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Thursday, July 10, 2008
House prices tumble in June
Thurston County home prices slid more than 9 percent from June 2007 to June 2008, the Northwest Multiple Listing Service reported, the steepest year-over-year drop this year and the largest decline South Sound real-estate experts could remember.
State plan might aid 700,000 uninsured
Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler is touting a new health insurance concept that covers all Washington residents against high costs for catastrophic health care and might also lower insurance costs for some businesses and individuals.
Olympia development debate attracts threats and vandalism
A self-proclaimed nihilist group hurled paint-filled light bulbs at a business owned by Olympia City Councilman Jeff Kingsbury, then posted its opposition to his political views on an anarchist Web site in what Kingsbury called an "act of cowardice."
Projects might disrupt traffic
Two major public works projects will close roads in northeast Olympia starting next week.
Fight at park over beer, court papers say
A fight at Long Lake Park that sent one man to the hospital after he was pistol-whipped in the head Tuesday night started when members of one group refused to give a member of another group a beer, court papers state.
Fed chief: Empower financial regulators
Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke and Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson told Congress Thursday that new regulatory powers are needed to insulate the national economy from damage if a big Wall Street firm collapses.
Obama targets women's issues with Clinton at hand
Going after the women's vote, Democrat Barack Obama chastised Republican John McCain on Thursday over his opposition to an equal-pay Senate bill, his support for conservative-leaning Supreme Court justices and his abortion-rights objections.
NBA bucks ex-owner's lawsuit
SEATTLE - Seeking to protect the league's interests in Starbucks' CEO Howard Schultz's bid to regain control of the former Seattle SuperSonics, the NBA on Tuesday filed a motion to intervene in the former principal owner's lawsuit in U.S. Western District Court in Seattle.
Boeing raises 20-year forecast
SEATTLE - The Boeing Co. on Wednesday raised its outlook for spending on commercial airp***s over the next 20 years by 14 percent, helped in part by an expected 5 percent rise in worldwide air travel and the demand for new, more fuel-efficient p***s.
Art with a function
Don Freas sees the west side of Olympia as a village - a neighborhood of trees, families, bicyclists, nature, gardens and shops, and a place where things are within walking distance of one another.
Steelhead fishing has been decent in Western Washington
Steelhead fishing has been moderately good this week in Western Washington. |
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