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“We've had a steady stream of applications”

E Staff Reporter For the first time since 2001, Stevens County has no roadblocks to development. via Colville Statesman-Examiner

“I was there until I was told to go home”

Three responders to the grim head-on crash that killed five children used the same word as they described what they saw on U.S. Highway 395 on Nov. via The Spokesman-Review

“Michael Clayton": George Clooney stars in the title role of this legal thriller about a law firm "fixer”

Selected home-video releases: "American Gangster": Ridley Scott teams up for a third time with his "Gladiator" star Russell Crowe, but it's Denzel Washington who dominates this crime saga. via The Herald

Ridley Scott, working from a script by Oscar-winning screenwriter Steve Zaillian , tells the real-life story of a New York cop named Richie Roberts investigating the dangerous drug lord Frank Lucas . via Spokane 7

“Cops: 20th Anniversary Edition”

AMERICAN GANGSTER: Ridley Scott directs Russell Crowe and Denzel Washington in this crime saga. via Seattle Post-Intelligencer

“When we first came here, it was a beautiful park, one of the prettiest ones in Spokane County. We liked it here close to the lake”

Patty and Chuck DuBey have lived in the Picnic Pines Mobile Home Park at Silver Lake, east of Medical Lake, for 39 years. via The Spokesman-Review

“Well I think it's going to, number one, make healthier kids. That's the biggest impact. Number two, it allows a market for local products into a local institution”

A plan to put money in the pockets of local farmers by putting their food in local schools is plowing through the state legislature. via KING5 Seattle News

"No Country for Old Men" and "There Will Be Blood" each have eight Academy Awards nominations that were announced this morning Both are up for best picture. via Kndu.com

“When you get down to it, it's just you and a buddy trying to stay alive”

When World War II began, Art Carlson didn't rush to the recruiting station to join the service. via Times-Herald

If a movie year is measured by its quotient of highly watchable films, then 2007 was a very good year. via Tri-cityherald.com

“That's why it adds up so quickly”

Myers fined $369,000 for fire violations By JOHN McCALLUM Editor Spokane County District Court Commissioner Brad Chinn has fined Cheney mobile home park owner Thomas Myers $369,000 for violations of the state's ... via Cheney Free Press

A 17-year-old boy was arrested Saturday after a report that he shot at his stepfather during a heated argument, Kittitas County sheriff's deputies said. via Yakima Herald-Republic

“I don't think they were (good changes)”

Dondee and Clayton Dawes prepare to turn on a blender holding their credit cards during a Christian-based financial planning class at First Baptist Church. via Yakima Herald-Republic