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The article presents the discussion on snowmelt feding rivers and traditions for generations. Topics include lives, businesses, communities and cultures founded on the premise of deep snow in the pan of the Pacific Northwest; and causing infestations of mold and other plant diseases having plagued wheat and rye fields.

The article informs about Henrietta Leavitt, an astronomer whose work revolutionized our understanding of the universe in the early 20th century. Topic include Her discovery of the "period-luminosity" relationship of Cepheid variables allowed astronomers to measure cosmic distances accurately, leading to groundbreaking insights into the vastness of the universe and shaping modern cosmology.

The article informs that the unique and hazardous training environment provided by the Columbia River Bar for the U.S. Coast Guard's National Motor Lifeboat School, aiding stranded vessels, and rescuing people from the waves in challenging conditions.

In the article, the author discusses the online harassment experienced by biologist Christopher Filardi, who was accused of murdering a rare bird. Also cited are how Dr. Filardi was accused of killing the endangered bird called mustached kingfisher while studying the ecosystem of Guadalcanal in Solomon Islands, as well as the efforts by Filardi to defend himself and the American Museum of Natural History from the wrong accusations hurled against him and the musuem.

The article reports on the secession votes of a majority of residents in five eastern Oregon counties in May 2021. Topics discussed include the plan of the residents to join their conservative neighbors in Idaho, challenges facing the secession success such as the dominance of Democrats in the Oregon Legislature, and the role of the preference of conservatives to join residents in more conservative areas in the argument for the secession.

The article offers information on various topics related to tacos including the taco filled with andouille sausage from Taceaux Loceaux, a taco made of fried chicken offered at the Taqueria del Sol restaurant, and an Indian taco with fry bread as its crispy canvass from Tocabe.

The article discusses that the electronic grain-distribution system that feeds tens of thousands of farm animals across Washington State sat wet and useless, and the Lagerwey farm had turned into an island, shrinking by the minute against the ferocious rise of the Nooksack River.

The article looks at how the coronavirus outbreak is transforming funeral and memorial services in the U.S. Topics covered include the importance of the rituals of honoring and saying goodbye, the confining effects of coronavirus which are affecting traditions and the improvisations and adjustments being made by mourning families and funeral providers.

Reports that the survival of the endangered gray wolf in Wyoming is dependent on efforts to remove the protections of the Endangered Species Act. Argument made by the state government that the wolves are predators which residents should have the option to kill; Flaws in the arguments of the proposed changes in the act according to conservationists.

Examines the drought's impact on Aurora, Colorado. Maintenance of golf courses with partly treated wastewater; Proposal for a water pipeline from the South Platte River north of Denver; Aurora as a force in prairie land restoration.

Reports that Judge Matsch has accused the lawyers in the civil sexual assault case against the basketball player Kobe Bryant of using court documents as a substitute for press releases in the United States. Order by the judge to seal much of the court record to prevent posturing for public opinion; Details of the case; Pretrial depotism.

Reports that the Preble's meadow jumping mouse protected since 1998 in Colorado and Wyoming under the Federal Engangered Species Act, may be removed from the endangered list as early as 2006.

Reports that United States marine, Wassef Ali Hassoun, who vanished from his post in Iraq in June 2004 and was charged with desertion, has disappeared again while on leave.

Reports that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will issue a set of rules that will allow landowners to kill grey wolves which they believe is in the process of attacking livestock. Protection of the wild animal under the Endangered Species Act; Greater authority given to state wildlife management officials in controlling wolf populations.

Reports that the Colorado State Court of Appeals has rejected the 12-year sentence given to Terry Lynn Barton, who was found guilty of starting the largest wildfire in Colorado. How Barton started the fire. Order from the appellate court to the trial judge to resentence Barton.

Reports on the deportation threats received by the Sargsyan family, who are originally from Armenia, but living in Ridgway, Colorado. Entrance to the U.S. on student visas and had jobs; Efforts to learn the English language and pay bills on time; Detention of the Sargsyans at an immigration jail in Denver.

