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Washingtonians feel about income tax the way Oregonians feel about sales tax. So when the legislature in Olympia passed a 9.9% tax on annual incomes over $1 million, it unleashed a major backlash.
Warming temperatures at the equator could paradoxically bring the Northwest a wet fall and high winter snowpack, according to climatologists. The West is in for “one of the strongest El Niños we’ve had,” Larry O’Neill, Oregon’s state climatologist, said Monday. The ocean and atmospheric weather pattern that occurs every few years and touches all parts […]
Free news from Deputy State Fire Marshal Courtney Chambers: Please review the approved dates and times of legal sales and use of fireworks in Washington State.
When Washington Secretary of State Steve Hobbs visited Goldendale June 9, he bought with him consuls representing other countries in Washington and Oregon, including representatives of Mexico, Japan, India and Lithuania.
Free news: Candidates in Washington’s August primary election will speak at a Candidates Night on Friday, July 10 beginning at 6:30 p.m. in the Rock Creek Hegewald Center Auditorium.
This winter saw high temperatures and poor precipitation. Mass evaporation further dried out fuels. Only a very strong El Niño could help avoid repeat next year.
