Young people are leading the charge this weekend in the call to remove four dams conservation groups believe will aid the survival of salmon in the Northwest. The rally and march for salmon and orca take place on Saturday in Seattle, to urge Washington state leaders to remove four lower Snake River dams. Owen Begley-Collier, a junior at Roosevelt High School in Seattle who is helping host the event with his group, Snake River Savers, said orcas have been one of his great loves since he was a kid, but he is worried about their future. .
WASHINGTON — David Gewanter, a highly regarded physics and mathematics teacher for nearly 50 years, died peacefully on Friday, April 15, 2022, with his wife, Suzanne Drapeau, at his side.
Microsoft may begrudgingly allow you to fix your junk. Various tech companies including Tesla, Amazon, and T-Mobile are opposed to Washington’s proposed “right to repair” bill, which would allow consumers to repair devices rather than force them to throw them away and buy new ones. (Microsoft, which has been opposed in the past, is now neutral on the bill.) There’s still time to voice your support for the legislation — call your Olympia critter and.
It's the end of the year, which means all we have to read this week are everyone's end-of-year lists: You know what the doctor ordered as a tonic to this miserably long year? A week of re-reading all the news you're trying to forget. I'd like to leapfrog past this week and jump to all the fun January drama—a new mayor! a 60-day legislative session! movies!—but if you're feeling sentimental, there are many many lists.
Congratulations to the Seattle Krakens, who finally managed to get their NFTs online this morning… kind of. Some prospectors weren’t able to see the purchase link unless they reset their browser cache; others were unable to access the site on mobile; others (including us) were redirected to NFTs for a different team, the New York Islanders. And some who managed to purchase one of the $95 “Captain’s Box” packages found themselves disappointed: Apparently the website.