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U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo announced that $289 million will be awarded to 44 organizations as part of the Economic Development Administration’s SPRINT challenge.
The SPRINT (Scaling Pandemic Resilience Through Innovation and Technology) challenge was launched last year to harness America’s entrepreneurial spirit to address the economic, health, and safety issues caused by the coronavirus pandemic.
Those receiving funding include non-profits, colleges and universities and entrepreneurship-focused organizations. Grant recipients will receive funding between $200,000 and $750,000.
“The Biden Administration applauds the SPRINT Challenge awardees’ efforts to pivot to help their communities through difficult times quickly,” Raimondo said in a statement. “American entrepreneurship and innovation will help our country through this coronavirus pandemic and build back better, stronger, and more resilient.”
April snow falling in the Cascades raises avalanche concerns
Search and rescue officials said new snow on top of what’s already on the ground has teams monitoring the risks of an avalanche. Author: KING 5 Staff, Associated Press Published: 10:26 AM PDT April 8, 2021 Updated: 10:27 AM PDT April 8, 2021
SNOQUALMIE, Wash. Up to 8 inches of snow is forecasted at the Cascade passes through Saturday, which is good news for the ski resorts. But the April snowfall could be challenging for anyone traveling in the mountains.
The weather system is expected to arrive Friday night into Saturday, bringing another round of rain and mountain snow. The National Weather Service (NWS) said snow levels will remain around 2,000 feet with more snow accumulating on the mountain passes.
This season, some parts of Washington got a winter-and-a-half worth of its usual snow. Author: Glenn Farley Updated: 8:59 PM PDT March 31, 2021
Washington’s snowpack this year could end up being the third-highest since records were kept beginning in 1981. The snowpack is considered at its peak on April 1.
In the Central Puget Sound and Olympic zones, snowpack stands at 157% of normal. That’s like getting a winter-and-a-half worth of snow. In north Puget Sound, 123%. East of Tacoma and south toward the Columbia River, it stands at 141% of normal as measured on March 31.
The only disappointment is the Lower Pend Oreille zone at 94% of normal, which wouldn’t be bad in many years.
Snow blankets South Sound with more on the way Friday night Scott Sistek | KOMONews.com Meteorologist
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SEATTLE The first real snowfall of the season was moving through a swath of Western Washington Thursday, the first of at least a pair of winter storms forecast to move through the region through the weekend. This is just round one of several that will be coming through, KOMO News meteorologist Shannon O Donnell said Thursday evening.
Winter Storm Warnings were posted for up to 4 inches of snowfall into Friday morning from about Tacoma and Pierce County south along the I-5 corridor toward Oregon and west into the southern Hood Canal area.