Spokane County has decided to delay their decision on the proposed wastewater treatment plant. Last night, citizens raised questions about committing to a $142 million contract for construction before obtaining the necessary discharge permits. According to the S-R, Rachael Paschal Osborn, from the Sierra Club,…
Sen. Ted Stevens in his Incredible Hulk tie. AP Photo/Lauren Victoria Burke On his 85th birthday, the longest serving Republican in U.S. history, Sen. Ted Stevens, barely lost his re-election bid yesterday. This is a major shift in Alaska: Stevens began his political involvement before…
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has released a startling new report: 50 percent more children in this country went hungry last year, and almost one in eight Americans struggled to feed themselves adequately. And this was before the economy tanked, so those numbers are expected…
President-elect Barack Obama submitted a nearly four-minute video message to the Governors’ Global Climate Summit yesterday, in which he vowed to make greenhouse gas emission reduction a priority. The summit, hosted by California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, was graced by Obama via the YouTube. In his…
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