Winners & Losers
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-- The Work Force: A welfare-reform study says Oregon and Montana boast the nation's highest employment rates for welfare recipients, while Washington ranks seventh.
-- MOO.com: Two out of three farmers in Montana have access to computers and 38% of them are hooked up to the Internet, compared with 29% of farmers nationwide.
Winners
-- The Work Force: A welfare-reform study says Oregon and Montana boast the nation's highest employment rates for welfare recipients, while Washington ranks seventh.
-- MOO.com: Two out of three farmers in Montana have access to computers and 38% of them are hooked up to the Internet, compared with 29% of farmers nationwide.
-- Poker Players: The Oregon Lottery will invest $85 million over five years to replace its 9,000 video-poker machines in a gamble to keep players interested and profits high.
Losers
-- Old Roots: A water oak tree planted by President Benjamin Harrison in 1891 outside what then was Idaho's territorial legislature building is dying and will be removed.
-- Speedy Justice: Civil cases filed in Pierce County Superior Court won't go to trial for two to three years due to a backlog.
-- Downhillers: Idaho's Grand Targhee Ski and Summer Resort delays construction of a high-speed quad lift on Peaked Mountain, so skiers will have to ride Snowcats to the top for one more season.