Ezee Fiber coming to Washington
I did not have getting fiber in my area on my 2025 bingo card. Hopeful that this happens quick and we can get on it and away from Xfinity.
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Two Years without Invasive Hornets in Washington State
For the second year in a row, no northern giant hornets were detected in Washington, the state Department of Agriculture reported Dec. 4.
The department recently completed its annual invasive pest survey and will begin removing more than 800 northern giant hornet traps that have been monitored since July. An additional 200 traps were placed throughout the state by federal state and local agencies, community groups and private citizen scientists.
I guess you could say these hornets have... buzzed off.
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Idaho women traveling to Washington for abortions, not not having them
Now that a year has passed since women lost the right to abortion, we can assess how our neighbor Idaho's near-total ban on it is faring.
In short: It has accomplished next to nothing.
You can't say categorically that the Idaho ban hasn't stopped a single abortion. But the data suggests that is essentially the case – that the whole thing is a burden, cost and danger to Idaho's own women, but hasn't met the anti-abortion goals that supposedly informed it.
We know this now because clinics in the Pacific Northwest have started releasing data on where women come from to use their services, both back when abortion was legal nationwide, and now that it's not.
Idaho women are simply fleeing.
Take the Kennewick Planned Parenthood clinic in the Tri-Cities, about 130 miles into Washington state from the Idaho border. According to data compiled by U.S. Sen. Maria Cantwell's office, this clinic saw just two patients from Idaho in the five months before the U.S. Supreme Court canceled Roe v. Wade.
In that same five-month period this year? There were 91.
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Washington scraps plan for all students to get free lunch
Sad to see this isn't carrying through. They are still working on expanding it for the poorest students in elementary school, but still, we should do better.
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