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Month: January 2025

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The Standard’s guide to the 2025 legislative session

January 1, 2025 GNCadm1n Comments Off on The Standard’s guide to the 2025 legislative session

by Laurel Demkovich, Washington State StandardJanuary 1, 2025 State lawmakers will head to Olympia later this month to kick off Washington’s 2025 legislative session. It’ll be 105 days of lawmaking and budget writing.  A host […]

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12/31 Klickitat County Commissioners meeting

January 1, 2025 GNCadm1n Comments Off on 12/31 Klickitat County Commissioners meeting

Story by Rodger Nichols for Gorge Country Media. Klickitat County Commissioners worked right up to the end of the year, with a final meeting on December 31st. It was a short meeting in several ways: It […]

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Detectives Seeking Information On A Shooting On I-405

January 1, 2025 GNCadm1n Comments Off on Detectives Seeking Information On A Shooting On I-405

King County: At approximately 7:40pm, December 29, 2024, Washington State Patrol (WSP)communications received a 9-1-1 call from a victim reporting they were shot at on I-405. The victim advised they were not injured but their […]

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Challenge your mind and your friends to Random Trivia!

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What US state receives the most annual rainfall?

Hawaii is the U.S. state with the highest average annual rainfall, receiving approximately 63.7 inches per year. Its tropical climate and mountainous terrain create high rainfall, with some areas like Mount Waialeale on Kauai being among the wettest places on Earth. 

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On which US river is the Grand Coulee Dam?

The Grand Coulee Dam is located on the Columbia River in Washington State. Completed in 1941, it is a concrete gravity dam and serves as the largest electric power-producing facility in the United States, playing a critical role in irrigation and hydroelectric power generation.

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What city is the capital of Maine?

Maine's original state capital was Portland, Maine's largest city, until it was moved to the more central Augusta in 1832. The principal office of the Maine Supreme Judicial Court remains in Portland.

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What animal has the highest blood pressure?

Giraffes have the highest blood pressure of any known living animal, typically reaching 280/180 mmHg or even higher. This intense pressure, more than double that of a human, is required to pump blood nearly 6 feet up their long necks to their brains against gravity.

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What peg-legged pirate had a parrot named Captain Flint?

Long John Silver, the main antagonist in Robert Louis Stevenson’s 1883 novel Treasure Island, is the peg-legged (or crutch-using) pirate who famously had a parrot named Captain Flint. He named the bird to mock his former captain, the legendary, deceased buccaneer who led them to buried treasure

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