Salem-News.com News Feed for articles tagged with washington www.salem-news.com 2010 To the end of his life, Albert Einstein's best friend at the Institute for Advanced Study at Princeton was the mathematician and logician Kurt Godel. In 1947, when Godel was about to go through his citizenship hearing, he revealed to Einstein and economist Oskar Morgenstern, that he had discovered flaws in the Constitution that would make it possible for the U.S. to become a dictatorship. http://salem-news.com/articles/february072012/constitution_dj.php http://salem-news.com/articles/february072012/constitution_dj.php Tue, 07 Feb 2012 22:06:00 PST For longtime commercial beekeeper Eric Olson of Yakima, no sting is as painful as the one he felt last winter when he discovered his hives had gone silent. Peering into each box, he saw the queen and a mere scattering of her worker-bee offspring; tens of thousands of adult bees - gone. http://salem-news.com/articles/february022012/bee-research.php http://salem-news.com/articles/february022012/bee-research.php Thu, 02 Feb 2012 17:57:00 PST Monday, Occupy Oakland and labor organizations have called a demonstration to protest the use of armed Coast Guard cutters and helicopters to escort a ship into the port of Longview, Washington to load grain from the EGT terminal. The terminal is being picketed by the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU)... this is a struggle for their survival. http://salem-news.com/articles/january202012/ilwu-military-ko.php http://salem-news.com/articles/january202012/ilwu-military-ko.php Fri, 20 Jan 2012 17:35:00 PST Activists from a local peace group blocked entry to the main gate at the Navy’s West coast Trident nuclear submarine base Saturday for nearly a half hour in an act of civil resistance to nuclear weapons. Ground Zero Center for Nonviolent Action held a peaceful vigil and nonviolent direct action at the main gate to Naval Base Kitsap-Bangor in Silverdale, Washington. http://salem-news.com/articles/january162012/trident-protest-le.php http://salem-news.com/articles/january162012/trident-protest-le.php Mon, 16 Jan 2012 11:58:00 PST After a modest round of wintry weather over the weekend, more snow, including a potentially historic winter storm will target the Pacific Northwest this week, with heavy accumulations expected, even in Seattle. In the Cascades of Washington and Oregon, snow will be measured in feet and along some western-facing slopes, it could take multiple yard sticks to total up the powder! http://salem-news.com/articles/january162012/seattle-wx-bd.php http://salem-news.com/articles/january162012/seattle-wx-bd.php Mon, 16 Jan 2012 11:01:00 PST RSW Distributors, LLC, is recalling approximately 3,104 pounds of seasoned diced beef products that may contain foreign materials, the USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service announced today. http://salem-news.com/articles/january142012/usda-recall.php http://salem-news.com/articles/january142012/usda-recall.php Sat, 14 Jan 2012 15:43:00 PST The Sunday Oregonian rightly welcomed an Oregon Army National Guard battalion home from Afghanistan. But we need also note that, according to the Pentagon, at least 93 military members who claimed home towns in Oregon have died in the Iraq and AfPak wars. The Oregonian counts 111 because its criteria is that a GI need only have "some tie" to Oregon or SW Washington to be counted. http://salem-news.com/articles/january092012/oregonian-war-dead-mm.php http://salem-news.com/articles/january092012/oregonian-war-dead-mm.php Mon, 09 Jan 2012 16:27:00 PST Peace activists made their case for the abolition of nuclear weapons, specifically the Trident nuclear weapons system, while on trial in a Kitsap County courtroom on January 4th and 5th for blocking the entrance to a local nuclear weapons base. The ten defendants in two separate trials were charged with being “pedestrians on Roadway Unlawfully,” a traffic infraction. http://salem-news.com/articles/january072012/nuclear-activists.php http://salem-news.com/articles/january072012/nuclear-activists.php Sat, 07 Jan 2012 13:27:00 PST Recent data from the federal Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) shows that toxic chemical releases rose in Alaska, Idaho, Oregon, and Washington. The 2010 TRI reports how over 600 chemicals on the TRI list were managed, where they ended up, and how 2010 releases compare to 2009. The 2010 TRI National Analysis shows that TRI releases rose 16 percent across the nation between 2009 and 2010, reversing a downward trend from recent years. http://salem-news.com/articles/january052012/epa-nw-reports.php http://salem-news.com/articles/january052012/epa-nw-reports.php Thu, 05 Jan 2012 13:28:00 PST We are imploring all able working class people willing to take time out of his or her own lives, to come to Longview, Washington for a historic protest. This is the time for workers everywhere to take a stand... http://salem-news.com/articles/january042012/ilwu-action-mm.php http://salem-news.com/articles/january042012/ilwu-action-mm.php Wed, 04 Jan 2012 13:51:00 PST Eleven nuclear resisters will appear in a Kitsap County courtroom this week in two separate trials for their acts of civil resistance to the Trident nuclear weapons system. The Trident submarine base at Bangor, just 20 miles from Seattle, contains the largest concentration of operational nuclear weapons. Each of the 8 Trident submarines at Bangor