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India may be changing its name to Bharat, a move to Hindu Nationalism

Bharat

NEW DELHI, India, September 20, 2023—Speculation surrounding the country of India officially changing its name to Bharat is surfacing after Prime Minister Narendra Modi sat behind a nameplate that read “Bharat” instead of “India” earlier this month at the G20 Summit in Delhi. According to the Associate Press dinner invitations sent out by the Modi […]

Providence Everett Nurses to hold Town Hall to discuss possible strike

Providence Everett Nurses

As nurses at Providence Regional Medical Center Everett continue to sound the alarm about the impacts of short-staffing at their hospital, community members are invited to a public Nurses Town Hall at the Everett Labor Temple at 5:00 pm on September 21 to hear directly from frontline caregivers about these ongoing problems—and the solutions nurses […]

Mukilteo-based Electroimpact seeking part-time and full-time interns

electroimpact

MUKILTEO, Wash., September 20, 2023—Aerospace and automation manufacturer Electroimpact is now accepting full-time and part-time engineering interns at its Mukilteo location. If accepted, interns work closely alongside experienced engineers, actively contributing to both the design and assembly of the company’s cutting-edge equipment. Electroimpact internships serve a dual purpose: they offer exceptional learning opportunities while serving […]

F-35 stealth fighter jet disappears for over 24 hours

F-35 fighter jet

CHARLESTON, S.C., September 18, 2023—An $80 million F-35 fighter jet went missing in northeast of North Charleston, South Carolina, Sunday early evening after its pilot ejected from the cockpit in response to a “mishap,” Joint Base Charleston said. The pilot was transferred to a local medical center in stable condition. A second pilot who had […]

WSNIA presents Senator of the Year Award to Mark Mullet

mark mullet

Board members from the Washington State Narcotics Investigators Association (WSNIA) presented State Senator Mark Mullet  (D-Issaquah) with the Senator of the Year award during his visit to Everett. The event took place at Lombardi’s Italian Restaurant & Wine Bar, “Senator Mark Mullet is a voice of reason in the legislature,” said Dave Hayes, who works […]

Snohomish County invests $1.5 million in Digital Equity and Broadband Access

Broadband Access

Snohomish County, Wash., September 18, 2023—Executive Dave Somers announced that Snohomish County is investing $1.5 million of its federal American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) allocation into a digital equity initiative operated by Sno-Isle Libraries. This funding will increase the capacity of their loanable computer with hot spots by 750 devices and will expand their digital […]

Snohomish County has a solid waste problem, Public Works plans to fix it

solid waste

EVERETT, Wash., September 17, 2023—Each week garbage trucks around Snohomish County pick up residents’ solid waste that end up at one location in north Everett. That waste is then loaded onto freight trains and transported to a landfill in Eastern Washington. However, in recent years, the county has encountered challenges that has its Public Works […]

Settlement of $1.75 million in Lynnwood jail suicide lawsuit

lynnwood jail

LYNNWOOD, Wash., September 17, 2023—The family of Tirhas Berhand Tesfatsion, a 47-year-old woman who committed suicide in the Lynnwood Jail on July 13, 2021, accepted a settlement offer, with conditions, by the city of Lynnwood in the amount of $1,750,001. “The [Tesfatsion] Family will continue to do everything in their power to ensure this doesn’t happen […]

Federal judge bars New Mexico Governor from suspending right to open carry

open carry

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M., September 16, 2023—Last than a week after New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham (D) suspended open carry in her state, a federal judge on Wednesday halted her declaration stating it directly conflicts with the public’s second amendment rights. Governor Grisham (D) declared a public health order last Friday, September 8, that would temporarily suspend […]

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