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Melody Kennett chats with customers Friday, May 18, 2012 at the contract liquor store she has managed for 37 years in Naches, Wash. Kennett elected to sell her liquor license rather than relocate when her landlord imposed a no-compete clause following passage of a liquor privatization initiative in Washington state. (AP Photo/Shannon Dininny)

Private business liquor sales begin Friday in Washington

Last updated Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - 8:49am

PULLMAN, Wash -- The police chief in the town with the region's largest university is gearing up for Friday, when businesses will assume what had been the state's monopoly on hard liquor sales.

Pullman Police Chief Gary Jenkins' plans include decoy operations where minors are sent into stores to see if they can buy alcohol. He has also scheduled a training session on June 11 with presentations by police officers and officials from the Washington State Liquor Control Board.

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Washington grocery stores line up to sell hard liquor after law changes

Elaine Williams Lewiston Tribune

Last updated Tuesday, November 22, 2011 - 1:03pm

Albertsons, Safeway and Rosauers are preparing to be among the first businesses to line up behind Costco to sell hard alcohol in Washington, following the passage of a state initiative that privatizes liquor sales.

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Group agrees not to use Idaho seal in pro-megaload ads

Elaine Williams, The Lewiston Morning Tribune McClatchy Newspapers

Last updated Thursday, June 23, 2011 - 3:55pm

LEWISTON, Idaho -- Western Legacy Alliance has agreed not to use the Idaho state seal in promotions after a citizen questioned the group's use of the emblem in newspaper ads supporting megaloads.

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Earth First! may target highway 'megaloads'

Elaine Williams, The Lewiston Morning Tribune McClatchy Newspapers

Last updated Thursday, June 23, 2011 - 3:50pm

LEWISTON, Idaho -- Civil disobedience, possibly against megaloads, is planned for July 13 after an Earth First! Rendezvous along U.S. Highway 12 in Montana.

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