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Spokane, Washington  Est. May 19, 1883

MONDAY, OCT. 24, 2011

AM Headlines -- 10.24.11

“We need to put these assets to work. They shouldn’t sit during the summer just because people aren’t skiing,” Phil Edholm, CEO of Lookout Pass, said Friday. The Ski Area Recreational Opportunity Act, which passed both houses unanimously, would allow the U.S. Department of Agriculture…

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Artist To Give Birth Before Audience 19 

Brooklyn-based performance artist Marni Kotak, who plans to give birth to her first child in front of a public audience at the Microscope Gallery in the Bushwick section of Brooklyn, is shown at the gallery, which has been converted into a birthing room in New…

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Buck Knives: All In The Family

Buck Knives’ roots trace back to 1902, when 13-year-old blacksmith apprentice Hoyt Buck developed a method of heat-treating steel so that hoes and other tools would hold their edges better. But the business wasn’t launched until more than four decades later, when Hoyt and his…

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Griz Wrangler Adusts To New Normal

A few weeks ago, she was just a wrangler who led dudes on trail rides near Glacier National Park. This week, Erin Bolster is trying to deal with a thousand email messages a day, not to mention book proposals and tempting job offers. The wrangler…

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Blanchette: Cougs Deserved Boos 

Since they let the fans pick the uniforms online last week, maybe the next step for the Washington State Cougars is to let them call the plays from the stands. On the next-to-last snap before halftime here Saturday night, quarterback Jeff Tuel ducked and wiggled…

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