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Cost of new I-5 bridge linking Oregon and WA doubles to $14.4B

March 17, 2026 GNCadm1n Comments Off on Cost of new I-5 bridge linking Oregon and WA doubles to $14.4B

by Jerry Cornfield, Washington State StandardMarch 17, 2026 The price tag to construct a new interstate bridge linking Washington and Oregon has doubled to $14.4 billion, officials from the two states said Tuesday. That means […]

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WA’s Joe Kent leaving Trump administration over war in Iran

March 17, 2026 GNCadm1n Comments Off on WA’s Joe Kent leaving Trump administration over war in Iran

by Jake Goldstein-Street, Washington State StandardMarch 17, 2026 Joe Kent, the former congressional candidate from southwest Washington, is leaving his post as the Trump administration’s top counterterrorism official, saying he opposes the war in Iran.  […]

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Woe Canada! WA State Ferries enters 7th season without cross-border service

March 17, 2026 GNCadm1n Comments Off on Woe Canada! WA State Ferries enters 7th season without cross-border service

by Tom Banse, Washington State StandardMarch 17, 2026 In her two years as the Anacortes Town Crier, Julie Nester has proclaimed and oyez, oyez, oyez’d at the community’s Christmas tree lighting, the Fourth of July […]

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Public invited to share input, ideas for getting Oregon back on track to meet climate targets

March 17, 2026 GNCadm1n Comments Off on Public invited to share input, ideas for getting Oregon back on track to meet climate targets

by Alex Baumhardt, Oregon Capital ChronicleMarch 17, 2026 Energy demand from data centers and rollbacks in federal clean energy policies knocked Oregon off track to meet its climate goals. Now, Oregon energy officials are sharing […]

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More than 2 million seedlings planted this season in Oregon’s state forests

March 17, 2026 GNCadm1n Comments Off on More than 2 million seedlings planted this season in Oregon’s state forests

Salem, Ore.—A mild winter with spring-like weather has helped the Oregon Department of Forestry’s (ODF) replanting of state forest timber harvest areas stay ahead of schedule this year with approximately two million seedlings already in […]

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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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