Spokane A drought-stricken West is bracing for what is expected to be a hot, dry summer and its strain on a regional power grid that some believe is certain to fall short of demand and leave many in the dark.
Seattle native Nevin Harrison will compete at the Tokyo Olympics in canoe sprint. Credit: Tom Banse / NW News Network
Seattle athlete to sprint at the Tokyo Olympics, but in a canoe instead of on the track By
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Nineteen-year-old Nevin Harrison of Seattle has pictured herself competing in the Olympics for many years, mostly as a track sprinter like in the 100 or 200 meter dash. My mom always tells the story of me being four years old and watching the Olympics and saying, I m going to go one day, mom, Harrison recalled. She was like, Sure, Nevin. Whatever.
Nineteen-year-old Nevin Harrison of Seattle has pictured herself competing in the Olympics for many years, mostly as a track sprinter like in the 100 or
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The majority owners of the Colstrip coal-fired power plant are suing Montana’s attorney general over new laws they say unconstitutionally affect private business.
The new laws set terms of arbitration and allow the attorney general to collect fines if a power plant owner fails to pay its share of power plant costs or withdraws from the plant without unanimous consent.
The Colstrip plant’s Pacific Northwest-based owners added the attorney general to their complaint against minority owners last week.
The owners are in dispute over some of the same issues the new Montana laws address.
The electric utilities based in Washington State and Oregon are following state policies that call for them to phase out coal generation by 2025 and 2030. NorthWestern Energy has said it will stay at Colstrip until at least 2042.
Oregon sends COVID aid to India, Pfizer to send vaccines abroad
As the Pacific Northwest eases back toward normal life, efforts are ramping up to help others less fortunate.
Credit: Medical Teams International Author: Galen Ettlin Updated: 5:09 PM PDT May 23, 2021
OREGON, USA With about half of Oregon and Washington s populations vaccinated against COVID-19, life is easing back to normal. The Pacific Northwest is now sending aid to people in other countries who are less fortunate.
On May 20, crews in Portland loaded 300,000 rapid COVID test kits onto a Boeing 747-8F, headed to India.
India faces an ongoing surge in cases, with hundreds of thousands falling ill and thousands dying per day.