Puget Sound Energy has convened an Equity Advisory Group (EAG) that will advise the state’s largest utility on its Clean Energy Implementation Plan (CEIP) set by the state’s groundbreaking climate legislation passed in 2019– the Washington Clean Energy Transformation Act. The implementation plan is the company’s four-year roadmap that will outline clean electricity targets, actions […]
To Know
Amazon Flex didn’t deliver as promised, and now must pay
“Were you an Amazon Flex driver from late 2016 to August 2019? If so, you may be able to get the tips you earned that Amazon previously withheld. Several months ago, we told you the FTC filed a case against Amazon for keeping $61.7 million in tips drivers made while delivering for the Amazon Flex […]
Obituary Notices – June 12, 2021
Edwards Memorial Funerals Homes, Chapels and Crematories: Christa Zwicknagel Anderson Miraldi. Mountain View Funeral Home: Kazui Miller; Maurie Nagel. Fir Lane Memorial Park: Victoria Lynn Cronk.
Julie Gold – Crying from the Beauty, the Music, and the Lyrics
In March 2021, I wrote an article about Julie Gold and her songs. The article was about seeing Nanci Griffith and Julie Gold for the first time. In 1992 they were guest stars along with Indigo Girls and Mary Chapin Carpenter in the first show of Austin City Limits – Season 17. Recently, Julie Gold […]
It’s Official. Film, Art, Book Festival October 8-10
Submitted by Bob Lawrence. The 9th annual Lakewood Lakewood Film, Art, Book Festival is scheduled for the second weekend in October 2021 – 8th, 9th and 10th at the McGavick Center at Clover Park Technical College. Our last annual festival was everything we hoped for: hundreds of visitors, special guest presentations, 39 authors from 6 […]
Local students named to Marquette University’s spring 2021 Dean’s List
Local students have been named to the Dean’s List for the spring 2021 semester at Marquette University in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. DuPont Roman de Guia is pursuing a Bachelor of Science in Exercise Physiology. Steilacoom, WA Elizabeth Still is pursuing a Bachelor of Arts in Criminology and Law Studies. To make the Dean’s List, students must […]
Obituary Notices – June 11, 2021
New Tacoma Cemeteries and Funeral Home: Donna Marie Curley; Gerald Kay Gehring; Joyce Mary Edwards; Audrey King Berte. Edwards Memorial Funerals Homes, Chapels and Crematories: Robert Timothy HipkinsCory Andrew Gibbs. Mountain View Funeral Home: George Edward Berry Jr.
Falling for Washington – Palouse Falls and Spokane Falls
Submitted by Don and Peg Doman. After reading Susanne Bacon’s article on the wondrous Palouse Falls, Peg and I knew we had to visit the falls. We sold my sister Deedee and our cousin Lindy on driving to Eastern Washington to view this national treasure in person. We waited until June and then saddled up […]
Washington Community Leaders Join Forces to Seed Endowment for First-Generation, Underserved Students to Pursue Health Care Careers
Submitted by Community Health Plan of Washington (CHPW). Sea Mar Community Health Centers and Community Health Plan of Washington (CHPW), have partnered to seed an endowment at the University of Washington Office of Minority Affairs & Diversity and UW Bothell for first-generation, low income and underserved students who are studying health care. With a focus […]