Social Security offices nationwide, including in Tacoma and Puyallup will cut half an hour daily of the time they’re open to the public as of Nov. 19, administrators said Wednesday.
Social Security offices nationwide, including in Tacoma and Puyallup will cut half an hour daily of the time they’re open to the public as of Nov. 19, administrators said Wednesday.
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The Securities and Exchange Commission will allow public companies to make significant announcements on Facebook, Twitter and other social media sites provided they alert investors which sites they intend to use. The decision announced Tuesday allows companies to use social media in place of more formal websites.
BELLINGHAM - The Whatcom County Council office in Suite 105 at the courthouse, 311 Grand Ave., will close at 4:30 p.m. on weekdays starting Monday, April 15. This is 30 minutes earlier to coincide with the end of public hours at other offices on the first floor.
The council office will continue to open at 8 am.
In these photos by staff photographer Peter Haley, Lakewood police officers carry a flag Monday during opening ceremonies of the Mariners’ home opener at Safeco Field in Seattle. This is the third year Lakewood officers and staff have unfurled the flag, following the fatal shooting of four Lakewood officers in 2009, Lt. Chris Lawler said. Officers practiced the routine for several hours at Safeco on Sunday.
Once the war court revealed that a secret censor had silenced a defense lawyer arguing at hearings in the 9/11 case, the question became what other Guantánamo secrets was the military covering up?
Washington and Oregon chapters of Physicians for Social Responsibility have commissioned an economic study of the possibility of shutting down the nuclear power plant near Richland.
The low cost of power in the Mid-Columbia could mean that power produced by the plant could be replaced economically if Energy Northwest's Columbia Generating Station retired early, according to the group. The plant's license was approved last year to operate through 2043.
However, Bonneville Power Administration and Energy Northwest said a study they are conducting of a temporary or permanent shutdown of the plant shows that would increase the cost of power for the region.
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