Archive for December, 2009

OLYMPIA – Congress and the Obama administration are responding with on-the-ground results in response to appeals by a coalition of conservation groups and the state Departments of Ecology and Fish & Wildlife. Federal action is now occurring to repair and reclaim crumbling national forest roads in Washington state that have been harming endangered salmon and... »

OLYMPIA – Gov. Chris Gregoire and the Washington Department of Ecology have approved the last four projects to share part of $66 million in Recovery Act funding to build or enhance clean water infrastructure. They will share $9 million and provide nearly 80 short-term construction jobs. They bring to 17 the state’s total of clean... »

OLYMPIA – When Matt Smith removed the convenience light from under the hood of a Mercury (a fitting coincidence) at Arrow Metals in Woodinville, it represented the 100,000th mercury-containing auto switch collected under Washington Vehicle Mercury Switch Removal Program. Automobile recyclers in Washington have been collecting mercury switches from the hoods and trunks of scrap... »

SAN JOSE, California, October 13, 2008 – Drivers along I-5 in the Olympia, Washington area from Tumwater to Ft. Lewis will soon start receiving the most up-to-the-minute traffic information available. The Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) has deployed SpeedInfo’s solar-powered Doppler radar sensors in this area, the third deployment by WSDOT this year. SpeedInfo... »

Olympia, WA – December, 2009 – Shipwreck Beads already has the distinction of having the world’s largest selection of beads. Now one of western Washington’s greatest tourist attractions is setting its sights on a new world record, one that may well land Shipwreck Beads in the Guinness Book of World Records™. Shipwreck Beads will... »