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Exciting: AAA Celebrating 120 Year Birthday in Washington
AAA Washington turns 120 this year and is celebrating its anniversary in major ways! As a thank-you to its 1.2 million members, AAA Washington is expanding current memberships some new benefits at NO additioal cost. AAA Washington was founded 120 years ago by a group of Washingtonians obsessed with making...
If your rent’s “too damn high”, Maybe this will help…. Maybe.
I have touched on this topic before, and you know how I feel about it. “The rent is too damn high”. That is anyone trying to rent a property in Washington state knows that rates have skyrocketed and to me, it just seems criminal. Well, now we might...
WA Forest Service Encouraging You to EAT this Invasive Species
Invasive species seem to be becoming more and more part of our regular news. They have some invasive species out on the east coast and parts of New York where officials basically just tell you to kill them on site like the Spotted Lantern Bugs from Pittsburgh. News of this...
Plan Finalized to Kill Thousands of Owls Around the Northwest
The federal government will move ahead with plans to kill tens of thousands of barred owls in Washington, Oregon, and California to protect threatened spotted owls. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced a decision on Wednesday to adopt a controversial barred owl management strategy that calls for lethal removal of the birds by shooting them with shotguns and, in some cases, capturing and euthanizing them.
Fairs provide window into dairy industry as number of farms nationwide declines
MONROE, Wash. — Data from the United States Department of Agriculture shows a significant decline in dairy farms in recent decades as businesses consolidate due to rising costs and lower milk prices. But family farms in Washington continue to innovate, coming up with new ways to keep their farms...
30 state businesses nominated for Employer of the Year Awards
Two businesses in Edmonds and three in Lynnwood are among the 2024 nominees for Governor’s Employer Awards presented by the Washington State Governor’s Committee on Disability Issues & Employment (GCDE). These awards honor public and private employers statewide for their exemplary work recruiting, hiring, retaining and promoting workers with disabilities.
Voter education increases as November General Election looms; I-2117 draws most discussion
TRI-CITIES, WA. - In less than 70 days, Voters across Washington will voice their choices on a wide array of candidates and ballot measures. No race is drawing more attention than the flurry of initiatives that will be on the ballot come November, particularly Initiative 2117, which looks to repeal the Climate Commitment Act (CCA).
Inslee sends prison staff to juvenile detention facility to help deal with overcrowding
Washington Gov. Jay Inslee has directed the Department of Corrections to send staff to Green Hill School in Chehalis as the juvenile detention facility faces safety issues resulting from overcrowding. The Department of Children, Youth and Families announced Inslee’s directive on Aug. 13. It followed the agency’s July 8 decision to suspend intakes at its […]
Fire burns RV and nearby trees in Kennewick
KENNEWICK, Wash. – An RV caught on fire on Thursday in Kennewick, according to the Kennewick Fire Department. At around 6:59 p.m., crews were sent to the 100 block of South Washington Street for an RV on fire that was spreading to nearby large trees. Callers also reported that a dog might have been in the RV.
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