Port Angeles, Wash. (AP) — The surface level of Lake Aldwell no longer is being manipulated by man.

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The Elwha River on Washington's Olympic Peninsula once teemed with legendary salmon runs before two towering concrete dams built nearly a century ago cut off fish access to upstream habitat, diminished their runs and altered the ecosystem.

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To the editor: We write as two Republican leaders from a similar-sized state and suggest Wisconsin GOP leaders might want to take another look at intercity rail. Wisconsin was one of the lead states in receiving stimulus monies for what ...

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By Sean Ryan A potential yearlong environmental review for a proposed streetcar system in Milwaukee would further devalue the federal grant the city wants to use for construction. Milwaukee officials are trying to avoid that scenario. “Every year we wait, ...

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To the editor: Let’s ask ourselves: How did Wisconsin get in this mess? The current administration in Washington put taxpayer money out for job stimulus. The mistake in Washington was to specify and target specific types of projects. The types ...

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Sean Ryan [email protected] Gregory Thomson will set his sights high Friday as his architectural student team preps for a trip to Washington, D.C., to compete in the national Solar Decathlon Competition. Certainly, the assistant professor at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee ...

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Shannon Dininny AP Writer Richland, WA — Fifty-thousand people produce a lot of trash. Who knew their dump site could be listed on the National Register of Historic Places? A dusty, rural stretch of southeast Washington became the state’s fourth-largest ...

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Curt Woodward AP Writer Olympia, WA — Here’s one creative way that state lawmakers helped balance Washington’s troubled budget: They assumed public employees will stay on the job longer — and die sooner than expected once they finally retire. That ...

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By Martin Crutsinger AP Economics Writer Washington — President Barack Obama, opening two days of high-level talks with China, said the discussions could lay the groundwork for a new era of “sustained cooperation, not confrontation” in a relationship likely to ...

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Dina Cappiello AP Writer Washington — Three Democratic governors told a Senate panel Tuesday that efforts to curb global warming and spur the development of cleaner sources of energy have created jobs and new businesses in their states, a trend ...

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