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Employment Security Department wins awards for disability inclusion

July 30, 2025 GNCadm1n Comments Off on Employment Security Department wins awards for disability inclusion

OLYMPIA – Employment Security Department recently took home two awards for its exemplary leadership in disability inclusion. Employment Security received the agency-wide Respect, Acceptance and Dignity of Persons with Disabilities (RADD) award from the Disability […]

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Oregon

Keizer Man Sentenced to 11 Years in Federal Prison for Trafficking Fentanyl in Oregon and Montana

July 30, 2025 GNCadm1n Comments Off on Keizer Man Sentenced to 11 Years in Federal Prison for Trafficking Fentanyl in Oregon and Montana

PORTLAND, Ore.—A Keizer, Oregon man was sentenced to federal prison today for trafficking more than 17 pounds of fentanyl and methamphetamine in Oregon and Washington. Caden Jay Christman, 28, was sentenced to 135 months in federal prison […]

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Oregon

State Fire Mobilization Authorized for the Scenic Fire

July 30, 2025 GNCadm1n Comments Off on State Fire Mobilization Authorized for the Scenic Fire

Walla Walla County – State fire assistance has been mobilized under the Washington State Fire Services Resource Mobilization Plan in support of local firefighters working to contain the Scenic Fire located in Walla Walla County, near […]

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Science / Health

Trump administration is launching a new private health tracking system with Big Tech’s help

July 30, 2025 GNCadm1n Comments Off on Trump administration is launching a new private health tracking system with Big Tech’s help

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration announced it is launching a new program that will allow Americans to share personal health data and medical records across health systems and apps run by private tech companies, promising that […]

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Science / Health

Radar satellite launched by India and NASA will track miniscule changes to Earth’s land and ice

July 30, 2025 GNCadm1n Comments Off on Radar satellite launched by India and NASA will track miniscule changes to Earth’s land and ice

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA and India paired up to launch an Earth-mapping satellite on Wednesday capable of tracking even the slightest shifts in land and ice. The $1.3 billion mission will help forecasters and first […]

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Challenge your mind and your friends to Random Trivia!

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From what language did English borrow the word "ukulele"?

In the Hawaiian language the word ukulele roughly translates as 'jumping flea', perhaps because of the movement of the player's fingers. Legend attributes it to the nickname of Englishman Edward William Purvis, one of King Kalākaua's officers, because of his small size, fidgety manner, and playing expertise.

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On what show did Heather Locklear make her TV debut in a recurring role?

In 1982, Locklear began a long term association with television producer Aaron Spelling. First, she was cast in a recurring role as Sammy Jo Dean on Spelling's Dynasty. The following year, while still appearing on Dynasty, Locklear took on a starring role as Officer Stacy Sheridan on the police drama T.J. Hooker.

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Originally called pimento, what popular spice was first grown in Jamaica?

Allspice, also known as Jamaica pepper, myrtle pepper, pimenta, or pimento, is the dried unripe berry of Pimenta dioica, a midcanopy tree native to the Greater Antilles, southern Mexico, and Central America, now cultivated in many warm parts of the world.

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Who recorded the song "Everybody Wants to Rule the World"?

"Everybody Wants to Rule the World" is a song by the English pop rock band Tears for Fears from their second studio album Songs from the Big Chair (1985).

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Who wrote the book "Gone with the Wind"?

Margaret Munnerlyn Mitchell was an American novelist and journalist. Mitchell wrote only one novel that was published during her lifetime, the American Civil War-era novel Gone with the Wind.

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