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Politics
U.S. Media Is Divided On Its Coverage Of The Cohen Plea And Manafort Verdict
President Trump has had a terrible week, with two former associates guilty of federal crimes. That story is being told very differently in the right and left-leaning media that many Americans follow.
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Environment
After $51M Tourism Loss To Wildfires, Oregon Wants Visitors To Come Back
Nearly $51 million in tourism revenue was lost in Oregon last year because of wildfires.
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Environment
After $51M Tourism Loss To Wildfires, Oregon Wants Visitors To Come Back
Nearly $51 million in tourism revenue was lost in Oregon last year because of wildfires.
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Music
'A Tone Of Melancholy': How Jocelyn Pook's Music Captures Pain
Jocelyn Pook has written award-winning music for the theater, dance and the concert stage. Her work can be heard right now in cinemas on the score to 'The Wife' and in households in the Netflix series 'The Staircase.'
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Politics
Long Before Facebook, The KGB Spread Fake News About AIDS
In the '80s, the Soviet Union and allies participated in a widespread disinformation campaign: disseminating the theory that the AIDS virus had been manufactured by the United States.
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National
Undocumented Immigrant Charged With Murder In Case Of Missing Iowa Student
The body of Mollie Tibbetts, an Iowa college student who went missing on July 18, was found earlier this week. Police have charged Cristhian Rivera, an undocumented immigrant, with first degree murder in this case.
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Could Forest Restoration in Washington Privatize Land Management Or Make It More Efficient?
In 2013, the U.S. Forest Service was looking for someone to reduce wildfire risk and rehabilitate a stand of overgrown trees on the Colville National...
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Could A Washington Forest Restoration Project Privatize Land Management, Or Make It More Efficient?
In 2013, the U.S. Forest Service was looking for someone to reduce wildfire risk and rehabilitate a stand of overgrown trees on the Colville National Forest in northeastern Washington. Colville-based Vaagen Brothers Lumber submitted the one and only proposal to take on the ‘A to Z’ project. Its future awaits a federal court decision.
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Northwest Coastal Towns Grapple With Growth Of Vacation Rentals
Hot housing markets in major cities like Seattle and Portland have pushed the cities to regulate short-term rentals like Airbnb. But small Pacific Northwest towns popular with visitors are also struggling to balance the growth of Airbnb-type rentals with a tight housing supply.
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Business
To Cap? To Tax? To Regulate? West Coast Towns Tackle Short-term Rentals
Hot housing markets in major cities like Seattle and Portland have pushed the cities to regulate short-term rentals like Airbnb. But small Pacific...