Oct/Nov-2018

Move Forward on Water Quality Standards

Lorraine Loomis by Lorraine Loomis In an unfortunate reversal, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has decided to reconsider our state’s new water quality standards — the most protective in the nation — based on an industry trade group petition that argues the rules will increase their cost of [Read More...]

By |2022-03-14T13:14:26-07:00October 21, 2018|Being Frank|

The Other Half of Gardening

Peter HeffelfingerPhoto: Evelyn Adams by Peter Heffelfinger Appropriate to the fall season, the squirrels are rushing about the tops of the Douglas firs, sending a bumper fall crop of cones to the ground, where the bushy-tailed rodents will harvest and hide the seeds before the rains return. When [Read More...]

By |2022-03-14T13:20:09-07:00October 21, 2018|Northwest Gardening|

Defending Freedom of the Press

by Jennifer Karchmer “We’re in the truth business, and the knowledge business, not the entertainment business.” — Pete Hamill, longtime journalist and author of “News Is a Verb: Journalism at the End of the Twentieth Century.” With election season nearing, you’ve probably been hearing candidates talk about how they will [Read More...]

By |2022-03-14T13:11:52-07:00October 21, 2018|Cover Story|
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