Snohomish County, Marysville, back out of track plan
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MARYSVILLE, Wash. -- Plans for a NASCAR race track in Snohomish County crashed and burned Monday, when local leaders advised International Speedway Corp.
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By Larry Parsons, The Monterey County Herald, Calif.  Sep. 8--A small subdivision in Carmel Valley, rejected by a Monterey County advisory panel, will be appealed to the county Board of Supervisors.
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By THOMAS CONTENT and LEE BERGQUIST  In a setback for the state's largest utility, a Dane County circuit judge has ruled that a water permit for the $2.2 billion power plant under construction in Oak Creek does not comply with a recent federal appeals court decision.
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By The News Tribune, Tacoma, Wash.  Feb. 10--Pierce County will hold a tree planting along Clover Creek today in its effort to restore the watershed.   The event will be from 9 a.m. to noon at the intersection of 136th Street East and A Street in Parkland.
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By Steve Mayes, The Oregonian, Portland, Ore.  Feb. 6--OREGON CITY -- City officials temporarily halted the removal of  53 trees along McLoughlin Boulevard on Monday after a sudden wave of  opposition surfaced over the weekend.
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By Michele Heller, The Idaho Statesman, Boise  Mar. 7--WASHINGTON -- Idaho Republican Sen. Mike Crapo began a second run today at pushing legislation intended to protect wilderness and ranching land in Owyhee County.
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By Thomas Ryll, The Columbian, Vancouver, Wash.  Sep. 4--A year-old development moratorium in the traffic-stuffed Salmon Creek area may be extended for another 12 months and could have to stretch three years beyond that.
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In what may be their last hope of reclaiming an evaporated lead in the Washington governor&#39;s race before turning to the courts, Republicans have asked county auditors statewide to reconsider ballots that were rejected on Election Day.
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By Howard Yune, Appeal-Democrat, Marysville, Calif.  Sep.
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By Tony Davis, The Arizona Daily Star, Tucson  Jun. 22--Pima County's air could be out of compliance with federal limits  in a few years because of a new federal proposal to tighten up regulations  protecting the air from the primary ingredient in smog.
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By Erica Meltzer, The Arizona Daily Star, Tucson  Feb. 7--Pima County is taking the State Land Department to court in an attempt to overturn a decision allowing mining in Davidson Canyon.
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By Howard Yune, Appeal-Democrat, Marysville, Calif.  Sep. 24--State plans to remake Colusa County farmland as wetlands took another blow when a state appeals court upheld a 2004 decision blocking the takeover of the Traynham Ranch east of Arbuckle.
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By ERICA MELTZER, ARIZONA DAILY STAR  Pima County is taking the State Land Department to court in an attempt to overturn a decision allowing mining in Davidson Canyon.  Last month, the Land Department rejected an administrative appeal filed by the county in December.
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By CATHERINE KOZAK  By catherine kozak  the virginian-pilot  Talk about sticker shock.   The abandoned Coast Guard housing units in Buxton may not be transferred for free to Dare County, after all. The federal government, in fact, wants $12 million for them.
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By Daniel Witter, Appeal-Democrat, Marysville, Calif.  Feb. 19--Two weeks after approving the Yuba Highlands environmental impact report, the Yuba County Planning Commission will consider the project's zoning ordinances and development agreement Wednesday night.
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By JULIAN WALKER; OLYMPIA MEOLA  A group of Henrico County residents took issue with new homes proposed for their area, and they told their supervisors so. Their opposition could cost them more than $5 million.
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PUYALLUP, Wash. - The school board in this Pierce County city stood firm despite pleas from an angry crowd: No Halloween in the schools. "Improving student achievement is our highest priority," board president Greg Heath told about 400 people at the board's meeting Monday.