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The Maldives may be the ultimate winter scuba escape. The water is warm throughout the year, visibility is excellent, the accommodations are flawless and the food is both fresh and imaginative. What's more, the beaches are immaculate and there are many opportunities to see large and impressive sea life. .
JOHN L. SMITH: Missing Nye County woman's husband might want to lie ...
I'm pursuing the Jean prison," Gillespie said in an interview this week with the Review-Journal editorial board. "The state says they're going to leave there." Taking over the Jean prison would add 600 beds. The detention center currently houses 3,100 people in a facility built for 2,800. LEARNING LESSONS: The result of the G-sting investigation was a major victory in the federal government's war on public corruption, but U.S. Attorney Gregory Brower says he expects the lesson will have to be taught again. "When you see those people go to prison, you'd like to think other public officials would learn from it," Brower said in a recent interview. "I guess the (G-sting) cases and convictions show us all that the lesson learned, if there is one, is short-lived." BETTING UPDATE: The New Jersey Assembly last week voted 58-17 to approve legislation that could lead to legalizing betting on professional sports.
Tribe banking on grant money to save chinook run
Chris Gregoire recently awarded, most of it tagged for habitat restoration in the Puget Sound region. The Stillaguamish River effort is expected to get $3.7 million, to be spent over two years, including $1.3 million for the south fork alone. The money comes from the state's Salmon Recovery Funding Board and an appropriation from the Legislature. So far, Snohomish County has received nearly $326,000 in grant money to build shelters made of giant stumps and logs to help the fish survive what can be a tough journey to sea. The county will use an additional $200,000 grant to figure out what more can be done to preserve chinook. Key needs include reducing the amount of sediment that flows into the river, which robs it of oxygen that the salmon and eggs need to survive.
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