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Washington’s Early Warning System a Bit Slow Quake Shows
Feb 20 2015 // A magnitude-4.3 earthquake that rumbled under Washington state’s Cascade Range early Wednesday was “not a great advertisement” for an early warning system undergoing tests, an official said. The system...
Central Washington Jolted by M4.3 Earthquake
Feb 19 2015 // A magnitude-4.3 earthquake rumbled under Washington state’s Cascade Range, but no damage has been reported. The Pacific Northwest Seismic Network says the quake struck at 1:04 a.m. Wednesday and was centered about 20...
Family of Barefoot Marathoner Files Suit in Washington Against Vibram
Feb 12 2015 // The family of an Ethiopian runner who famously won an Olympic marathon barefoot is suing Vibram, the maker of a popular line of minimalist running shoes, saying it used his name without permission. Abebe Bikila, who died...
Work on ‘Tsunami-Proof’ School on Washington Coast Underway
Feb 9 2015 // Ground has been broken for a new school building on the Washington coast at Westport that officials say is designed to be tsunami-proof. The planned “vertical evacuation structure” will be an addition to the...
$17M Lawsuit For Bridge Collapse Filed by Washington
Feb 6 2015 // A lawsuit filed this week by the Washington State Department of Transportation is seeking at least $17 million to recover costs related to the 2013 Skagit River bridge collapse. The lawsuit, filed in Skagit County Superior...
Washington Farmworker Safety Training Classes at Capacity
Feb 2 2015 // Surrounded by brushes, respirators and yellow plastic coveralls, Flor Servin held up a white baby onesie and told a room full of farm workers, in Spanish, they must scrub chemical residue from their protective equipment...
How ‘Crying Wolf’ in Bad Weather Warnings Erodes Public Compliance
Jan 28 2015 // The public is more likely to trust and comply with bad weather warnings—such as for winter snowstorms and icy roads—if authorities give their warnings as a probability estimate, according to risk researchers. The...
White House Drone Landing Complicates Regulation Debate
Jan 26 2015 // The discovery of a radio-controlled copter on the White House lawn injects a new complication into the debate over the growing popularity of drones used by civilians. The unintentional security breach Monday at the U.S....
Washington Church, Law Firm Settle Legal Malpractice Claim
Jan 26 2015 // The Catholic Diocese of Spokane has settled a malpractice case it filed against the law firm that handled its bankruptcy over priest sex abuse claims. The church and the Paine Hamblen law firm settled Friday, but the terms...
New York, Northeast May Get 3 Feet of Snow in Historic Storm
Jan 26 2015 // A blizzard forecasters call “life-threatening” that may drop three feet of snow from New York to Boston has caused more than 1,800 flight cancellations and will likely block road and rail traffic, close schools...
Work on ‘Tsunami-Proof’ School on Washington Coast Underway
Jan 22 2015 // Ground has been broken for a new school building on the Washington coast at Westport. Officials say the structure is designed to be tsunami-proof. KOMO-TV reported that the planned “vertical evacuation...
Small Tornado in Washington Confirmed by Weather Service
Jan 21 2015 // The National Weather Service confirms it was a small tornado that knocked down some trees and blew around loose objects Sunday afternoon at Gig Harbor in Washington. A Weather Service survey team determined the tornado was...
Report: Liquefaction Had a Hand in Deadly Washington Mudslide
Jan 15 2015 // A study of the Oso landslide in Washington state that killed 43 people in March says the amount of water that saturated a hillside made it especially destructive when it gave way. The soil lost its coherence and flowed...
Cybersecurity Bill Faces Tough Sledding on Capitol Hill
Jan 15 2015 // President Barack Obama’s bid to get Congress to pass stalled cybersecurity legislation is seen as having an uphill fight amid differences between Republicans and the administration over privacy safeguards and other...
Heine Joins Griffin Underwriting Services in Washington
Jan 12 2015 // Griffin Underwriting Services has named Cathy Heine personal lines manager. Heine will be responsible for underwriting a variety of personal lines programs as well as expanding relationships with agency and company...
Washington Seeks Two-Tier System for Driver’s License, IDs
Jan 12 2015 // Washington state officials are seeking to redesign the state’s driver’s licenses and ID cards in order to comply with tougher federal requirements for proof of U.S. residency for government-sanctioned...
2015 Insurance Industry Meetings & Conventions Directory
Jan 12 2015 // Welcome to Insurance Journal‘s 2015 Insurance Industry Meetings and Conventions Directory. The information in this directory is taken from a larger database containing additional information on these and other...
Hub International Acquires Fidelity Associates in Spokane, Washington
Jan 9 2015 // Hub International Limited (Hub), a global insurance brokerage, announced that it has acquired the assets of Fidelity Associates Inc. and Fidelity Associates Financial Services Inc.(collectively, Fidelity), servicing...
Environmental Groups Sue EPA to Force Fracking Chemicals Disclosure
Jan 8 2015 // A coalition of advocacy groups sued the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for public access to information on toxic chemicals released by the energy industry through hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, and other forms of...
Washington Company Fined $199K After Worker Death
Jan 7 2015 // The Washington Department of Labor & Industries has fined an Everett company $199,000 for 16 safety violations related to the death of a worker last July. Nineteen-year-old Bradley Hogue was killed by a rotating auger...
