Sixth-grade earth science students Molly Hongel, right, and Austin Chou check the phosphate levels in Gaiser Pond. The project was funded by a National Science Foundation grant that has not been renewed.
Published on June 18, 2013
Zoey Mikalatos, center, reports on plant varieties around Gaiser Pond. Meagan Graves, left, helps her sixth-grade Gaiser Middle School earth science class take monthly samples at the wetland below the school.
Published on June 18, 2013
A transportation budget proposed this week in the U.S. House doesn’t provide any money to finance an $850 million federal grant for the Columbia River Crossing project, a spokesman for U.S. Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler said Tuesday.
Published on June 18, 2013
Set aside time in the morning or after work is done to step out and be surrounded by your garden.
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National Security Agency (NSA) Director Gen. Keith Alexander, center, testifies Tuesday on Capitol Hill before the House Intelligence Committee. At right is Deputy FBI Director Sean Joyce; at left is Deputy NSA Director Chris Inglis.
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A line of vehicles forms in a parking lot laid out with traffic cones for a typical Zaycon Foods meat delivery "event." Zaycon is based in Spokane and delivers beef, fish, chicken, ham and bacon to parking lots across the nation, including Clark County at the Vancouver First Friends Church, 2710 N.E. 65th Ave.
Published on June 18, 2013
A line of vehicles forms in a parking lot laid out with traffic cones for a typical Zaycon Foods meat delivery "event." Zaycon is based in Spokane and delivers beef, fish, chicken, ham and bacon to parking lots across the nation, including Clark County at the Vancouver First Friends Church, 2710 N.E. 65th Ave.
Published on June 18, 2013
Starbucks ORG XMIT: BW11
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Sturgeon fishing in the Columbia River estuary will be closed beginning Friday.
Published on June 18, 2013
Washington State Secretary of Transportation Lynn Peterson, from left, Washington Gov. Jay Inslee and Washington Department of Transportation assistant regional administrator Jay Drye inspect the south end of the north-bound lane of the new temporary span of the Skagit River Bridge in Mount Vernon on Tuesday.
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Clark County Auditor Greg Kimsey, left, and Clark County Commissioner Steve Stuart.
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Clark County Commissioner Steve Stuart, left, and Clark County Auditor Greg Kimsey.
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The Woodland City Council is split on whether to sunset a temporary moratorium on collective marijuana gardens and allow them within specifically zoned areas of the city.
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Henry, right, and Tooey: owner Assistant Metro Editor Dave Kern
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Tea Party targeted
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Erdem Gunduz, centre, stands silently on Taksim Square in Istanbul, Turkey, early Tuesday. After weeks of confrontation with police, sometimes violent, Turkish protesters are using a new form of resistance: standing silently.
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A protester stands in a silent protest at Taksim Square in, Istanbul, Turkey, on Tuesday.
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House Judiciary Committee members Rep. Trey Gowdy, R-S.C., sponsor of the Strengthen and Fortify Enforcement Act, left, talks with Rep. Luis Gutierrez, D-Ill., on Capitol Hill in Washington on Tuesday prior to the start of the committee's hearing to discuss the Strengthen and Fortify Enforcement Act.
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Sixteen-day-old, Tien, an endangered clouded leopard cub is held by staff biologist Kadie Burrone during his afternoon feeding time at the Point Defiance Zoo and Aquarium in Tacoma on Monday.
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Point Defiance Zoo and Aquarium staff biologist Kadie Burrone offers her head as a climbing toy for an endangered clouded leopard cub Tien during his afternoon feeding time in Tacoma on Monday. The 4.6-pound cub, born May 1, can be viewed during feedings at daily in the zoo's Cub Den.
Published on June 18, 2013
