The Columbian

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Historic Hubbub ; Hudson's Bay Neighborhood Residents, Developer Square Off Over Townhomes

Developers had a dream project along Evergreen Boulevard an attractive urban site with river and mountain views in a well- maintained historic block a few paces from Officers Row. They also had the support of a neighborhood eager to see the two eyesore houses between S and T streets make way for fancy new townhomes.

Neighborhood News From All Over: Neighborly Visiting Migrates From Front Porch to Carport

Old-fashioned front porches may be endangered in modern America, but that doesn't mean most of us have nowhere to take our love of visiting with neighbors and watching the traffic go by. Garage sitting is fast becoming the 21st century substitute for porch sitting.

Rehabilitation has a Wild Side ; Baker City Woman Devotes Life to Healing Wildlife

BAKER CITY, Ore. - The great horned owl snuggling against the rough brown cotton of Shelta Colton's coat never has and never will glide through an India-ink sky, silent as a snowflake, and impale a mouse on its dagger-like talons. But this owl can do things most owls can't (or won't), among them barking like a dog and whinnying like a horse. Also, he sometimes thinks he's a duck.

Coal-Bed Methane Splits Landowners, Developers

GILLETTE, Wyo. - Jim Hall and his dad knew it was just a matter of time before the companies holding rights to the natural gas under their ranch came knocking. They knew, too, there wasn't a thing they could do legally to keep the developers off their land. So like many of their neighbors, they began negotiating with the companies, hoping to reach a deal that would allow the developers access to gas deposits as required, while ensuring their own interests and land were not trampled in the p...

Illegal Track Seeks Extension; Ball Fields Given Until May to Get Permits

MONROE (AP) Owners of an illegal motorcycle racetrack on Snohomish County farmland have asked the county to give them until May to seek a change in the state's Growth Management Act. Snohomish County is trying to shut down the racetrack built without permits on farmland outside Monroe. But those involved with the track say they should be given a chance to work on a political fix that could allow recreational facilities on land once used for crops or cattle.