Northwest National Parks face winter storm damage and costly repairs
Wind gusts over 100 mph felled hundreds of trees as Olympic Mount Rainier and North Cascades National Parks wrestle with flooded roads campsites and damaged trails. Damages exceed 4 million this season plus 5 million from last year, with Paradise Inn reopening planned in May after a two year refit.
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Pacific Northwest
Mount Rainier National Park
Olympic National Park
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Sunshine Week survey finds high secrecy view and strong open government interest
A Scripps Howard Ohio University survey for Sunshine Week reports 74 percent see the federal government as secretive, while 90 percent say candidates’ stance on open government matters. The poll of 1012 adults shows state and local secrecy concerns rising, with 82 percent wanting records on lawmakers meetings and 71 percent seeking police reports.
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Sunshine Week
David Westphal
Washington
McClatchy Newspapers
American Society of Newspaper Editors
Freedom of Information Committee
ASNE
United States
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