...Farmer said Saturday he intends to challenge Assembly member Jim Powell in this fall's municipal election. A military journalist who headed the city's Urban Bear Committee, Farmer said he'd like to examine growth and development issues...

...They aren't the only media figures who feel persecuted. Last month a military court in Vladivostok sentenced a military journalist to four years in prison for espionage. The reporter's supporters say his real "crime" was disclosing environmental...

...something, I finish it. We're nowhere close to the end of the bear problem here," Farmer said. Farmer, a military journalist, also said he would be working out of town for nearly two weeks next month, so he wouldn't be able to attend...