carries 24 Trident II (D-5) missiles... http://salem-news.com/articles/january032012/trident-trials-le.php http://salem-news.com/articles/january032012/trident-trials-le.php Tue, 03 Jan 2012 15:26:00 PST When the charts in the Pacific Northwest read 10'-12' @ 17-19 seconds out of the NW with light easterly winds there are a handful of big wave chargers that live in the area, know where to go and what to do. As was the case on December 17, 2011 when the swell was in full bloom, with clear sunny skis and mysto waves breaking on the outer reefs. http://salem-news.com/articles/december232011/nw-waves-ea.php http://salem-news.com/articles/december232011/nw-waves-ea.php Fri, 23 Dec 2011 12:48:00 PST The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) announced yesterday that it issued safety violations for five events this spring and summer at the Northwest’s sole commercial nuclear reactor, located on the Hanford Nuclear eservation. The incidents included loss of over four thousand gallons of reactor coolant and water twice in four months, and the insertion of reactor control rods when operators believed they were withdrawing the rods. http://salem-news.com/articles/december212011/hanford-violations.php http://salem-news.com/articles/december212011/hanford-violations.php Wed, 21 Dec 2011 18:50:00 PST Construction employment declined in 146 out of 337 metropolitan areas between October 2010 and October 2011, increased in 140 and stayed level in 51, according to a new analysis of federal employment data released today by the Associated General Contractors of America. It was noted that many communities continue to lose construction jobs even as a federal program to invest in highway, transit and other infrastructure construction have been stalled in Congress for years. http://salem-news.com/articles/december062011/const-jobs.php http://salem-news.com/articles/december062011/const-jobs.php Tue, 06 Dec 2011 10:49:00 PST I have been a surfer for over 42 years and my son Evan who is now 11, never caught on to the one love of my life. Instead, he chose to be a skater dude and he is a pretty good one at that. However, we moved to Washington from California a little over a year ago and his skating time has been declining due to poor weather and logistics of indoor parks. http://salem-news.com/articles/december012011/father-son-snowboard-ea.php http://salem-news.com/articles/december012011/father-son-snowboard-ea.php Thu, 01 Dec 2011 21:30:00 PST Some fellow students of nonviolence from Australia are preparing to launch an effort they call the People's Charter to Create a Nonviolent World, and I am sending this out to all of you in the hope that you will endorse this worthy effort. It is another link in the chain of nonviolence that can, when it gathers up enough people in its gentle arms, one day break the cycle of violence that threatens to destroy the very world in which we live. http://salem-news.com/articles/october282011/people-charter-le.php http://salem-news.com/articles/october282011/people-charter-le.php Fri, 28 Oct 2011 20:23:00 PDT The negative actions of the Veterans Administration (VA) in Colorado Springs toward an Iraq Marine Corps Veteran named Nicholas Burgin, are alarming and in all fairness, totally unacceptable. They want to make a criminal out of this man whose war service was horrific, with a Marine Mortuary unit in the early part of the Iraq conflict. http://salem-news.com/articles/october202011/marine-on-edge-2-tk.php http://salem-news.com/articles/october202011/marine-on-edge-2-tk.php Thu, 20 Oct 2011 23:47:00 PDT Skeletal remains and jewelry located by searchers in the mountains of south Washington last week, have now been positively identified through dental records, as belonging to Marie Hanson, of South Lake Tahoe, California. Marie Hanson, was last seen during the Rainbow Gathering in early July of this year, a peace gathering in the Skookum Meadows area of the Gifford Pinchot National Forest. http://salem-news.com/articles/october172011/marie-hanson.php http://salem-news.com/articles/october172011/marie-hanson.php Mon, 17 Oct 2011 23:23:00 PDT 12 years ago, Eric Akiskalian took his surfing career to the next level and began chasing big waves and created Towsurfer.com. Now 51-years old, not only is he passionate about chasing and riding giant swells all over the globe but he’s equally passionate about promoting the sport of big-wave surfing and all the big-wave addicts that charge these colossal waves along with him. http://salem-news.com/articles/october152011/big-wave-addicts-ea.php http://salem-news.com/articles/october152011/big-wave-addicts-ea.php Sat, 15 Oct 2011 22:56:00 PDT They say a picture is worth a thousand words. On Monday, in Perugia, Italy, Amanda Knox won her appeal against her 2009 murder conviction and was found innocent. While all the media’s eyes were on Amanda Knox during the reading of the verdict, a famous Italian journalist by the name of Mario Spezi who co-authored the best selling book The Monster of Florence, was there to grab the shot of a lifetime. http://salem-news.com/articles/october062011/knox-verdict.php http://salem-news.com/articles/october062011/knox-verdict.php Thu, 06 Oct 2011 01:45:00 PDT The Marines say Nicholas Burgin, whose job was to recover the dead, doesn't have Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. The VA agreed to pay him $376 a month and let him go to college on the GI bill, but then the