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New law seeks to help clear up Washington’s DUI testing backlog

March 19, 2026 GNCadm1n Comments Off on New law seeks to help clear up Washington’s DUI testing backlog

by Jake Goldstein-Street, Washington State StandardMarch 19, 2026 Thousands of cases have piled up in Washington as they await state testing to confirm if a driver was under the influence of drugs or alcohol.  Prosecutors […]

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Army Corps plan for Columbia River dredge spoils could cost SW Washington ports millions

March 19, 2026 GNCadm1n Comments Off on Army Corps plan for Columbia River dredge spoils could cost SW Washington ports millions

by Henry Brannan, Washington State StandardMarch 19, 2026 The federal agency that maintains the Columbia River’s shipping channel is proposing to build seven giant in-water pens as part of a $377 million project to manage […]

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Oregon gas tax opponents file another lawsuit in federal court

March 19, 2026 GNCadm1n Comments Off on Oregon gas tax opponents file another lawsuit in federal court

by Mia Maldonado, Oregon Capital ChronicleMarch 18, 2026 Opponents of gas tax hikes are once again suing the state of Oregon over a law that rescheduled the date of a gas tax referendum from November […]

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Journalists, Oregon publishers call on governor to veto bill changing public meetings law

March 19, 2026 GNCadm1n Comments Off on Journalists, Oregon publishers call on governor to veto bill changing public meetings law

by Alex Baumhardt, Oregon Capital ChronicleMarch 19, 2026 Professional journalist groups and Oregon news publishers are calling on Gov. Tina Kotek to veto a bill passed last month by the state Legislature that the groups, […]

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WDFW soliciting additional public comment for incentive deer permit proposals

March 19, 2026 GNCadm1n Comments Off on WDFW soliciting additional public comment for incentive deer permit proposals

OLYMPIA – The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) is soliciting public comments on proposed changes to rules about hunter education instructor incentive deer permits as part of the Department’s annual season setting process. […]

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Wednesday 5/27

Challenge your mind and your friends to Random Trivia!

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The last leader of the Soviet Union, Mikhail Gorbachev, was in what restaurant commercial?

Mikhail Gorbachev starred in a famous international television commercial for Pizza Hut in 1997. The ad, which originally aired in 1998, was shot in Moscow and featured the former Soviet leader visiting a Pizza Hut restaurant in Red Square with his granddaughter.

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Who was Sherlock Holmes’s assistant?

Sherlock Holmes' legendary assistant, biographer, and roommate is Dr. John H. Watson. A former British Army doctor wounded in the Second Anglo-Afghan War, Watson serves as Holmes’s emotional anchor, moral compass, and the first-person narrator for the vast majority of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's stories.

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What popular toy was invented by taking empty pie plates are throwing them in the air?

The Frisbee is the popular toy you are thinking of. College students in the 1930s and 1940s (famously at Yale University) would toss empty pie tins from the Frisbie Pie Company of Bridgeport, Connecticut. The students would yell "Frisbie!" to warn others of the incoming tins. This popular pastime inspired inventor Walter Morrison to create a better-flying plastic version. The toy company Wham-O bought the design in 1955, and eventually released it under the name "Frisbee" as a tribute to the pie company that started the craze. 

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What reddish-colored ant common in the southern U.S. delivers painful, venomous stings that can cause severe allergic reactions?

The red imported fire ant (or simply the fire ant) is the reddish-colored ant common in the southern U.S. that delivers painful, venomous stings capable of causing severe allergic reactions.

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What is the only US state with an official jelly?

Louisiana is the only US state with an official state jelly. In fact, it has two: mayhaw jelly and Louisiana sugar cane jelly, which were both officially adopted by the state legislature in 2003. 

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