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from the Columbia Basin Herald
MAC hosts preview party for Soap Lake photo book
A piece of Soap Lake history
By Cheryl Schweizer Herald staff writer
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| Images of America: Soap Lake |
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from iFIBER ONE News
MAC hosts preview of upcoming books highlighting local history
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from Natural Society
Health Benefits of Dates – Promoting Heart, Brain, and Digestive Health
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from The Spokesman-Review
Comet Pan-STARRS to pass over Western skies
Recently discovered comet on course to pass over Western skies
Mike Prager The Spokesman-Review
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UN: Colo., Wash. legal pot violates drug treaties
Associated Press
Another reason to get the U.N. out of America, and America out of the U.N.? - C. S.
Associated Press
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Skyfest 2013 canceled after sequester
David Wasson The Spokesman-Review
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GOP pushes funding plan
House measure offsets some spending cuts
Andrew Taylor Associated Press
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Obama ‘not bluffing’ on Iran, Biden says
Mcclatchy-Tribune
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Obama proposes three for Cabinet positions
One secretary, two directors nominated
Mcclatchy-Tribune
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Bipartisan gun bill floated in Senate
Straw purchases, trafficking targeted
Jim Abrams Associated Press
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Syrian rebels claim big win
Group says they’ve captured major city
Los Angeles Times
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Cardinals seek answers
Officials want to talk with Vatican about scandals
Nicole Winfield Associated Press
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China, U.S. agree to punish N. Korea
Powers to condemn recent nuclear test
Associated Press
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19 die during Kenyan voting
Associated Press
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Panel backs restoring teacher pay
Finance committee OKs $1.3 billion school budget
Betsy Z. Russell The Spokesman-Review
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Idaho marks territory’s 150th year
Otter says modern Idahoans still share ancestors’ values
Hannah Furfaro Associated Press
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Independent investigator hired in Stephens inquiry
Former federal judge will review issues related to suspension of interim Spokane police chief
Jonathan Brunt The Spokesman-Review
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Newborn delivered after N.Y. crash dies
Infant is buried next to his parents
Associated Press
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CdA school board cracking down on bullying
Task force will offer solutions; parent wants Internet included
Scott Maben The Spokesman-Review
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Lesser-known works open Northwest Bach Festival
Donivan Johnson Correspondent
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In brief: From Wire and Staff Reports:
Hecla Mining Co. said Monday it plans to buy a Canadian-based gold producer operating in the Abitibi area of Quebec.
Coeur d’Alene-based Hecla has agreed to pay $774.5 million to acquire the shares of Aurizon Mines Ltd., which has its headquarters in Vancouver, B.C.
Aurizon operates the Casa Berardi gold mine northwest of Montreal. The company expects that mine will yield 125,000 to 130,000 ounces of gold this year.
Hecla this year anticipates producing about 8 million to 9 million ounces of silver from its primary silver mines, the Lucky Friday Mine at Mullan, Idaho, and the Greens Creek Mine on Admiralty Island in Alaska.
Hecla President and CEO Phillips Baker Jr. said in a statement, “Hecla and Aurizon together create a unique precious metals company with three long-life, high-grade, low-cost mines in some of the best mining jurisdictions in the world.”
Fannie, Freddie bond unit merger proposed
WASHINGTON – The federal regulator who oversees Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac is putting forward a plan to combine the two mortgage giants’ divisions that issue billions of dollars in securities backed by home loans.
The plan announced Monday by Edward DeMarco, acting director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, is part of efforts to overhaul Fannie and Freddie with the goal of shrinking the government’s role in the mortgage finance system. The government rescued the companies in 2008 with $170 billion in aid, the costliest bailout of the financial crisis.
So far, the companies have repaid a combined $52.3 billion.
Together the two companies own or guarantee about half of all U.S. mortgages, or nearly 31 million home loans. Those loans are worth more than $5 trillion. Along with other federal agencies, they back roughly 90 percent of new mortgages.
DeMarco said the combined entity would have its own CEO and board chairman who would be independent of Fannie and Freddie. It would be physically in a separate location.
Washington’s average gas price now $3.79
BELLEVUE – The AAA auto club reports the average price of a gallon of gasoline in Washington is $3.79.
That’s up 7 cents in a week and 33 cents in a month. It’s 4 cents higher than the national average.
Some metro prices from Monday’s AAA survey:
Spokane $3.44, Bellingham $3.96, Bremerton $3.84, Seattle-Bellevue-Everett $3.88, Tacoma $3.87, Olympia $3.89, Vancouver $3.82, Yakima $3.63, and Tri-Cities $3.50.
VW Golf named Europe’s car of the year
GENEVA – The Volkswagen Golf has been named Europe’s Car of the Year by automotive journalists from more than 20 countries.
Introduced in 1974 and recently redesigned, the hatchback is the company’s mass-market flagship – and a key element in its ambition to overtake Toyota as the world’s biggest carmaker.
The car left the competition in the dust Monday on the eve of the Geneva Motor Show, grabbing 414 votes. The Subaru BRZ, also sold as the Toyota GT-86, was second with 202 votes and the Volvo V40 third with 189 votes.
The award is one of the most important in Europe and gives consumers an idea of what the experts think the car of the future is.
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Boeing offers 787 fix
CEO: Engineers have ‘comprehensive solution’
Dominic Gates Seattle Times
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Forbes’ list of billionaires increases to 1,426
Mexico’s Slim still world’s richest; Warren Buffett drops to No. 4
Shan Li Los Angeles Times
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Bill bans retailers’ credit card surcharge
Measure is response to federal court ruling
Tom Sowa The Spokesman-Review
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Economists worried by Fed’s aggression
Don Lee McClatchy-Tribune
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Opinion:
Mona Charen Creators Syndicate
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Sports:
Jim Meehan The Spokesman-Review
A timeline of the Gonzaga Bulldogs' 2012-2013 regular season, and the team's steady rise to a ranking of No. 1 in the country for the first time in the school's history.
Strategies vary in Iditarod
Associated Press
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health:
‘Workplace wellness’ in doubt
Study questions employer programs
Ricardo Associated Press
Supplements don’t help prevent fractures, analysis says
Karen Kaplan Los Angeles Times
Post-pregnancy exercise routines require baby steps, doctors advise
Adrian Rogers The Spokesman-Review
Anthony L. Komaroff Universal Uclick
Joe Graedon M.S.
Karen Kaplan Los Angeles Times
Leslie Barker McClatchy-Tribune
Courtney Perkes McClatchy-Tribune
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from The Wenatchee World
Wilf Woods: FDR and a sudden turn of events in the sagebrush
By Wilfred Woods Chairman of the Board
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Forced cuts expected to hit hard at Hanford
Tri-City Herald
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Hot new plants for 2013
By Gloria Kupferman, Master Gardener
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| A new Oldsmobile was given away during an Elks Club Depression days benefit in September 1936. The event was held at all four Wenatchee theaters. Streets were blocked off in front of the Liberty as the overflow crowd awaited the announcement of the winning ticket. There were 1,000 people entered in the drawing and Esther Nichols of Wenatchee was the winner. |
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