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5. 'The bus system is stupid'
If people must pay to use freeways, transportation planners say, there must be alternative ways to get around – cheaply and quickly.
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How they drew lines in the Northwest's forests
An environmental historian traces the century-long evolution of a government-managed patchwork in the Cascades. In the end, designating wilderness areas was as much about cutting down trees as preserving them.
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An Oregon library system considers outsourcing to balance the books
It's come to this: With federal timber dollars pretty much burned up and people concerned with basic issues like law enforcement, a company in Maryland is one option for reopening library branches in rural Oregon.
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Once a year, Portland streets are decorated with duct tape
Fair or not, the Rose Parade tradition of claiming a streetside spot in advance with tape or chalk has long been sacrosanct. But things could be different this year.
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A study of Seattle media obsession with studies
Want a stadium? More arts funding? Pork for bio-tech? Just turn to the new boom business journalists can't resist: the economic-impact industry.