Skiing at Mount Bachelor is a perennial West Coast favourite - Canada East

MOUNT BACHELOR, Ore. - Deep powder is standard issue at Mount Bachelor, a West coast favourite that averages more than 1,000 centimetres of snow per season, just 32 kilometres from ...

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Obama's lists for Interior, Energy are starting to narrow - GovExec.com

President-elect Barack Obama's choice for Interior secretary might come down to two Western House Democrats: a three-term Hispanic lawmaker and a five-term Blue Dog backed by House ...

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Live Christmas trees on customers' lists - Detroit News

Michigan's multimillion dollar Christmas tree industry apparently is off to a strong start with retailers and tree lots reporting decent weekend sales, according to industry ...

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KULONGOSKI'S $16 BILLION DOLLAR BUDGET CUTS SERVICES, PROTECTS ... - Curry Coastal Pilot

SALEM — Gov. Ted Kulongoski, saying Oregon has been sucked down into the whirlpool of the national recession, introduced on Monday a $15.8 billion budget wish list for the next ...

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Mills sparks St. Mary's over Kent St. - San Francisco Gate

Thursday, December 4, 2008 Omar Samhan had 19 and Carlin Hughes added 14 for the Gaels (6-1). Brandon Parks and Chris Singletary scored 16 points apiece for Kent State (3-4). St ...

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Grijalva gets Hispanic groups' backing for Interior chief - Arizona Daily Star

Hispanic groups nationally are lining up behind Rep. Raúl Grijalva of Tucson for interior secretary. But big environmental groups are largely staying silent in a contest involving ...

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Fees Keeping People Off Their Land - Flathead Beacon

As noted several times in this column, visitation to our national parks has been declining for years, partly because of steep increases in entrance fees and annual passes. While ...

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