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Judge blocks sale and closure of National Archives in Seattle, notes ‘public relations disaster’ by feds Author: Erik Lacitis, The Seattle Times Updated: February 13 Published February 13
This Jan. 23, 2020, photo shows the National Archives on Sand Point, Wash., that has about a million boxes of generally unique, original source documents and public records. More than two dozen Native American tribes and cultural groups from the Northwest and Alaska are suing the federal government to stop the sale of the National Archives building in Seattle, a plan that would force the relocation of millions of invaluable historical records to California and Missouri. (Alan Berner/The Seattle Times via AP)
U.S. attorney in
Pacific Northwest.
That s the little-known entity few have heard of and which recommended the Archives be shuttered in
Seattle. The board was created in 2016 to find what it deems excess federal property.
Kipnis said he didn t know.
Coughenour said the feds could have avoided a public relations disaster if they had displayed some sensitivity to how the closure affected the Northwest.
Coughenour also asked Kipnis what he knew about this quote in a Thursday Seattle Times story from a spokesperson for the
White House Office of Management and Budget: Tribal consultation is a priority for this administration, and we will further assess the extent to which tribes were consulted under the previous administration on this proposal.
VICTORIA A shipment of Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine is expected to arrive in a Vancouver Island First Nation Wednesday as cases of the virus continue to climb just days after a cluster was declared. Snuneymuxw First Nation’s chief Mike Wyse announced a total of 19 cases in the community located near Nanaimo on Tuesday. “We are definitely in trying times for Snuneymuxw, but as a community, we are hanging in there and moving forward, we’ve got a lot of good support on our side,” he said. A shelter-in-place order remains in effect and the people who have tested positive are isolating in the community. Residents are asked to stay home and security officers are monitoring people’s access in and out of the community.
January
Three teams from Spruce Mountain Middle School were recognized for their accomplishments at the Maine FIRST LEGO League Championship held in December at the Augusta Civic Center. Members of ‘Just the Incredible 6’ won the Global Innovation Award and finished 10th in the robotic performance portion of the competition. The team Silent Bot Deadly took 11th out of the 28 teams in the robotic performance while Space Savers, a team of sixth graders were recognized with the Core Values Gracious Professionalism Award.
More than three months after the explosion at the LEAP Inc. central office building in Farmington, Larry Lord’s condition was upgraded to fair. Lord received burns over more than half of his body in the explosion at the LEAP building where he was maintenance supervisor. He is credited with saving the lives of several LEAP co-workers after he got them out of the building moments before the explosion at Farmington Falls Road.