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Gig Harbor Endodontics will take part in the seventh annual Root Canal Awareness Week from March 17-23 along with its sister practice, Port Orchard Endodontics.
Gig Harbor Endodontics will take part in the seventh annual Root Canal Awareness Week from March 17-23 along with its sister practice, Port Orchard Endodontics.
The week is a national effort to raise awareness about the work of endodontists and root canals do in relieving pain.
The practice’s Dr. Arash Niazi will speak to the Pierce County Dental Society on March 19 at Fircrest Golf and Country Club in Tacoma as part of the outreach effort.
There's been plenty of snowfall in the mountains this winter, and irrigation district officials anticipate there should be ample water this season for lawns and farms.
"We had a fairly mild winter and the reservoirs are full. There's lots of good cold snow in the high alpine regions -- White and Snoqualmie passes -- that feed our reservoirs, Rimrock and Bumping lakes and the three reservoirs along I-90," said Scott Revell, planning manager for the Kennewick Irrigation District.
A good snowpack means a steady stream of water as it melts. White Pass has 61 inches of snow and Snoqualmie 91 inches, according to the Washington State Department of Transportation.
Some Columbia Basin Project irrigators will experience limited or interrupted water service for the next week.
The federal Bureau of Reclamation started reducing water flows in the main canal Monday after a canal ditch rider spotted damage in the canal just below Pinto Dam.
"We're reducing flows in the main canal, and expect the canal to be at its lowest level by Wednesday evening," said Ephrata Field Office Manager Stephanie Utter in a news release. "While repairs are taking place, there will be some disruption in water deliveries directly from the west and east low canals later this week."
A House bill that will allow irrigation districts to offer local improvement districts financing opportunities was signed into law this week by Gov. Jay Inslee.
House Bill 1416, which was sponsored by Rep. Judy Warnick of Moses Lake, specifically will help the East Columbia Basin Irrigation District farmers and allow for the recent Odessa Subarea Special Study to be implemented.
The bill will help ensure the district can finance the wid-ening of the East Low Canal and supply water to an additional 70,000 acres in the Odessa Subarea, Warnick said.
The Internal Revenue Service is apologizing for what it acknowledges was "inappropriate" targeting of conservative political groups during the 2012 election to see if they were violating their tax-exempt status.
While snow on Christmas isn’t unusual in Eastern Washington, the National Weather Service says residents of Western Washington may get a Christmas surprise this year.
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