Examines the 2004 Parade of Lights in Denver, Colorado. Failure by a local evangelical Christian church to get permission for a religious-themed float with a choir singing hymns and carols; Statement by parade organizers that they will reevaluate their policies in 2005; Attendance at the parade.

Highlights tourist attractions in Jackson, Wyoming. Grand Teton Music Festival at Walk Festival Hall at Teton Village; National Elk Refuge; Jackson Hole Center for the Arts; List of hotels and restaurants.

Reports on the criticism against environmental impacts of the expansion of mountain ski resorts in North America. Formation of Sustainable Slopes Program, a voluntary environmental program in which ski resorts audit themselves for different criteria such as water and energy use, waste management and air quality; Suggestion that Aspen, Colorado had led the industry in areas like environmentally green building construction and energy use reduction.

Discusses plans for an extended rail transit system attached to the Union Station in downtown Denver, Colorado revealed in November 2004. Details of the project called FasTracks; Source of financing for the project; Volume of in-migration into the city since the 1990s; Survey commissioned by the Metro Denver Economic Development Corp. on the support for mass transit.

Reports on the rejection of a ballot proposal to make Colorado the first state to replace the winner-take-all distribution of Electoral College votes. Proposal for the use of a proportional system based on the popular vote.

Reports on the fear admitted by Los Angeles Lakers basketball player, Kobe Bryant, to the police on the night he was accused of rape. Transcript of the tape recording made during the investigation; Claims of Bryant on the consensual sex he had with the accuser in his room at a hotel near Vail, Colorado; Apology issued by Bryant to the woman when the charge against him was dropped.

Reports on a statewide ballot in Wyoming in November 2004, on the State Constitution's barring of the Legislature from imposing limits on how much people can collect because of an injury or death. Aim of addressing the problem of how to keep doctors in small towns; Higher cost of malpractice premiums in the state; Opponents' claim that the measure would enrich the big insurance companies and doctors; Study conducted in 2003 by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, which supported the idea that putting caps on medical malpractice payouts could lead to more physicians.

Focuses on traffic jams in Colorado. Topography; Options for highways; Growth in interstate residents.

Reports that Colorado voters are considering splitting electoral colleges votes during the November 2004 national election. Implication should Amendment 36 be approved; Efforts by the Republicans to defeat the measure; Issue of the polarization of the nation.

Reports that Utah Governor Olene S. Walker has signed a bill appropriating money for aerial surveillance to check for signs of looting at a long-secret Indian archaeological site called Range Creek.

Discusses issues addressed by the criminal sexual assault case against Kobe Bryant the Los Angeles Lakers basketball player. Impact of the case on how counseling and rape-awareness education is done in the Rape Assistance and Awareness Program; Background on the Bryant case; Increase in the number of people seeking help at the agency.

Reports that residents in Colorado will vote in November 2004 on whether to scrap the state's winner-take-all system of distributing Electoral College votes.

Reports that the Colorado State Supreme Court declined to intervene on an evidence question in the rape trial of basketball player Kobe Bryant.

Reports that the prosecution panel in the rape case involving U.S. basketball star Kobe Bryant has expressed their distrust on presiding judge W. Terry Ruckriegle. Factual background on the rape case; Decision of Bryant's accuser to file a civil lawsuit for monetary damages; Profile on the judge presiding over the rape case.

Reports on the court motion filed by prosecutors in the Eagle County, Colorado, rape case against Los Angeles Lakers player Kobe Bryant for a delay in the trial. Claims of the prosecution on the missteps committed by the court in releasing information about the sexual history of Bryant's accuser; Effect of the civil case filed by Bryant's accuser on the criminal case filed by the prosecutors.

