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• Bill lets 4 counties drop growth act

  March 8, 2011 in City on Page A1 OLYMPIA – The state’s environmental community is fighting a plan to allow four lightly populated Eastern Washington counties to opt out of the Growth Management Act. But in trying to … 13

• Goals include safe access for walkers, bicyclists

  January 7, 2010 in Washington Voices on Page N1 It really had nothing to do with the snow. Dave Robertson, 44, of west Spokane, was walking home from his job at Rings and Things downtown at dusk, on one … 2

• Stevens County must factor lynx habitat in plan

  April 8, 2009 in Idaho on Page A7 Stevens County must protect habitat for Canada lynx as part of the county’s growth planning, a recent court decision says. Fewer than 100 of the shy forest cats are believed …