FRONTED The federal economic bailout shift is a dominant national story (Oregonian, Spokane Spokesman-Review, Eugene Register-Guard, Idaho Statesman, others). . . . Boise fronts the impending bankruptcy of the owner of the city’s largest shopping mall, but the story generally gets modest media attention (though many regional malls are owned by the company in question) . . .
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1One of the biggest pieces of concrete environmental news in the Northwest this year: An agreement, apparently on the verge of final signoffs, for tearing out four substantial dams on the Klamath River. But, be it noted, it would not happen for several years, and several steps beyond the major signoffs are needed.
2A new historical exhibit on the Ku Klux Klan in Washington state (in the 1920s) is being released. Check out the pictures the Seattle Times has posted. Oregon’s unfortunate history with the Klan is better known; this exhibit fills in some gaps.
3Libraries probably are going to have to find some new approach for offering rental DVDs, especially popular movies. The Tri-City Herald writes about what amounts to much more than just a rash of thefts: “Library records show that so far in 2008, Pasco’s library has had 437 DVDs ‘assumed stolen,’ Cox said. The Kennewick branch has had 89 thefts and Keewaydin Park has lost about 20, he said.”
4They’re having civic fun aplenty in St. Anthony, Idaho. The mayor there has quit, after (according to some people present) saying some of his city’s residents are “stupid” and all of them can “go to hell.” There’s also a recall effort on, which may be a related factor. (Story is behind a pay wall, but part of it is available on newseum.)
5Wednesday’s flooding in western Washington gets a useful review in the Everett Herald, worth the read because recent history suggests that the Northwest hasn’t seen in this season the last of this kind of weather behavior. See also the Seattle Times on this.
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