High Country News -- June 11, 2007: Brave New Hay: Monsantos genetically modified Roundup Ready alfalfa may take over the West, as the company re-engineers the world to conform to its business plan

With the nation's military reserve components comprising about 46 percent of the total available United States military manpower, our country's civilian employers play a growing role in supporting our nation's military men and women. The awards are given in limited numbers and are designed to recognize employers who have gone above and beyond the legal requirements for supporting their employees on military duty. Nebraska employers were awarded by the Nebraska Committee of the ESGR, a...

Reader's comments Regardless of what passes for news on the front page of the Telegraph, it is nice to see a simple picture displaying the natural beauty of our city. Temperatures are expected to moderate a bit, with highs dropping back into the 80s going into the Labor Day holiday weekend. Yeah nothing like the purr of a Harley to enhance the feeling of a sunset. August 29, 2007 - 9:56PM The Telegraph/JOHN BADMAN The setting sun put on a colorful display Tuesday evening as it basked...

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An avid outdoorsman, Jeff enjoyed hunting, fishing, golfing, gardening and spending time with his family. Those wishing to give donations in Jeff's memory are asked to consider a charity of their choice. Friday at the funeral home; prayer of the Rosary will follow. Online condolences may be offered at www.reebfuneralhome.com. story updated September 05. Jeff was a 1980 graduate of Whiteford High School and, in 1985, received his Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering from the...

This morning, he recalled how selling that multi-million dollar Powerball ticket brought crowds into his store, many hoping his good luck would rub off on them. He's rooting for his customers as well, and not only because he will collect $30,000 from the lottery if he sells the winning ticket. For a week or so after selling it, he said the store was mobbed with people wanting to buy lottery tickets. or are you scared that I shall win that massive hunk of green-love? A-HAH!, but wait!...

Doornink has been a director of the Company since April 2003 and a Senior Advisor to the Company since December 2005. Doornink has been a director of the Company since April 2003 and a Senior Advisor to the Company since December 2005. He also served as Chairman of Activision Publishing, inc., the Company's only direct operating subsidiary and the holding company for all other active subsidiaries ("Activision Publishing"), from June 2005 to December 2005 and as Chief Executive Officer of...

Oman's diking district has the distinction, he's been told, of being "the only entity in Oregon and Washington that offers a bounty on nutria," he said. Nutria are grass-eating rodents and relentless burrowers, digging dens deep into dirt shorelines close to water. When it went south, they found their way into the wild across the nation and have been a problem for decades. Landowners typically shoot nutria on sight, often hiring trappers to curb heavy concentrations. Nutria don't care what...