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Clinton Down, But Not Out in Oregon
Hillary Clinton returned to Oregon last night with a stop at the fairgrounds in Central Point outside of Medford. The Senator from New York made it clear she plans to stick with her campaign at least through Oregon’s primary on May 20th. Jessica Robinson has more. More >

Oregon Political Races Hit the Airwaves
Television airwaves are filling up with political ads as the May 20 deadline to vote approaches. And it’s not just Presidential candidates buying time. Chris Lehman reports. More >

Facebook and State AGs Agree to Safety Plan
Facebook, the social networking website, has agreed to take steps to protect its youngest members from on-line predators. The California-based company entered into an agreement with Attorneys General from the Northwest and throughout the country. Austin Jenkins has details. More >

Coeur d’Alene’s Last Mill Saws Final Log
It's the end of an era in Coeur d’Alene as the Stimson Lumber Company’s mill saw its final log on Monday. Demand for lumber has been plummeting, but this mill’s days were numbered anyway because of the transformation of the town where it’s located. Tom Banse reports. More >

WA Invests $25 Million in Biofuels WSU Lab
There’s been backlash recently on using food crops like corn and soybeans for fuel. Researchers at Washington State University in the Tri-Cities dedicated a new lab today that will research how to turn things like hay, wood and even paper products into biofuels. Richland Correspondent Anna King has the story. More >

County Payments Attached to Iraq Spending Bill
There’s a new effort underway in Congress to renew Federal subsidies to counties in timber dependant areas. More >

New Wrinkle in Sea Lion Deaths
An investigation into the deaths of six sea lions near Bonneville Dam on the Columbia River is starting to look like an episode of C-S-I. A NOAA Fisheries spokesman says necropsies performed on the animals over the past few days led to a surprising conclusion. More >

WA Lawmakers On the Road to Discuss Property Taxes
Majority Democrats in the Washington legislature did NOT tackle property tax reform this year – despite promises to do so. Now they’re hitting the road for a series of election year property tax forums. The first one is Thursday in the Tri-Cities. Austin Jenkins has this preview. More >

WA: Mentally Ill Children’s Long Wait for Treatment
Imagine having a young child who beats you up – physically, violently. A child who doesn’t just throw the occasional temper tantrum, but rages out of control daily. This has been Janet Friedberg’s agony for the past seven years. Now the suburban Seattle mother of three is speaking out - about the lack of services available to families like hers - including the long wait to get her child into in-patient psychiatric care. Austin Jenkins reports. More >

Seattle, Portland Join Anti-Water Bottle Movement
More cities around the country are joining the movement against bottled water. Seattle became the latest Northwest city to urge its residents to tap into tap water today. Correspondent Chris Lehman reports. More >

Big Oil Executive Defends Profits
The president of Shell Oil Company vigorously defended his industry’s record profits at a gathering of state attorneys general in Coeur d’Alene. You could say John Hofmeister went into a roomful of sharks. But there were no attacks yesterday. Hofmeister told the energy summit there’s nothing governments can do in the short term about oil prices. More >

Auto Theft Drops 18% In WA State
Fewer people’s cars were stolen in Washington State last year. New crime statistics show auto theft dropped 18-percent in 2007. Police credit aggressive crackdowns and tougher sentences for a crime that used to not get a lot of attention. Correspondent Austin Jenkins reports. More >

Attorneys General Treat Big Oil With Kid Gloves
Another day, another new high for oil prices. Against that backdrop, the president of Shell Oil Company delivered a vigorous defense of his industry’s record profits. The oil executive stopped in the Northwest – in his words – to “educate” political leaders. Correspondent Tom Banse reports on the message and the reaction in Coeur d’Alene. More >

Presidential Candidates Court Rural NW Voters
In recent primaries, Hillary Clinton has fared especially well with rural voters. Now, she’s hoping to repeat that success in Oregon. Clinton is making a campaign stop in southern Oregon on Thursday evening. It comes on the heels of an unusual outreach effort in the region last week. Chris Lehman reports. More >

Housing Slump Good News for Northwest Fruit Growers
The housing slump is bad news for builders, but not for Northwest fruit growers. One of the world’s largest fruit companies reported a record turn out at its job fair recently. Richland Correspondent Anna King has the story. More >

