A team of scientists has discovered that human-introduced, invasive species of plants can have positive ecological effects.

HAPPY VALLEY, Ore., June 24 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- West Coast Bank is the corporate sponsor of the Happy Valley Kids Camp with Radio Disney AM 1640 on Tuesdays in July from 10:30 a.m.-noon.

By Dean Kahn, The Bellingham Herald, Wash. Jun. 30--A group of Happy Valley residents came up with an interesting name for their plan to promote trees and natural drainage in their neighborhood.

By HARTEVELT, John Green Party co-leader Jeanette Fitzsimons yesterday nailed her party's colours alongside activist group Save Happy Valley at a picket outside Solid Energy in Christchurch. Fitzsimons was in Christchurch to unveil her party's policy on coal.

By Marcie Young, The Charlotte Observer, N.C. Mar. 16--Caldwell commissioners last week approved changes to the county's comprehensive land-use plan, which had received criticism from some residents who worried it would make way for sprawling development.