Carol Wright, the Executive Director of the Graham-Kapowsin Community Council has sent the following “Prayer for Japan.”
Her submission comes from her faith community’s prayer circle and was authored by a woman who lives in Pasco, not far from the Hanford nuclear facility. This prayer arrived at The Mountain News amidst several other similar emails, and it is clear that many people want to share their prayers for Japan in a more public manner. Continue reading
As the situation continues to deteriorate in Japan’s Fukushima nuclear complex, health concerns are rising here in Washington state – especially in Mountain Country.
According to the New York Times and other media outlets, the Fukushima facility has six nuclear reactors and all are in varying degrees of trouble, including a partial meltdown in one reactor and fires in several others. Continue reading
Nestled on an Eatonville side-street, just off the main thoroughfare of Washington Ave, sits a diminutive but charming icon of healthy living – the Mountain Community Co-op. Continue reading
Over 500 police and local firefighters joined with family and friends at the Champions Centre in Tacoma, Friday, to commemorate Pierce County Sheriff’s Deputy Shandon Wright.
Archway for Deputy Shandon Wright at the Champions Center, Tacoma.
Editor’s note: The term “flying saucer” was coined in 1947 by local media when Yelm aviator Kenneth Arnold announced that he had just seen seven disk-shaped craft flying near Mount Rainier.
This story is dedicated to Mr. Arnold and his fellow denizens of the skies, and to all who love a good story.
I have always believed in UFO’s, even as a little kid. In fact, I have always thought it odd that others don’t. Continue reading
By Candace Brown
In what may be just a whisper of good news of economic recovery, the Graham Land Use Advisory Commission (LUAC) met for the first time in over a year Tuesday night to hear a variance petition for a home-construction project. Continue reading
A high-speed crash of a Chevy pick-up on Mountain Highway claimed two lives Monday evening in Graham. Continue reading
Over a dozen members of the Frederickson-Clover Creek Community Council attended last week’s in-district Pierce County Council meeting held at the recently constructed Pierce County Skills Center on Canyon Rd. Continue reading
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