About 500 firefighters are building fire lines to protect threatened buildings and have made good progress, a report from the Department of Forestry this morning said. The fire is about 35 percent contained, but continues to burn intensively in timber and dry vegetation, leaping from treetop to treetop, according to InciWeb.org, an online interagency wildland fire information system. Firefighters are cautiously optimistic that progress will continue today despite the fact that increasing...

Printer Friendly . PDF . Email (AP Photo/Elko Daily Free Press, Ross Andreson) Nevada Division of Forestry firefighter Mike Berry fights the wind as he battles the Stevens Fire, Monday night, July 16, 2007, at the Jeff and Karen Dahl ranch in Starr Valley, Nev. Printer Friendly . PDF . Email (AP Photo/Elko Daily Free Press, Ross Andreson) Nevada Division of Forestry firefighter Mike Berry fights the wind as he battles the Stevens Fire, Monday night, July 16, 2007, at the Jeff and Karen...

The reason [a country] chooses to [sign a treaty or join an international organization] is that the expected benefits outweigh the loss of sovereignty experienced. The reason [a country] chooses to [sign a treaty or join an international organization] is that the expected benefits outweigh the loss of sovereignty experienced. When the Brian Mulroney government's FTA negotiations were leaked to the public in the mid-1980s, the government went into damage control mode, seeking to limit...

On Monday, the USW said negotiations with Island Timberlands have been ongoing, but the company has not tabled adequate proposals on key issues such as alternative shift arrangements, contracting out and severance pay. USW spokesman Steve Hunt said Island Timberlands was leading the other companies on the coast and setting the pattern on a number of issues, but we have hit a dead end on key issues like contractors, severance and hours of work. The offer also includes wage rate improvements...

Greasy pizza boxes should not be placed in the recycling, because they will contaminate the rest of the load as well, but Dow noted that pizza boxes can be composted. Another simple thing people can do is bring travel mugs or re-usable coffee mugs to fast-food places, and ask that those be filled with a beverage of choice. Its important that any time anyone puts any kind of container out to be recycled, it needs to be clean, because food residue will contaminate the rest of the recycling,...