JC Harris For Des Moines, Washington
City Council, Position #2
Articles from around the area, including re-prints from various newspapers (provided under Fair-Use provision.) These are information only, which means that many, Many, MANY of these do not represent my point of view. (Seriously, they don’t.) I just want you to know what’s out there being discussed by electeds that concern Des Moines.
NewsGrants Sep 11 Written By Sanjay Bhatt Kitsap Transit (KT) will receive $13.5 million in federal funding to buy a new fast ferry that would replace an older vessel operating the Kingston/Seattle route, improving the Kingston Fast Ferry service’s reliability. The federal funding comes from the Federal Transit Administration’s Passenger Ferry Grant program and
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By Lawrence Kreisman Special to The Seattle Times IT WOULD TAKE many pages to list significant buildings in Seattle that have been lost in the past 170+ years, as natural disasters (fires, earthquakes) and man-made change (regrading, highways, commercial and residential construction) have reshaped the topography, replaced older buildings and filled open space. The historic
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By The Seattle Times editorial board How Washington’s gas prices compare with West Coast states nation How much did Washington‘s Climate Commitment Act impact gas prices? Here’s how much the average price of a gallon of gas has changed in Washington, as well as Oregon, California and across the nation since the law took effect.
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By Amanda Zhou and Isabella Breda Seattle Times staff reporters Climate Lab is a Seattle Times initiative that explores the effects of climate change in the Pacific Northwest and beyond. The project is funded in part by The Bullitt Foundation, Jim and Birte Falconer, Mike and Becky Hughes, University of Washington and Walker Family Foundation, and
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A prescribed burn, or fire, is conducted in a Central Washington forest. The Department of Natural Resources helps communities prepare for wildfire through home assessments and prescribed fire. (John Marshall / The Nature Conservancy, 2018) By Amanda Zhou Seattle Times staff reporter Climate Lab is a Seattle Times initiative that explores the effects of climate
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By Tantri Wija Special to The Seattle Times BIRDS OF A FEATHER flock together. Throughout the day, local avians scatter to scavenge and squawk at each other far and wide around our lakes and waterways, but as the day draws to a close, some will arrange themselves into formation and take off, and quickly that
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Shawna De La Rosa – Reporter, Puget Sound Business Journal Jul 2, 2024 Corliss Management Group has completed the first of nearly 1,000 multifamily units planned for the Sunrise master-planned community in Puyallup’s South Hill area. The developer has just opened the first two buildings at The Douglas at Sunrise, a 120-unit apartment complex that will
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By Shawna De La Rosa – Reporter, Puget Sound Business Journal Jul 17, 2024 Listen to this article3 min Los Angeles-based Stapleton Group Inc. was named receiver for seven properties at Point Ruston in Tacoma by Pierce County Superior Court Judge Stanley Rumbaugh in late June. Stapleton will replace Lynnwood-based Resource Transition Consultants, which became the court-appointed receiver in
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This retail building where a Farrelli’s Pizza restaurant operates is one of seven properties in receivership at the Point Ruston mixed-use development in Tacoma. SHAWNA DE LA ROSA | PSBJ By Shawna De La Rosa – Reporter, Puget Sound Business Journal Jul 17, 2024 Los Angeles-based Stapleton Group Inc. was named receiver for seven properties at Point Ruston in
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This QFC store in the Kirkland Urban shopping center is one of 124 Washington grocery stores that parent company Kroger Co. plans to sell to Keene, N.H.-based C&S Wholesale Grocers to allay antitrust concerns. ANTHONY BOLANTE | PSBJ By Steve Watkins – Staff reporter, Cincinnati Business Courier Jul 9, 2024 Listen to this article5 min Kroger Co. has
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