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Longview area unions call for action

Today, the ILWU’s value of “An Injury To One, Is An Injury To All,” couldn’t be any more pertinent for all organizations.

(COWLITZ-WAHKIAKUM, Wash.) - 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...

County Trials this Week for Civil Resistance at Trident Submarine Base

They are charged with being “pedestrians in the roadway”, a traffic infraction.

(SEATTLE) - 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...

Pacific Northwest Delivers Solid Swell

Includes YouTube Big-Wave Addicts Episode 3.

(GIG HARBOR, Wash.) - 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.

Hanford Commercial Nuclear Reactor Cited for Safety Violations

It appears that the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) failed to disclose safety violations and inspection report during a public comment period and hid the report in the holiday shuffle.

(HANFORD, Wash.) - 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.

146 out of 337 Metro Areas Lost Construction Jobs Between Oct 2010 and 2011

Top List of Metro Areas Adding Jobs; Atlanta Area Lost the Most, While Logan, Utah, Had Largest Percentage Decline...

(ARLINGTON, Va.) - 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.

Crystal Mountain Snowboarding- a Great Father and Son Experience

No stress, except for trying to keep up with the little guy who just wants to conquer the world. Like father, like son!

(CRYSTAL MOUNTAINS, Wash.) - 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.

Endorse the People`s Charter to Create a Nonviolent World

Once the Charter is launched on November 11th the organizers will launch a signature site where people can sign on in a commitment to act on the principles of the Charter.

(EUREKA, Calif.) - 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.

VA`s Uncaring, Uncompromising Regard for a Marine with PTSD

A fine reward for a guy who nearly died caring for America's war dead.

(SALEM, Ore.) - 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.

Remains of Woman Missing From Rainbow Gathering Identified

“We are thankful that we can help Marie’s family and friends work towards some closure on her disappearance.” said Undersheriff Dave Cox.“

(STEVENSON, Wash.) - 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.

`Big-Wave Addicts` Debuts on YouTube`s TowsurferNetwork

“It’s like being a drug addict. We can never get enough and we’re always looking for our next fix which in this case is that next big swell...” - Eric Akiskalian

(GIG HARBOR, Wash.) - 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.