Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna vaccines 94% effective
ATLANTA, Ga., May 14, 2021 – Today the Center of Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released findings from its real-world evidence based study of 500,000 health care personnel (HCP) in 25 states that the Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna vaccines are 94% effective against COVID-19. “This report provided the most compelling information to date that COVID-19 vaccines […]
Ethiopian Orthodox Church in Lynnwood celebrates 100 years
LYNNWOOD, Wash. – Members of the Debre Bisrat Saint Gabriel and Saint Arsema Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church gathered together, May 9, to celebrate the hundred-year anniversary of their building. The building was bought by the church in November of 2017, with the goal to not only use it for prayer but to help children learn […]
FDA authorizes Pfizer vaccine for emergency use in adolescents
May 10, 2021 – Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration expanded the emergency use authorization (EUA) for the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine for the prevention of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) to include adolescents 12 through 15 years of age. The FDA amended the EUA originally issued […]
Cocoon House invites community to combat youth homelessness
Everett, WA — Nonprofit service provider Cocoon House based in Everett, WA is rolling out a new nationally-recognized, community-based approach to providing short-term shelter for youth ages 12-17. The Connections Host Home Program is creating a community of volunteer host homes in Snohomish County where a youth can stay temporarily while Connections staff work toward […]
Weber County GOP votes to censure Mitt Romney
Weber County, UT, May 9, 2021 – A week after a failed resolution at the Utah GOP convention to censure Senator Mitt Romney (UT-R), a similar resolution was passed by the Weber County GOP on Saturday, May 8. Weber County is Utah’s fourth-most populous county. Fifty-two Republican senators voted against the charge of abuse of […]
Foundation for Edmonds School District launches Vision Program
LYNNWOOD, WA – The Foundation for Edmonds School District, in partnership with the Edmonds School District and National Vision Cares, is pleased to announce a new vision program providing complimentary eye exams and hardware to families in need. The program is made possible thanks to a generous grant from Foundry10, a philanthropic educational research organization […]
Happy Cinco de Mayo
The history between the United States of America and the United States of Mexico are intertwined within generations of politics and tradition. In the USA, Cinco de Mayo is traditionally celebrated as if it were the Mexican Independence Day, which does exist, but is actually celebrated on September 16th; the day generally regarded as honoring […]
Reed Baldwin, a lifelong learner, talented musician and machinist
Mill Creek, Wash.- Reed Baldwin was a lifelong learner, a gifted musician, and a machinist “who was one of those people in the background being brilliant,” says mother Connie Baldwin. On April 1, 2021, Baldwin died in a fatal motor vehicle collision on Bothell-Everett Highway. He was 22 years old. Following their son’s passing, the […]
West African community gathered for the Ramadan tradition, “Grandma’s Sukuri Ndogu”
LYNNWOOD. Wash. – On April 17, members of the West African community came together at Gambian Talents Promotion’s offices to hold an event called “Grandma’s Sukuri Ndogu,” a West African tradition connected to Ramadan. In the English language, “Grandma’s Sukuri Ndogu” means giving something sweet to grandmothers so that they have food with which to […]
Lynnwood student creative solution earns him Eagle Scout rank
Lynnwood, Wash. – 18-year old Lynnwood High School and Edmonds College Running Start student Stephen Heins of Boy Scout Troop 49 proved that modifying an Eagle Scout Service Project to fit the needs of the community during the pandemic is possible- and is worth it. For Heins’ Eagle Scout service project, he converted Art Club to […]
