Grays Harbor Community Foundation Celebrates 25th Year, Recognizes Stan...
The Grays Harbor Community Foundation is beginning their 25th year serving Grays Harbor, they’re also celebrating the retirement of Stan Pinnick from their board of directors. A press release from the...
View ArticleSchool groups poised to oppose West Virginia reform bill
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Three groups critical of an education reform bill moving through the West Virginia Senate say they’re ready to take statewide action. The West Virginia Education Association,...
View ArticleResort keeps alive tradition of harvesting ice from lake
HOLDERNESS, N.H. (AP) — Modern refrigerators have little appeal for summer guests at a rustic New Hampshire resort who prefer cooling their bottles of water, soda and beer the old-fashioned way. The...
View ArticleParkland attack fueled big shift in America’s gun politics
Last year’s shooting at a Florida high school sparked a movement among a younger generation angered by gun violence and set the stage for a significant shift in America’s gun politics. Thousands of...
View ArticleCoastal Harvest Welcomes New Executive Director Brent Hunter
The Coastal Harvest Board of Directors and staff recently welcomed new Executive Director, Brent Hunter to the organization. Mr. Hunter brings a range of experience to the organization, including...
View ArticleMike Folkers selected as Director of Finance and Administration at Port of...
The Port of Grays Harbor is pleased to announce that Mike Folkers will be joining the senior management team as the new Director of Finance and Administration, replacing current Director of Finance...
View ArticlePolice advocacy group calls Baltimore consent decree harmful
BALTIMORE (AP) — A police advocacy group has asked the Trump administration to modify the Baltimore police consent decree, saying it “does a tremendous amount of harm.” The Baltimore Sun reports the...
View ArticleFlorida zookeeper injured by rhino released from hospital
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — A Florida zookeeper has returned home after being injured by a white rhinoceros in its zoo enclosure. Jacksonville Zoo and Gardens Executive Director Tony Vecchio says the...
View ArticlePuerto Rico debt adjustment plan not ‘realistic’ in April: official
SAN JUAN (Reuters) – The executive director of Puerto Rico’s federally created financial oversight board said on Monday that a plan to restructure the U.S. commonwealth’s core government debt likely...
View ArticlePuerto Rico debt adjustment plan not ‘realistic’ in April: official
SAN JUAN (Reuters) – The executive director of Puerto Rico’s federally created financial oversight board said on Monday that a plan to restructure the U.S. commonwealth’s core government debt likely...
View ArticleGary Nelson elected Chairman of the Board of the American Association of Port...
The American Association of Port Authorities (AAPA) unanimously elected Port of Grays Harbor Executive Director Gary Nelson to serve as Chairman of the Board for the 2019-20 activity year that begins...
View ArticleLocal Hospitals Host Forums to Detail Public Hospital Districts
CEOs of Grays Harbor Community Hospital (GHCH) and Summit Pacific Medical Center (SPMC), along with Ben Lindekugel, Executive Director of the Association of Washington Public Hospital Districts (AWPHD)...
View ArticleBoard suspends agency director over rifle sticker complaint
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The executive director of the Alaska human rights commission has been suspended for 15 working days without pay for complaining on social media about a “Black Rifles Matter”...
View ArticlePUD Commissioner elected to Energy Northwest Executive Board
Grays Harbor PUD Board of Commissioners President Arie Callaghan has been elected to serve on the Executive Committee of Energy Northwest, a public power consortium formed by the state Legislature and...
View ArticleEcology Appoints McNamara Doyle to Office of Chehalis Basin director
Washington Department of Ecology Director Maia Bellon has named Andrea McNamara Doyle as the first director of the Office of Chehalis Basin. This office oversees the state’s effort to address...
View ArticleNebraska GOP critical of college speaker’s abortion stance
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The Nebraska Republican Party wants a Jesuit college in Omaha to rescind its invitation asking former U.S. Sen. Bob Kerrey to speak at its commencement, citing his position in favor...
View ArticleOregon foster care system targeted in federal lawsuit
SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Oregon’s foster care system has failed to shield children from abuse and they are sometimes forced to stay in refurbished jail cells and homeless shelters, according to a lawsuit...
View ArticleArkansas faces new court fight over sedative for executions
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — A federal lawsuit filed by death row inmates has renewed a court fight over whether the sedative Arkansas uses for lethal injections causes torturous executions, two years...
View ArticleAberdeen Union Supporting Local Teacher’s Pay Raises at School Board Meeting
The Aberdeen Education Association continues to seek support for local teachers as talks remain on hold until August 15th, at their request. They recently submitted a press release claiming that while...
View ArticleUN chief raised plight of Uighurs with China’s president
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. says Secretary-General Antonio Guterres raised the plight of an estimated 1 million Uighurs incarcerated in re-education camps in China during a recent meeting with the...
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