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It’s time to get rid of the Electron Hydroelectric Dam on the Puyallup River that has been killing salmon, steelhead, bull trout and other fish for more than a century. It is so old that it escapes most regulatory oversight and would never be allowed to be built today.  A last straw came in July when the dam’s owners, Electron Hydro, placed nearly 2,500 yards of old, degraded and unapproved artificial turf in the river to cushion the liner of a new diversion channel. The channel was part of a renovation project to remove the current dam and replace it with an inflatable rubber ba...

Local skier Cody Townsend has been grinding away on a project to climb and ski all fifty lines from the book “The Fifty Classic Ski Descents of North America.” Townsend has chronicled the series, called “The FIFTY,” on his YouTube channel, and on Monday released “Mountain Why,” a ski mountaineering film about cycling more than 1,000 miles as part of crossing off three more of the continent’s iconic ski lines. “I honestly don’t know why adventures like this spark inspiration,” said Townsend in a news release. “But what I do know is that desire to find out what’s at the ...

When I arrived for my first Native American Sweat Lodge Ceremony in 2016, I was greeted and warmly embraced by Marty, a person of mixed tribal ancestry. He had long black hair and wore a T-shirt that read “Veteran’s Sweat Lodge.” When, earlier, I had contacted him and asked about attending a ceremony, I worried that I might not be welcome as a White man. I also had concerns that my status as an anthropologist, with the field’s long and problematic history with Indigenous people, might make some uncomfortable. He assured me that any veteran with a PTSD diagnosis was welcome—a criteri...

a cash award of over $10,000, the agency must submit a request. we went to opm and we asked, did opm receive any requests from gsa to approve for any of these one or 59 employees the awards totaled $10,000 or more? and the answer was that opm did not. when we further examined this, it looked like gsa circumvent the rule -- circumvented the rule by giving multiple of towards smaller than $10,000, rather than one time awards that were $10,000 or more. so my first question is, do you believe that giving multiple towards that even...

we'll tell you when the track is gonna be hot. "mornings on 2" starts right now. well, good morning to you. welcome to "mornings on 2." i'm dave clark. >> i'm tori campbell. oakland police spent the night pulling marijuana plants out of a hem. they were discovered -- home. they weredy covered after an electrical fire at 69 and lacy avenue last night. tara mori arcity live at oakland police headquarters with a live update and joins us. good morning, tara. >> he, with good morning -- >> reporter: well, good morning. we had to move because police say it was simply too dangerous. we ...