VA fell behind in college payments and Nick had to go home. Then, the VA stripped his $376 monthly payment *. http://salem-news.com/articles/october062011/marine-on-edge-tk.php http://salem-news.com/articles/october062011/marine-on-edge-tk.php Thu, 06 Oct 2011 00:44:00 PDT Occupy Portland begins Thursday at noon. Organizers of the event say they will gather in solidarity with the ongoing protest in New York City, Occupy Wall Street, and the growing number of cities whose people will no longer sit back watching corporate and special interests run their government. City and police officials from Portland say they are currently in dialogue with the group. They say their goal is to allow free speech and ensure public safety. http://salem-news.com/articles/october032011/occupy-portland-tk.php http://salem-news.com/articles/october032011/occupy-portland-tk.php Mon, 03 Oct 2011 17:57:00 PDT Wall Street protesters will soon have the protection of U.S. Marines who will form a human wall between the crowds of tireless protesters and the increasingly unpopular New York cops who continue to appear on YouTube in scenes that twist the insides of patriotic Americans. People continue to learn more about Wall Street and NY City and the nature of the place. Americans watched the players on Wall Street shove the nation's future into their wallets. http://salem-news.com/articles/october032011/marines-wall-st-tk.php http://salem-news.com/articles/october032011/marines-wall-st-tk.php Mon, 03 Oct 2011 00:41:00 PDT Protesters in Seattle gathered at Westlake Park on Saturday morning to protest against corporations influence on the government. More than 100 people participated in “Occupy Seattle,” according to the event’s organizers. “It’s amazing the diversity and the singular voice that we have,” said one protester. http://salem-news.com/articles/october022011/wall-st-seattle-ed.php http://salem-news.com/articles/october022011/wall-st-seattle-ed.php Sun, 02 Oct 2011 20:35:00 PDT Thinking Beyond the Beltway and Amnesty International at Georgetown University invite you to a screening of the harrowing documentary “Sri Lanka’s Killing Fields” at 4.30 on Monday October 3rd in the ECR (ICC, 7th Floor). The film will be followed by a panel discussion. First aired on British television in June, “Sri Lanka’s Killing Fields” captures, through live footage and extensive interviews with witnesses, the atrocities committed against civilians during the Sri Lankan Armed Forces’ final campaign to defeat the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) in early 2009. http://salem-news.com/articles/october012011/killing-fields-georgetown.php http://salem-news.com/articles/october012011/killing-fields-georgetown.php Sat, 01 Oct 2011 21:14:00 PDT Union Pacific Railroad urges hunters to resist the temptation to hunt on railroad property this season. Wildlife will migrate and feed along the edges of freshly harvested fields, making these areas prime hunting spots. With many fields adjacent to Union Pacific tracks, hunters find it very tempting to hunt on or near the tracks. "Too many people have been injured or killed trespassing on railroad property over the years. http://salem-news.com/articles/september292011/hunters-railroads.php http://salem-news.com/articles/september292011/hunters-railroads.php Thu, 29 Sep 2011 17:17:00 PDT In a previous article, Kevin Schmadeka explained how he was pulled over by one of these secret unmarked police cars and received a citation for not having his seat belt properly fastened. Kevin Schmadeka was in court Wednesday morning to attend a hearing for his seat belt ticket that was issued from an unmarked State Patrol car. http://salem-news.com/articles/september292011/unmarked-victory.php http://salem-news.com/articles/september292011/unmarked-victory.php Thu, 29 Sep 2011 02:19:00 PDT Most people in the Spokane area know the story of what happened to Pastor Wayne Scott Creach. In August of 2010, he went outside at night to investigate a suspicious car that was trespassing upon his property at the Plant Farm Nursery. The car was an unmarked police cruiser driven by Deputy Brian Hirzel. http://salem-news.com/articles/september012011/marked-quad-cars-kr.php http://salem-news.com/articles/september012011/marked-quad-cars-kr.php Thu, 01 Sep 2011 21:43:00 PDT If there's anything more tainted than a glass of water, it's store-bought milk. The pasteurization process that's supposed to make milk "safe" robs it of all nutrition while doing zilch to break down all the drugs, hormones and other chemicals secretly (and illegally) given to dairy cows. And believe me, those things are in your milk -- the only reason it's not common knowledge is that we don't actually test for most of them. http://salem-news.com/articles/august012011/milk-drugs-wcd.php http://salem-news.com/articles/august012011/milk-drugs-wcd.php Mon, 01 Aug 2011 14:40:00 PDT Hundreds of ILWU members blocked a mile long Bulington Northern Santa Fe grain train from entering the new terminal at Longview, which transnational EGT wants to operate with scab labor. On July 11, about 100 union members were arrested by Longview police for a similar action. This time, BNSF rerouted the train to Vancouver and suspended the delivery to EGT (which estimates it can save $1M with scabs). http://salem-news.com/articles/july172011/ilwu-resists.php http://salem-news.com/articles/july172011/ilwu-resists.php Sun, 17 Jul 2011 00:43:00 PDT