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March 2, 2021 at 10:59 am Then Washington Governor Gary Locke inspects a severe crack in Deschutes Parkway in Olympia after the magnitude 6.8 Nisqually quake in 2001. Worse damage is likely the next time the Cascadia fault ruptures off the Pacific coast. (AP archive photo by Lauren McFalls) Last week, Washington Emergency Management posted a warning to Twitter, saying that “there is an 84% chance we will have a Nisqually-style 6.8 earthquake hit Western Washington, like what happened 20 years ago this month.” After a flood of concerned replies where many interpreted th...

Nisqually earthquake 20 years later; are we prepared for the next big one? Siemny Kim It’s been 20 years since the Nisqually earthquake shook the region. It was one of the biggest earthquakes to rattle the area in decades. KIRO 7 spoke to a panel of experts, the Pacific Northwest Seismic Network, and from the state, who reflected on their memories of that day. “I was on 45th Ave NE at the Starbucks there when the shaking started. A student of mine had to grab me and say it’s an earthquake - we got to go,” recounted Bill Steele from the Pacific Northwest Seismic Network...

First Virtual Oregon Wine Symposium Honors Industry Excellence Award Winners Nine key figures and two organizations were recognized for contributions to the global success of Oregon wine, culminating with Lifetime Achievement awards given to Kevin and Carla Chambers February 24, 2021 PORTLAND, OR February 23, 2021 — Nine individuals and two organizations were recognized as leaders of Oregon’s wine industry during the 17th Oregon Wine Symposium on February 16-19, 2021, held virtually for the first time in its history. More than 1,100 wine professionals and guests attende...

On Feb. 28, 2001, a magnitude 6.8 earthquake shook western Washington causing billions of dollars in damage.

Feb 1, 2021 8:08 AM Barbara Eileen (Mardis) Miller, 72, of Derry, died on Friday, January 29, 2021 in Twin Lakes Rehabilitation and Health Center, Greensburg. She was the daughter of James Mardis and Esther (Steele) Mardis; she was born in Indiana, PA on February 19, 1948. She enjoyed sewing, crafts, and making jewelry. She is survived by her husband Charles W. Miller of Derry whom she celebrated 31 years of marriage with on July 31st; sisters, Pam Hill (Paul) of Elizabethtown, TN, and Joyce Hoy of Clymer; and several nieces and nephews. She is preceded in death by her parents and a brother, ...