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Students craft culinary creations for Liberty Theatre fundraiser
ASTORIA — Ana Holen and Elli Rimell, two aspiring culinary arts students, will serve hors d’oeuvres for a 4 p.m. Wednesday fundraising event at the Liberty Theatre McTavish Room. Holen and Rimell are holding the event as part of a senior project. Bites will be served with mocktails...
Winco Foods Removes Self-Checkouts in Oregon, WA Next?
Winco Foods, which has stores in WA, OR and its state of origin, Idaho, has apparently begun to remove self-checkout stands from some of its stores in Oregon. Online social media posts indicate some are gone. According to Reddit users online, at least one Portland, OR area Winco has removed...
Dry lightning outbreak could spark Northwest wildfires during critical fire conditions
Rounds of thunderstorms moving across the Northwest may trigger a dry lightning outbreak across parts of Oregon, California and Nevada, which could quickly spark fires in those regions recently facing record-breaking temperatures and dry conditions.
Long Beach Rodeo back in the saddle
LONG BEACH, Wash. — The 77th annual Long Beach Rodeo, presented by the Peninsula Saddle Club, kicks off Friday evening with a 6:30 p.m. downtown parade. A cowboy breakfast will be served between 7 and 11 a.m. Saturday at the clubhouse, followed by the Northwest Professional Rodeo at 1 p.m. with competitions in bareback, saddle bronc, bull riding, breakaway roping, calf roping, team roping, steer wrestling and barrel racing. Announcing this year will be William “Bull” Demers, joined by rodeo clown George Kinter.
RAVE Foundation Raises More Than One Million Dollars at the Born in ’74 Gala, Announcing a New Commitment to Build 26 Additional Soccer Mini-Fields Throughout Washington Ahead of the FIFA World Cup 2026™
RENTON, WASH. – Sounders FC and its charitable partner, RAVE Foundation, celebrated their annual fundraising event, which raised over one million dollars in support of the club’s mission to build 26 small fields for free play by the end of 2026 in historically marginalized communities throughout the State of Washington. Presented by Delta Air Lines, RAVE’s Born in ‘74 Gala was held on Thursday, July 18 at the Providence Swedish Performance Center & Clubhouse in Renton, with more than 600 guests in attendance. At this year’s Gala, RAVE Foundation announced its intention to double the initial goal of building 26 soccer mini-fields to 52 total fields, with the target date of completion in time for FIFA World Cup 2026™.
Prison powwow: Native families connect with their loved ones behind bars
In line to enter a state prison north of Olympia, 10-year-old Ahyoka Wixon cannot stay still. “My dad’s friend made me a jingle dress!” she says to a friendly man standing off to the side of the line, adorned in cultural regalia from head to toe. Her grandmother, 62-year-old Tina Wixon, pulls her away, reminding […] The post Prison powwow: Native families connect with their loved ones behind bars appeared first on Washington State Standard.
Naval helicopter airlifts Olympia man, 11-year-old daughter after spending over 12 hours on Deception Pass trail
KITTITAS CO., Wash. - Thirty-six-year-old Jeffrey Wulf of Olympia and his 11-year-old daughter had to be airlifted from the Deception Pass Trail after Wulf suffered a medical emergency mid-hike. Naval Air Station Whidbey responded to a call from the Kittitas County Sheriff's Office early on July 20 after Kittitas County...
Clark County’s Sheriff’s Office investigates fatal crash in Amboy, closes road
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — One person is dead and a road is closed amid a fatal crash investigation in Amboy on Sunday. According to the Clark County Sheriff’s Office, a witness called 911 at 1:26 p.m. to report a collision near 18600 NE 399th Street. The crash involved a car and a motorcycle, with one […]
Watch Krist Novoselic Guest With a Nirvana Tribute Band
The Portland, Oregon-based tribute band FooVana was joined by a special guest on Thursday evening at their show in Vancouver, Washington: original Nirvana bassist Krist Novoselic. "Get down here to Georgie's Garage and Grill! Show's about to start! Oh yeah that's right... Somebody else is here!!!" the band wrote on...
TRS Group and Seattle-Tacoma International Airport Remove PFAS from Firefighting Vehicles
INDIANAPOLIS -- The Port of Seattle Fire Department at the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA), working with TRS Group (TRS), is the first airport in the United States to use the PerfluorAd™ process to remove and thoroughly clean aqueous film forming foams (AFFF), which contain per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), sometimes called "forever chemicals," from all its aircraft rescue and firefighting (ARFF) vehicles.
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