In 1924, President Calvin Coolidge delivered the first radio broadcast from the White House as he addressed the country over 42 stations. We didn’t find an audio clip of that, but in early 1925 he gave the first presidential inaugural address to be carried on the radio. Here’s a brief [...] Read more »
A gust of wind estimated at 60 to 70 miles per hour by the Washington State Patrol toppled a semi this morning about 11 a.m. at tunnel 2 on SR 14 about six miles west of White Salmon. According to a release from the WSP the truck was westbound and [...] Read more »
Local history buffs will have a chance to take two field trips this weekend to visit sites along the route taken by Col. George Wright in his 1858 expedition against the Coeur d’Alene Indians. Both are in conjunction with a history forum presented at the Original Wasco County Courthouse at [...] Read more »
SALEM, Ore.(AP) — Hundreds of public employees and liberal activists are asking the Oregon Legislature not to cut funding for schools, prisons and workers who provide in-home care to seniors. Unions, environmental groups and Occupy organizations brought people from around the state to the Capitol yesterday, when many schools and [...] Read more »
EVERETT, Wash. (AP) — Washington state Sen. Karen Keiser of Kent proposes selling off part of the state’s art collection to help fund college student financial aid. The bill directs the state Arts Commission to choose which of the more than 4,000 pieces of the collection to sell to raise [...] Read more »
SEATTLE (AP) — Washington Superintendent of Public Instruction Randy Dorn says education has first dibs on any additional state revenue. Dorn says the improved revenue forecast gives some weight behind his call for no more education cuts. A revised forecast issued shows $96 million in extra revenue, plus about $340 [...] Read more »
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