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New bill brings cultural competency to food inspection

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In the process of opening Dong Thap Noodles, restaurant owner Nick Bui learned about the restrictions applied to storing rice noodles at room temperature. Washington Board of Health regulations prevents rice noodles like those Nick Bui makes fresh from scratch to be stored at room temperature (temperatures ranging between 41 and 135 degrees Fahrenheit) for over four hours, but Bui and other restaurants and rice noodle manufacturers argue that the limited four-hour window is prohibitive and wasteful.

True and blue: the sports fan living in your community

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Melanie Hoshino, petite, pretty, with a golden tan, and long, light brown hair and a trim, athletic build, is dwarfed by the huge gray doors of the CenturyLink Seahawks Pro Shop she manages. Hoshino seems a bit shy at first as she peeks around the door, but warms up instantly and flashes an irresistibly brilliant and welcoming smile, as she invites you into her world of blue and green hats, bikinis, pet outfits, and everything else designed to melt the heart of a Seattle Seahawks fan.

Under 40 gaming executive — The recipe for Chris Lee’s success

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Chris Lee is our first candidate for the 2016 Asian Technology and Innovation 40 and Under award category.

The thin blue line: SPD struggles with recruiting API community members

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Police brutality, misconduct, and shootings have dominated news headlines in the past few years and Seattle has been no exception.

Community gives input on International Children’s Park name

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By John Liu Northwest Asian Weekly The name, “Donnie Chin Children’s Park” received around 95 percent of the votes at a March 17 meeting to rename the current International Children’s […]

New Asian American and Pacific Islander outreach director named for Clinton campaign

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The campaign for Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton announced March 24 that it was appointing Jason Tengco to serve as its new Asian American Pacific Islander outreach director. In a […]

Tacoma family keeps up search for downed Korean War pilot

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By Adam Ashton The News Tribune TACOMA, Wash. (AP) – As a boy, Albert Paffenroth Jr. walked to the edge of a fence around the runway at Johnson Air Force […]

Proposed redevelopment plan for Little Saigon paves way for progress?

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By James Tabafunda Northwest Asian Weekly For generations, shoppers visited Asian Plaza at the easternmost part of Seattle’s International District for authentic Southeast Asian food and the rarest of all […]

Pakistani native named as preferred candidate for WWU president

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The Western Washington University Board of Trustees named Oregon State University Provost and Executive Vice President Sabah U. Randhawa as the preferred candidate in their search for Western’s president. Randhawa […]