Author: Freda Brown
Many restaurants have been in the process of phasing out single-use plastic straws. Arguing for a greener tomorrow, the Washington state legislature too has pre-filed a bill for this session to prohibit the sale and distribution of single-use plastic straws. If it passes the legislature and is also implemented, the ban on plastic straws goes […]
The Washington State Department of Transport said that the new Highway 99 tunnel which is scheduled to open in early February would have the capacity to withstand an earthquake of a high magnitude of 9.0 in the Richter scale. And this is the reason for improving the Alaskan Way Viaduct for the safety of the […]
The State officials are planning to build an automated mountain dam in the Enchantments area near Leavenworth. The existing dams are not known to many. The automation will provide a better flow to Icicle Creek, its languishing fish, Wenatchee Valley orchards and the city of Leavenworth, which all rely on the creek’s cold waters. After […]
Washington State had its share of gun violence incidents in the last year. The controversial gun laws are pointed by many as the cause of increased violence; hence we need a stricter gun law as per them. This New Year has some good news for the strict gun law advocates. From January 1, this year […]
Three criminal incidents have disturbed the locals of Tri-cities. In an unprecedented chain of events, Richland Police arrested four people for ID theft; a fleeing suspect crashes a car, and a man was shot by an unknown person in Kennewick. There is no news of any loss of life in the above three incidents. ID […]
In a tragic incident of carelessness and inhumanity, a man has been left out at a Hospital by a group of home providers. On December 12, a man was admitted to Mason General Hospital to be medically cleared before being allotted a long-term residential facility. The hospital staff recognized that the man had behavioral problems […]
After a two year long lead in the 20-city S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller index, Seattle has lost to Phoenix as the fastest-climbing home prices in October, as per the report published in late December. Phoenix has been added to the list with Las Vegas and San Francisco as the top three metros with fastest growing home […]
This is a story worth sharing. The story will let you know the importance of community and how a call in time to 211 changed and sustained the life of Leah Wade. Leah wade’s financial condition was not healthy, her husband was not working owing to his illness, and the youngest of her three children, […]
Politics has no permanent friend and foe. And this has been proved a couple of times. Again, with unexpected events, we will have to end this year in politics. Patrick Shanahan, chair of the University of Washington’s board of regent, gave a speech in a negative tone when Trump was elected as the President saying […]
