Pacific Northwest - OR,WA,BC

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Running Down the Walls 2024 – The 25th Anniversary! (kolektiva.social)
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You can easily learn Chinuk Wawa, the common language of the Pacific Northwest! Search Chinuk Wawa on Apple/Play stores. (fedia.io)
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Chinuk Wawa, also called Chinook Trade Jargon, is an incredibly simple language with like ~1000 words and basically no grammar. It's a pidgin of several native languages with some english and french influence.

The language was spoken by settler and native alike, until the railroad arrived and English overwhelmed it.

The Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde built a very nice app to help learn this very important part of our region's heritage.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinook_Jargon

https://www.grandronde.org/services/education/chinuk-wawa-education/chinuk-wawa-app/

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.chinuk.wawa&hl=en_US

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/chinuk-wawa/id908108231

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OR/WA wildfires for 26 July (sh.itjust.works)
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Wildfire season sucks.

Here's the map in case anyone is curious to zoom in and look around.

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Heatwave causes Eastern Washington roads to buckle (www.khq.com)
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What’s being done now about radioactive water that threatens the Columbia River in WA? (www.tri-cityherald.com)
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Mount Baker from White Rock (lemmy.today)
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Mount Baker from the White Rock Pier (CN89oa)

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Proposed Oregon Corporate Tax to fund resident $750 rebate headed to ballot. (www.oregonrebate.org)
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Full bill text: https://sos.oregon.gov/admin/Documents/irr/2024/017text.pdf

TLDR; Oregon corporate tax has a minimum rate of 1%. This ballot measure would raise it to 3% and give $750 to each Oregon resident (including children).

Get ready for an Uber/Lyft level of corporate ads and media spamming to try to sink this common sense bill.

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Obscure political group amps up massive spending against Oregon candidate for Congress (www.oregonlive.com)
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Wildfire burning near Fort Nelson continues to rapidly grow (vancouversun.com)
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Boomtown: WSDOT's plans for North-South Freeway's final stretches unveiled (www.krem.com)
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OPALCO proposes to harness tidal power for San Juans (salish-current.org)
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Feds greenlight return of grizzlies to WA’s North Cascades (www.seattletimes.com)
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City of Spokane invites residents to speak at two Fair Housing Plan info meetings (www.krem.com)
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Ferry prices, electricity bills go up in B.C. (bc.ctvnews.ca)
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Federal Conservatives climb to top of B.C. polls, impacting potential votes in the province: Angus Reid (bc.ctvnews.ca)
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Oregon seafood industry calls on Gov. Tina Kotek to halt offshore wind energy development (www.oregonlive.com)
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Oregon’s 2nd-largest cider maker is closing its Portland taproom; see what’s replacing it (www.oregonlive.com)
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Two men charged in connection with mail theft on Lopez (www.sanjuanjournal.com)
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May 5: Opening Day Boat Parade in Friday Harbor (sanjuanislander.com)
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Razor clams are back on the menu: WA announces 11 days of clam digs (www.seattletimes.com)
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Oregon lawmakers race to pass bills before legislative session ends this week (www.oregonlive.com)
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Port Hardy-area First Nations declare state of emergency after 11 deaths in two months (vancouversun.com)
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Tyler Schroeder to lead Port of Bellingham economic development (salish-current.org)
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SR 18 closed over Tiger Mountain due to icy conditions, spinouts (komonews.com)
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Puget Sound Energy proposes hefty rate hikes to pay for hydro and wind power (www.seattletimes.com)
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Puget Sound Energy, the state’s largest provider of electricity and natural gas, proposed its two-year rate hike to the Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission this month.

Under the proposal, the typical residential electricity customer would see a monthly bill increase of $7.84 starting in 2025 and an additional $11.20 in 2026. The typical natural gas customer would see a $13.96 increase in 2025 and $1.51 in 2026, according to the utility.

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