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Month: December 2024

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Merkley, Wyden: Critical Water Infrastructure Bill Headed to the President’s Desk

December 19, 2024 GNCadm1n Comments Off on Merkley, Wyden: Critical Water Infrastructure Bill Headed to the President’s Desk

Washington, D.C. – Oregon’s U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden announced today that critical projects and policy initiatives for Oregon included in the Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) of 2024 have passed Congress and now head […]

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Federal agencies to revise environmental study for Columbia River Basin dam operations

December 19, 2024 GNCadm1n Comments Off on Federal agencies to revise environmental study for Columbia River Basin dam operations

by Mia Maldonado, Washington State StandardDecember 19, 2024 The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the Bureau of Reclamation announced Tuesday that they will update an environmental study on the management of federal dams along […]

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Inslee says it’s been ‘an astounding 12 years’ as Washington governor

December 19, 2024 GNCadm1n Comments Off on Inslee says it’s been ‘an astounding 12 years’ as Washington governor

by Jerry Cornfield, Washington State StandardDecember 19, 2024 Jay Inslee knows the one place he won’t be going when he leaves office as Washington’s governor next month. Idaho.  “I am not moving to Idaho. I […]

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Regulators to assess environmental risks of Northwest Hydrogen Hub

December 19, 2024 GNCadm1n Comments Off on Regulators to assess environmental risks of Northwest Hydrogen Hub

by Alex Baumhardt, Washington State StandardDecember 19, 2024 A year after naming the Northwest one of seven new “regional hydrogen hubs” in a nationwide competition, the U.S. Department of Energy is beginning its review of […]

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Aerial drones helpful in removing graffiti along WA highways, agency says

December 19, 2024 GNCadm1n Comments Off on Aerial drones helpful in removing graffiti along WA highways, agency says

by Laurel Demkovich, Washington State StandardDecember 19, 2024 Using aerial drones to spray paint over graffiti along state highways is “very effective,” according to a new report from Washington’s Department of Transportation.  Over the last […]

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Challenge your mind and your friends to Random Trivia!

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What animal did humans first domesticate?

Dog -- Fossil evidence suggests that dogs may have been human companions between 13,000 and 30,000 years ago, far earlier than any other known animal.

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Chicago is located on the shore of what lake?

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Which of the 7 dwarves did not speak?

Dopey is the only one of the seven dwarves who does not speak. In Disney’s 1937 classic, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, his silence is a defining trait explained by the character Happy with the line, "He don't talk none... He never tried".

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Which song was tapped out on the giant keyboard in "Big"?

In the iconic 1988 movie Big, Tom Hanks and Robert Loggia tap out the classic duet "Heart and Soul" on the giant floor piano. They also sprinkle in a few bars of "Chopsticks" during the upbeat, improvised dance routine. 

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What novel portrays the life of the Joad family during the Great Depression?

The novel that portrays the life of the Joad family during the Great Depression is The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck.

Published in 1939, this Pulitzer Prize-winning classic follows the Joads, a family of tenant farmers in Oklahoma who are forced off their land by drought, the Dust Bowl, and bank foreclosures. Together with thousands of other displaced "Okies," they set out on Route 66 in search of work, land, and a dignified life in California. The novel serves as a powerful piece of social commentary, capturing both the hardships and the resilience of Americans during the 1930s.

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