When state Rep. Deb Wallace decided to run for Congress last December, she also made a quiet decision not to defend her 17th District seat in 2010 regardless of how her congressional race turned out. That created an open seat in the 17th, a swing district that covers Vancouver east of I-205 and south of 119th Street.
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Open 17th District seat draws three to contest
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA–(Marketwire – July 5, 2010) – New Pacific Metals Corp. (“New Pacific”) (TSX VENTURE:NUX) announces today that it intends to make an offer to purchase all of the common shares (the ” Offer “) of Tagish Lake Gold Corp. (” Tagish Lake “, TSXV: TLG.V). New Pacific’s offer is $0.06 per share payable in cash or in 0.0822 New Pacific shares, or a combination of 50% in cash …
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New Pacific Metals Announces Intention to Make Take-Over Bid for Tagish Lake Gold Corp.
The Beavers look to snap a five-game losing streak and gain ground on the Pacific-10 Conference front-runners when they face Washington State today in the opening game of a three-game series in Pullman, Wash.
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College baseball: Oregon State at Washington State
A rare and dangerous airborne fungal infection is spreading in the Pacific Northwest, but it’s a unique strain of the bug in Oregon that has researchers worried. Cryptococcus gattii has already infected numerous humans and animals in Oregon and Washington. But it’s this new strain that seems to have recently mutated that has health officials concerned.
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Potentially Deadly Airborne Fungus Spreading In Oregon & Washington
It’s A New Strain Of The Infection That Has Health Officials Concerned A rare and dangerous airborne fungal infection is spreading in the Pacific Northwest, but it’s a unique strain of the bug in Oregon that has researchers worried. Cryptococcus gattii has already infected numerous humans and animals in Oregon and Washington. But it’s this new strain that seems to have recently mutated that has …
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Potentially Deadly Airborne Fungus Spreading In Washington & Oregon
Patrick Ewing, the Pacific Northwest district governor for Kiwanis, will be the guest speaker at
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Tri-Cities gets visit from Kiwanis district official
School district officials in Victoria say that the charred remains of a young woman found near the Galloping Goose regional trail are those of 18-year-old Kimberley Proctor, a Grade 12 student at Pacific Secondary School in Colwood.
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Body Of Missing Canadian Girl, 18, Found Burned On British Columbia Trail (Free Internet Press)
What’s Your Reaction? New Mexico & Washington meet in the second round of the NCAA Tournament Saturday at 5:50 PM Eastern (2:50 Pacific). Despite being an 11-seed, Washington is favored by 2.5 points over 3-seed New Mexico.
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New Mexico vs. Washington: Watch LIVE Online (VIDEO) (The Huffington Post)
The Huskies beat California, 79-75, to win the Pac-10 championship and an automatic tourney bid. Finally, after a grueling 40 minutes, the Washington Huskies were handed the Pacific Life Pac-10 tournament championship trophy, and they went through the process of cutting down the nets at Staples Center.
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Washington plays its way off the bubble and into the NCAA tournament (Los Angeles Times)
To mark the upcoming premiere of the World War II drama The Pacific and honor those who served in the war, HBO and a nonprofit group brought 250 veterans to the WWII memorial in Washington. The 10-part miniseries from Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg chronicles the lives of U.S. Marines after the attack on Pearl Harbor. HBO sends veterans to capital to celebrate The Pacific “We did it because …
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HBO Sends WWII Veterans to Memorial in Washington (TV Guide)