By James Hagengruber, The Spokesman-Review, Spokane, Wash. Sep. 9--A multihundred-million-dollar plan aimed at cleaning up the Spokane River and returning life to vast dead zones deep in Long Lake will be unveiled Wednesday.

By Ripley, Richard The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) will hold two sessions on Thursday, Feb. 8, to receive public comments on Avista Corp.'s applications to relicense its five Spokane River dams. Both sessions, from 9 a.m. to noon and from 6 p.m.