Reports that the accuser of basketball player Kobe Bryant filed a lawsuit against him in Federal District Court in Denver, Colorado. Rape case against Bryant; Monetary damages seek by the accuser; Effect of the accuser's move to the prosecution.

Focuses on the apology of Judge W. Terry Ruckriegle for the clerical error which allowed confidential information to be made public during the rape trial of basketball star Kobe Bryant in Denver, Colorado. Number of instances of clerical error in the trial; Comments of legal experts on the rare display of judicial humility.

Reports that more confidential material from the Kobe Bryant sexual assault case, including the last name of the woman who had accused Bryant of rape, was accidentally released to the public by the court on July 28, 2004, through the Colorado State Judicial Branch Web site. Third instance of supposedly secret sealed papers slipping through the safeguards; Deep tension that has emerged within the case about the flow of information; Delicate balance that the court has tried to strike between the rights to privacy and the rights of a free press.

Assesses the implications to all the parties in the case of basketball superstar Kobe Bryant of the decision of Judge W. Terry Ruckliegle to allow evidence about the sex life of Bryant's accuser. View of former prosecutors and legal scholars that the decision has made the prosecution's case tougher to make while the defense has been given more room to suggest a reasonable doubt about the source of the vaginal injuries to the accuser; Burden on the judge to explain how all the details about the accuser's sexual past should be interpreted by jurors.

Focuses on the possible solutions to the drought that have affected the Navajo Nation in New Mexico. Issues related to the contention for water supply from the San Juan River; Racial factors involved in the inadequate water supply; Proposal of a pipeline plan.

Reports on the ban on printing information on the rape trial of Kobe Bryant. Sex history of the woman in the rape case.

Reports that the death toll in a workplace shooting has risen to six. Attack on workers at the ConAgra Foods meatpacking plant in Kansas City, Kansas on July 2, 2004; Police's inability to pin down gunman Elijah Brown's motives; Names of the victims.

Reports on the findings of Denver Museum of Nature and Science geneticist Rob Roy Ramsey II regarding the problems with the administration of the Federal Endangered Species Act. Petition of Ramsey to remove the Preble's meadow jumping mouse from the threatened list; Argument of Ramsey that the Preble's meadow jumping mouse got on the protected list based on guesswork and outdated science; Recommendation of Ramsey to make scientific testing more definitive before a species is listed for protection.

The article reports on protest of people over mixed-race family Kinney Family's eviction in Portland, Oregon which has stirred segregation and mentions views of Portland's mayor Ted Wheeler on the court-ordered eviction of Kinney which was legal.

The article reports on increased substance abuse in Oregon due to rural poverty and homelessness and mentions proposed solution for radical drug-law overhaul in nation eliminating criminal penalties for personal use of drugs.

The article reports on efforts of historians and community activists in the U.S. to restore and protect historic Black cemeteries.

The article reports that the two teenagers have been shot, one fatally, in the fourth shooting in 10 days within the boundaries of the free-protest zone set up near downtown Seattle, Washington amid a national wave of protests over police violence. Topics include the shooting has accelerated tensions over what happens next in the protest area, known as the capitol Hill Organized Protest zone, or CHOP; and the city has said it wants a return to normal in the occupied protest zone.

The article offers information on annual tulip festival that draws hundreds of thousands of people north of Seattle to Skagit County, where three-quarters of the nation's commercial tulip crop is grown, was canceled. Topics include no festival visitors paying to stroll through the blossoms and no money spent on restaurants, hotel stays, bouquets; and the local economy that only compounded the economic blows of the state's shelter -in-place orders.

In this article the author talks about restaurants in Fairbanks, Alaska, wear among the only ones in the country offering in-person dining after a relaxation of state and local rules, and the Red Fox Bar and Grill, operating under strict capacity limit, but food supplies are tough to get.

The article focuses on Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act has been expanded to cover uninsured low-income adults and mentions that community health centers are expecting to increase package passed by Congress and signed by President Donald Trump.