Nov 1, 2018 | Culture of Creativity
It’s been said that cooking is art, baking is science. It certainly looks that way at the Washington State University Bread Lab in Mount Vernon, where leading researchers not only conduct important research on grains, but preach what they practice in an innovative...
Oct 29, 2018 | Why Washington?
Anyone who lives in Western Washington knows that the greater Seattle area is a great place to start a business and put down some roots. The economy’s growth is 5.2% net of inflation, three times faster than the average U.S. city. Incomes have grown too, up 4.7%...
Oct 26, 2018 | Why Washington?
We usually don’t even bother to mention when we place lower than #5 in a ranking of states, but we can’t resist bragging about being the 8th top destination to visit in 2019 – in the world! Yes, the world. Lonely Planet, one of the largest publishers of guidebooks and...
Oct 19, 2018 | Innovation, Technology
Quantum physics is a strange world indeed, but Boeing, Microsoft and others are exploring this new frontier to see how it can be applied to computer science. It’s so important, in fact, that Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella says that along with artificial...
Oct 5, 2018 | Community Development
The Morrill Bank building in downtown Kent is on the shortlist to get $150,000 from American Express and the National Trust for Historic Preservation, if the city gets enough votes. Built in 1924, the building is Kent’s first bank. In its heyday, it sported a grand,...
Sep 25, 2018 | Technology
Washington’s Community Economic Revitalization Board (CERB) is offering rural communities throughout the state $2.9 million in low-interest loans and grants to create additional connectivity to high-speed, open access broadband. Access to high-speed broadband is a key...
