By Jay F. Marks, The Oklahoman Apr. 11--Oklahoma City will become middle America's hub for emergency management training, the place to come for instruction in the latest tactics to prevent a terrorist attack.

By DON HAMILTON Step by slow bureaucratic step, the pieces of what may soon become the new Interstate 5 bridge are gradually falling into place.

By Don Hamilton, The Columbian, Vancouver, Wash. Jan. 15--Sen. Patty Murray will have a lot of say about federal funding for the new Interstate 5 bridge, but so far what she's saying she's saying cautiously. Yes, the proposed $4 billion project remains a top priority for her.

By Don Hamilton, The Columbian, Vancouver, Wash. Jan. 4--Columbian file photos Carl Spackler was never known as a great military strategist, but the Oregon Department of Transportation is relying on his tactics in their war on starlings.

By Don Hamilton, The Columbian, Vancouver, Wash. Jan. 2--Young Kirsi Ryan Leppanen probably would have been happier not being Clark County's first 2008 baby. As it was, her arrival 65 minutes into the new year was loud and difficult, and a day or two earlier probably would have been just fine.