Tuesday's Scan: Costco? Who says we're from Costco?
22 May 2012, 1:17 pm
Tuesday's Scan: Costco? Who says we're from Costco?

Deerfield Memorial Day ceremony May 28
22 May 2012, 10:08 am
A small Memorial Day ceremony will be held beginning at 10 a.m. on Monday at the Deerfield Village Hall, 850 Waukegan Road. “It’s a pretty small memorial,” said John coughenour, commander of the Deerfield American Legion Post 738. The memorial will start out with a short speech by the mayor, followed by a speech by the president of the Women’s Auxiliary. A short prayer service will precede a ...

Lawmakers: Don’t let suit wreck Green Mtn. Lookout
21 May 2012, 3:14 pm
Three members of Washington’s congressional delegation is asking U.S. Agriculture Secretary Ton Vilsack to “use all legal means” to protect the popular Green Mountain Lookout, which a Montana group has sued to remove. At stake is one of the state’s most popular backcountry trail destinations, a 6,500-foot summit, reached throw meadows of glacier lilies and boasting 360 degree views of the ...

Poinciana to Mark 40 Years With Three Birthday Bashes
18 May 2012, 9:56 pm
The first time Poinciana decided to celebrate with a birthday bash, the community's leaders organized a modest street fair, Jeanette coughenour recalls.

Officials to mark 40 years with 3 birthday bashes
17 May 2012, 6:48 am
POINCIANA - What a difference 30 years make - from one birthday celebration to three. The first time Poinciana decided to celebrate a birthday bash, the community's leaders organized a modest street fair, Jeanette coughenour recalls.

Look again at lookout decision: U.S. attorney
4 May 2012, 9:14 pm
A federal judge chose “the most drastic, final and unilateral of all possible options” when he ordered the U.S. Forest Service to remove the popular Green Mountain Lookout in Snohomish County, the U.S. Attorney’s office said in a brief filed this week in U.S. District Court. The government argues that Judge Jack coughenour should amend his decision to give the Forest Service discretion over the ...

William O. Douglas and the fall of the wild
4 May 2012, 2:10 am
Recent weeks have seen a lot of controversy about the fate of the historic U.S. Forest Service lookout atop Green Mountain near Darrington. At the U.S. District Court in Seattle, Judge John coughenour ruled that the lookout, originally installed in the 1930s and in recent decades a popular hiking destination, must be removed to comply with environmental laws governing the actions of man in the ...

Old Miller Elementary property goes unsold
3 May 2012, 11:14 pm
HUNTINGTON -- The former Miller Elementary School property on 12th Avenue and 7th Street went unsold in a public auction Thursday, with one local developer blaming its residential zoning.

Effort continues to save Green Mountain fire lookout
2 May 2012, 9:46 am
DARRINGTON -- While federal lawyers ponder their next move in the saga of the Green Mountain Forest Fire Lookout, people who care about the landmark in the Glacier Peak Wilderness are continuing efforts to preserve it, talking with lawmakers about preventing it from being torn down.

CCHS track team prepares for final meets of the year
26 April 2012, 12:08 pm
The Cumberland County High School track teams continued preparation for the last five meets of the season with a trip to the Dan Crowe-Tom coughenour Relays at Kingsport Dobyns-Bennett Friday afternoon.