Lead in Washington's Population Growth
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
03/27/2008
Many of Washington's metropolitan areas have grown substantially since 2000, with the Tri-Cities, Bellingham and Olympia showing the highest percentage growth, the Census Bureau reported Thursday.
The state's smaller communities, called "micropolitan" areas, also showed solid growth, the agency said.
More than 5.6 million of the state's 6.4 million residents live in metro or micropolitan areas, with the rest in more rural settings.
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More Access to Higher Education for NW Tribes
KUOW
03/27/2008
Five area colleges and universities have joined together to provide education and services to tribal peoples in the Pacific Northwest.
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Childhood Interrupted: Immigrants in Seattle
KUOW
03/27/2008
In and around Seattle, the population of Mexican immigrants steadily grows. Increasingly, more of them are children. Parents bring them along to the Northwest in hopes their children will thrive with new opportunities. But what happens when you take kids who only know life in an Indian village and drop them in Seattle, with its fast-paced lifestyle?
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Port of Vancouver, Wash., Buying 60% Wind Power
Vancouver Columbian
03/26/2008
The Port of Vancouver has handled the import of wind turbines for a few years. Now the agency is buying 60 percent of its electricity from power generated by wind farms in Eastern Washington and Eastern Oregon.
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