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PNW Names Are Most Mispronounced in America
PNW Names Are Most Mispronounced in America
PNW Names Are Most Mispronounced in America
 First of all, it’s When-NATCH-eee, not When-NAW-CHEE. You can always tell someone is not from around here when they mispronounce Wenatchee …or the big town of Spokane.   Here’s a rhyme to help you remember both: I’ll never forget when Duran Duran Once played a concert in Spokane (spo-CAN) (Duran Duran played at the Spokane Opera House on March 5th, 2005) Or how about The Beatles wrote songs that
Yakima County Dairies Ordered To Test Drinking Water
Yakima County Dairies Ordered To Test Drinking Water
Yakima County Dairies Ordered To Test Drinking Water
Earlier this month, a federal judge in Spokane ordered a trio of central Washington dairies to provide water filters for nearby residents as well as test area wells for nitrate contamination.  Judge Thomas Rice issued the preliminary injunction December 17th at the request of the EPA against Cow Palace, DeRuyter and Liberty dairies in Yakima County.  Accordi...
Oldest Town in the 509
Oldest Town in the 509
Oldest Town in the 509
What is the oldest incorporated town in Washington State? The small community of Port Steilacoom was the first town/city to be incorporated in 1851 and again in 1854, officially as Steilacoom. Captain Lafayette Balch, a Marine sea captain, founded Steilacoom in January 1851. Originally he...

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