Thurston County EDC calls for business award nominations

2 February 2012, 11:46 pm

The Economic Development Council is accepting nominations for its business recognition awards, which will be announced April 10 at the Red Lion Hotel Olympia.... Read More »

South Sounders create, use rain yards to harvest water

1 February 2012, 3:35 am

Got rain? Of course you do. Sometimes in the Northwest it can seem like that’s all we do have. Yet there’s always a period of total drought midsummer when your water bill skyrockets, and forecasters are predicting that situation will only get worse. Time to get creative with the rain – and a h... Read More »

UPDATE: Here are some restoration estimates

25 January 2012, 7:40 am

UPDATE: Still out of power? Here are the restoration estimates as of 6 a.m. today.... Read More »

Power outages could last until Wednesday for some

23 January 2012, 6:13 am

BELLEVUE, Wash. -- Puget Sound Energy says it could take until Wednesday evening for some of the 52,000 customers still without power from last week's storm that pummeled Western Washington. Most are customers of Puget Sound Energy. Most are customers of Puget Sound Energy. The utility said midd... Read More »

Fighting words: LA Times calls Seattleites 'snow wimps'

18 January 2012, 5:56 pm

The paper's weather blog scoffs at residents reaction, and lack of traction, to snow Color Seattle clueless. The city has always marched unarmed into its infrequent battles with snow, and Wednesday's snowstorm was no exception.... Read More »

Storm slams parts of region with over foot of snow

18 January 2012, 10:01 am

A major winter storm struck the Pacific Northwest Wednesday morning, bringing crippling snow amounts to southwestern Washington, several inches of snow to parts of the Puget Sound area, wind chills below zero in Whatcom County and hurricane force winds to the Oregon Coast.... Read More »

Snow storm live blog

18 January 2012, 6:01 am

As snow falls across the Western Washington area Wednesday, we'll keep tabs of news events as they happen here:... Read More »

51 Businesses and Public Safety Agencies Employ Aladtec Online Employee Scheduling Systems in 4th Quarter, 2011

18 January 2012, 12:22 am

Public safety organizations, health care providers, retail services and other businesses continue selecting Aladtec to be their online employee scheduling and workforce management home. Aladtec helped 51 new customers transition to their EMS Manager, FIRE Manager or Zanager subscription-based employ... Read More »

Western Washington dairy recall due to E. coli contamination

17 January 2012, 12:56 pm

The Frisia Dairy and Creamery in Tenino is recalling retail raw milk products Frisia Dairy and Creamery of Tenino, Wash., located about 15 miles southeast of Olympia, has recalled its retail raw milk products because they may be contiminated withE. coli. There have been no reported illnesses.... Read More »

WA lawmakers aim to strengthen teacher evaluations

12 January 2012, 4:20 pm

A bipartisan group of Washington state lawmakers announced plans Thursday to make statewide evaluations of teachers and principals more rigorous and uniform.... Read More »