Uranium Enrichment Plant Chooses Idaho
Areva has chosen Idaho as the site for a two billion dollar uranium enrichment plant. More >

Grant County Measles Outbreak Worries Officials
At least a dozen people in Grant County have come down with a tell tale rash and high fever. It’s measles. And health officials are worried more people may become ill. Anna King has the story. More >

Latest Recovery Plan Sets Salmon Survival Standards
The Bush Administration is making its third try at convincing a federal judge that Northwest dams and irrigation programs can be made compatible with endangered salmon. The jury is out on whether the latest plan will pass muster. Correspondent Tom Banse reports. More >

Investigation: Sea lion Shooting Planned With Care
Federal officials say only one of the six sea lions illegally shot on the Columbia River over the weekend was on a “wanted” list. Correspondent Tom Banse reports investigators have quickly come to the conclusion that the shooter must have had some insider knowledge. More >

Nations’ Attorneys General in Idaho to Discuss Energy
Attorneys General from around the country have gathered in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, to talk about their legal roles and responsibilities in the ongoing debate on energy issues. Glenn Mosley reports. More >

Pierce County Executive Runs for WA AG
The Washington State Attorney General’s race is heating up. Pierce County Executive John Ladenburg announced Monday that he will run against incumbent Rob McKenna. Austin Jenkins reports. More >

Tribes, Feds Celebrate End to Salmon and Dam Fights
Electric ratepayers across the Northwest will foot the bill for a legal settlement that was at the center of an elaborate signing ceremony on Friday. Tom Banse has more. More >

WSU Regents Approve $18 Million in Budget Requests
The Washington State University Board of Regents has approved the university’s newest capital and operating budgets requests. Glenn Mosley reports. More >

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Washington state company plans wind farm near Reardan
Spokane-based Avista Utility announced Thursday that it will build a $120-million, 50-megawatt wind farm in Washington state's Lincoln County.
Spokane Spokesman Review

Washington state wind farm formally dedicated
The 89-turbine, 205-megawatt White Creek Wind Project near Bickleton in Washington state has been generating electricity since last November, but developers held off formally dedicating the project until Thursday in the hope of better weather, and they got their wish.
Yakima Herald-Republic

Washington State University dedicates Tri-Cities biofuels center
The Bioproducts, Sciences and Engineering Laboratory on Washington State University's Tri-Cities campus is a joint project of WSU and Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, and will be used for research to develop commercial biofuels and bioproducts.
Tri-City Herald

Canadian company decides against building ethanol plant in Idaho
Canada-based Iogen Corp. had considered building a cellulosic ethanol plant near Shelley for two years, and had signed contracts with farmers to provide the wheat and barley straw, corn leaves and stalks, and switch grass needed to produce the biofuel, but on Wednesday, Iogen suspended its Idaho operations to allow it to focus on developing an ethanol plant in Saskatchewan.
Twin Falls Times-News (Idaho Falls Post-Register)

President Bush signs bill that expands Idaho's Minidoka monument
Under legislation signed into law on Thursday by President Bush, the Minidoka Internment National Monument, a World War II internment camp in Idaho, will expand to four times its current size.
Twin Falls Times-News

Idaho water officials take tour of newly obtained fish farm
The Idaho Water Resource Board purchased the $26-million Pristine Springs fish farm in April to help solve surface water calls and Twin Falls' arsenic issues, and yesterday members of the board took a tour of the 450-acre operation that also includes cattle ranching facilities and two hydroelectric dams in the Snake River Canyon.
Twin Falls Times-News

Oregon salmon fishermen go after other catch
After the federal government shut down salmon fishing due to dwindling numbers of the fish, some fishermen along the Oregon coast are going after prawns, some are heading north to Alaska and others are getting out of the business altogether, and the small one-industry towns are casting about for another economic toehold.
New York Times

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Housing Crisis Analysis
For the first time, the two public radio programs present a joint report on the causes and implications of the sub-prime lending crisis. All Things Considered's Michele Norris, and This American Life's Ira Glass, talk about the collaboration. NPR's Adam Davidson and TAL's Alex Blumberg explore the partnership of business and individuals that lead to a financial crisis. Listen to these special reports tonight and this weekend on ATC and TAL on Northwest Public Radio.

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