The strange new world of the 1st Congressional District
Republican John Koster has an easy road to his party's nomination for a congressional seat while five Democrats stage a brawl. It's wild even if Dennis Kucinich doesn't land here.
Floyd J. McKay, professor of journalism emeritus at Western Washington University, was a print and broadcast journalist in Oregon for three decades. He is also a historian and his new book, "Reporting
Republican John Koster has an easy road to his party's nomination for a congressional seat while five Democrats stage a brawl. It's wild even if Dennis Kucinich doesn't land here.
A growing coalition opposes the plans for shipping coal through the Northwest to China's electrical plants, but there is a lot of strength on the supporters' side, too.
Former Gov. John Kitzhaber is trying for an encore, against a more liberal Democrat. On the Republican side, charismatic Trailblazer star Charles Dudley is battling a more conservative, ho-hum businessman.
In Whatcom County, people see a Cherry Point shipping terminal as a source of well-paying jobs and opportunity for local residents
In Oregon, voters elected a slate of Democrats and approved funding measures for schools and libraries, but Vancouver, WA won't budge on funding the Columbia River bridge.