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from The Star:
Hot flash
A U.S. Forest Service helicopter scoops water from Banks Lake Tuesday evening to fight a 200-acre brush fire near Barker Canyon. The fire erupted following a massive thunderstorm that hit the region about 3 a.m. and struck the state more than 6,000 times with lightning. Douglas County Fire District 3 Chief Dale Rinker said the fire was controlled but not contained Tuesday night, thanks to ”a lot of good work from a lot of good firefighters.” District 3 was joined by District 5, Coulee Dam, Grand Coulee, Electric City, Bureau of Reclamation and Bureau of Land Management in the fight using more than 60 firefighters.
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| Wells House, Wenatchee, Washington. Built in 1909 for W. T. Clark, the house is on the National Register of Historic Places. Now operated by Wenatchee Valley College (whose campus is on the adjacent land that was Clark's estate) and owned by an alumni group |
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City taking bids for Anthony's property
Anusha Roy KXLY4 Reporter
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Last drugs standing: Key Alzheimer results coming
MARILYNN MARCHIONE AP Chief Medical Writer
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Union Pacific adds Spokane to Train Town USA registry
Justin Runquist The Spokesman-Review
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Costs rising on nuke projects
Japan meltdown, cheap natural gas hurt nuclear revival
Ray Henry Associated Press
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Many students find homework too easy, study of schools finds
Larry Gordon Los Angeles Times
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Mental health crisis looms
Report cites lack of care, services for older adults
Lauran Neergaard Associated Press
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Judge: Identify writer on blog
Newspaper ordered to provide information
Thomas Clouse The Spokesman-Review
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Council members showing interest in the Ridpath
Shawn Vestal The Spokesman-Review
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This date in history
(From the Associated Press)
1859: Big Ben, the great bell inside the famous London clock tower, chimed for the first time.
1937: American composer and pianist George Gershwin died at a Los Angeles hospital of a brain tumor; he was 38.
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State will auction right to farm property above Columbia River
YAKIMA – The Washington state Department of Natural Resources plans to auction off the right to farm its largest parcel of irrigated farmland, a prime piece of property overlooking the Columbia River in Eastern Washington.
The nearly 3,400-acre property known as the Sandpiper Tree Farm sits about five miles from Paterson in rural Benton County, southwest of the Tri-Cities – an area that has seen a marked increase in orchard and vineyard development in recent years.
An open house will be held at the property from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Thursday. The state will open all sealed auction bids on Aug. 14.
The land was developed in the 1970s for row crops. Boise Cascade Corp. developed part of it into a poplar tree farm in the 1990s, and Greenwood Resources bought the land in 2007 for a timber investment fund. The state bought the land in May for the school trust that helps pay for public school construction.
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States seeking federal aid to fight mussels
Boat checks could stem spread
John Miller Associated Press
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opinion:
TrudyRubin
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Alison Ladman Associated Press
Alison Ladman Associated Press
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