August 30, 2013
Pacific NWNews Service
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U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg will establish a new
precedent this weekend in Washington, D.C., by officiating at the
same-sex marriage of the Kennedy Center’s president, Michael Kaiser, and
his partner John Roberts, an economist with the Commodities Futures
Trading Corp.
The gala wedding, complete with opera stars and Broadway performers
and fixtures of capitol philanthropy (the Devos and Mars families will
be represented), will be held in the atrium of the Center, officially
the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.
A longtime opera buff with her late husband, Marty, Ginsburg is a
social friend of Kaiser’s. Curiously, the Ginsburgs were often seen at
the opera in the company of fellow Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia,
who furiously dissented from the high court’s recent pro-marriage
equality decisions.
Quiet bear season so far...but that could change any day
So far, so good when it comes to the bear season locally. Rossland Trail Wildsafe BC Coordinator Sharon Wieder says it's been quiet all over the province because of an abundance of natural foods...but she says residents should still be ...
GUNFIGHT: Oregon Trooper Wounded, Motorist Dies
Navy training and testing could inadvertently kill hundreds of whales and dolphins and injure thousands over the next five years, mostly as a result of detonating explosives underwater, according to two environmental impact statements released by the military Friday.
The
Navy said that the studies focused on waters off the East Coast, the
Gulf of Mexico, Southern California and Hawaii from 2014 through 2019,
the main areas that the service branch tests equipment and
trains sailors.
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HELENA — U.S. Attorney Mike Cotter says a new federal marijuana
policy doesn't undermine his three-year crackdown on large pot
providers.
The Justice Department said Thursday it will allow
states to regulate marijuana as long as they keep it from kids, the
black market and federal property.
(*in the article it claims that because it is now legal in Colorado and Washington, drug "trafficking" will increase. I thought, sure, just like businessmen bought their cars in Idaho and Oregon to avoid taxes...Bust the whole country starting with the Tea Baggers)
Here's your huckleberry -wordspics (c) bobshannon.org
TUOLUMNE CITY -- Firefighters were slowing the advance of flames on all sides of the massive Rim Fire on Thursday, and officials report that full containment of the blaze in and around Yosemite National Park could come within weeks.Still, the wildfire, which had burned 311 square miles by Thursday evening, was spreading to the east, deeper into the national park, and heading west, threatening homes along rural Highway 108.
An evacuation advisory for Tuolumne City was lifted Thursday, but officials said periodic road closures there would persist. The evacuation advisory remains in place for the foothill communities above Sonora, from Tuolumne City to Pinecrest, and the towns outside Yosemite report that the air is thick with smoke.
Air-quality warnings have been issued as far away as Reno, some 100 miles to the north, and many in the Bay Area have begun reconsidering plans to spend the Labor Day weekend in the Sierra.
The fire is now 32 percent contained. More than 4,900 personnel have joined the firefight while winds and hot temperatures have let up a bit, authorities reported.
The burn could be fully contained in two to three weeks, authorities said.
No structures have burned since earlier this week, when the tally hit 111 - mostly small cabins and outbuildings. Eleven homes have been destroyed.
The Rim Fire began Aug. 17 in the Stanislaus National Forest near Groveland and has since ballooned into the state's sixth largest wildfire on record.
The cause of the blaze is not known.
An evacuation advisory for Tuolumne City was lifted Thursday, but officials said periodic road closures there would persist. The evacuation advisory remains in place for the foothill communities above Sonora, from Tuolumne City to Pinecrest, and the towns outside Yosemite report that the air is thick with smoke.
Air-quality warnings have been issued as far away as Reno, some 100 miles to the north, and many in the Bay Area have begun reconsidering plans to spend the Labor Day weekend in the Sierra.
The fire is now 32 percent contained. More than 4,900 personnel have joined the firefight while winds and hot temperatures have let up a bit, authorities reported.
The burn could be fully contained in two to three weeks, authorities said.
No structures have burned since earlier this week, when the tally hit 111 - mostly small cabins and outbuildings. Eleven homes have been destroyed.
The Rim Fire began Aug. 17 in the Stanislaus National Forest near Groveland and has since ballooned into the state's sixth largest wildfire on record.
The cause of the blaze is not known.
Picture by "PJ" Bowen
Aug. 28, 2013 — Research by environmental scientists at the Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) brings bad news to the western United States, where firefighters are currently battling dozens of fires in at least 11 states.
The Harvard team's study suggests wildfire seasons by 2050 will be about three weeks longer, up to twice as smoky, and will burn a wider area in the western states. The findings are based on a set of internationally recognized climate scenarios, decades of historical meteorological data, and records of past fire activity.
The results will be published in the October 2013 issue of Atmospheric Environment and are available in advance online.
The Harvard team's study suggests wildfire seasons by 2050 will be about three weeks longer, up to twice as smoky, and will burn a wider area in the western states. The findings are based on a set of internationally recognized climate scenarios, decades of historical meteorological data, and records of past fire activity.
The results will be published in the October 2013 issue of Atmospheric Environment and are available in advance online.
The
Douglas County sheriff's office says a teenage boy from the Drain area
was killed when a hunting rifle he and a friend were handling
accidentally discharged.
The sheriff's office says the rifle went off Thursday night when one of the boys was handing it to the other. The victim was 16, his friend 15.
Neither was immediately identified.
The sheriff's office says the rifle went off Thursday night when one of the boys was handing it to the other. The victim was 16, his friend 15.
Neither was immediately identified.
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