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Mechanical failure pauses Keller Ferry service Friday
The Spokesman-Review, Spokane, Wash. via Yahoo News· 9 months agoAug. 11—The Keller Ferry, which connects state Highway 21 across the Columbia River, was taken out of service Friday morning over mechanical failure. The ferry was fixed and was expected to ...
Sanatorium suit, 7-Eleven shootings, slave ship ceremony: News from around our 50 states
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 2 years agoAlabama Mobile: Descendants of the last African people abducted into slavery and brought to...
Fighting off a supervillain
Lewiston Tribune, Idaho via Yahoo News· 2 years agoJun. 18—Quagga and zebra mussels are more frightening to Capt. Eric Anderson than any horror flick villain. When introduced into new freshwater systems, the bivalves reproduce by the millions ...
The history of Baltimore's Francis Scott Key Bridge
Good Morning America via Yahoo News· 2 months agoThe 1.6-mile bridge on the I-695 beltway crosses the Patapsco River, where Key was inspired to write the words of the U.S. national anthem in 1814,...
What’s happening this week around Thurston County
The Olympian via Yahoo News· 8 months agoSunday, Oct. 8 Oysterfest in Shelton: The West Coast Oyster Shucking Championship and Washington Seafood Festival is set for the first full weekend of...
State lawmaker renews calls to study 'vulnerable' bridges; WSDOT says bridge has 'no structural...
The Chronicle, Centralia, Wash. via Yahoo News· 3 weeks agoMay 3—A state legislator has renewed his concerns over "vulnerable" bridges in Washington following the destruction of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore in late March. On Thursday, state ...
Golden Rule sailboat crew stops in Hampton Roads to promote peace
Virginian Pilot via Yahoo News· 1 year agoA 37-foot wooden ketch tied up at Portsmouth’s High Street Landing on Monday — its maroon sails depicting symbols of peace stretched skyward, juxtaposed against a warship docked across the Elizabeth ...
Averting an environmental and economic 'Quagga-mire'
Lewiston Tribune, Idaho via Yahoo News· 8 months agoOct. 6—The risks are enormous, the task is arduous and the side effects are severe. But everyone agrees it has to be done, that doing nothing would be far worse. So with that, the Idaho Department ...
