Motorcyclists in Washington state who have been stuck idling at red lights cycle after cycle will have another option under a new law that went into effect last week. Many…
Motorcyclists take note: new left turn law
Category: The Advance
Good news for Washington’s adoptees coming next month
Beginning July 1, 2014, all adoptees 18 and older will have access to their original noncertified birth certificates unless a birth parent files a contact preference form indicating that he…
Reminder sent to employers: same-sex marriage discrimination is illegal
Last month, President Obama declared June as Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) Pride Month. From the president’s official proclamation: This month, as we mark 45 years since the patrons…
Continuing our food theme: Red snapper and rockfish are back
Starting in 1977, rockfish and similar species were scooped up off the West Coast at unsustainable rates. That stopped in the year 2000, when the federal government declared an economic…
Could it be a banner year for Washington’s sweetest crop?
If recent media reports are any indication, Washington’s cherry growers might be in for one heck of a year. Today, the U.S. cherry industry produces more than 650 million pounds…