Community News – Page 341

Keiro goes with Transforming Age, say former board members

September 12, 2019 By Admin

By Mahlon Meyer Northwest Asian Weekly Former Keiro board members are suspicious of the organization’s recent decision to end negotiations with Aspen Skilled Healthcare and what they allege is a […]

Seattle lightning

September 12, 2019 By Admin

Did you catch the lightning show on Sept. 7? According to the National Weather Service (NWS) office in Seattle, the region saw more than 2,000 “cloud to ground lightning strikes” […]

Singapore Airlines launches service at Sea-Tac Airport

September 9, 2019 By Admin

Singapore Airlines debuted its nonstop service between Seattle-Tacoma International Airport and Singapore on Sept. 3 with a ribbon cutting and a lion dance. The inaugural flight departed with a turret […]

Rocky Fong is one of PSBJ’s 40 Under 40

September 9, 2019 By Admin

Rocky Fong, vice president of Corporate Social Responsibility at U.S. Bank, was recently selected as a recipient of the Puget Sound Business Journal (PSBJ)’s 40 Under 40 award for 2019. […]

Port holds reception for Bookda Gheishar

September 9, 2019 By Admin

The Port of Seattle’s first ever Senior Director of Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) was welcomed at a reception on Aug. 13. Bookda Gheisar has been in her new role […]

ICHS receives national awards for high quality care

September 9, 2019 By Admin

International Community Health Services (ICHS) is among 26 community health centers in Washington state to receive federal awards totaling over $3 million from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), […]

Hong Kong protest in Bellevue

September 6, 2019 By Admin

By Staff NORTHWEST ASIAN WEEKLY The group SEArious for Hong Kong held a silent protest in downtown Bellevue on Sept. 1 in response to an Aug. 31 incident in Hong […]

ACRS food bank funding confusion

September 5, 2019 By Admin

The Asian Counselling and Resource Center (ACRS)’s food bank is adopting a “wait and see” policy, when it comes to the funding from the Sweetened Beverage Tax (SBT).

Eric Lin “a danger to the community”

September 5, 2019 By Admin

SEATTLE — A Maryland man charged with making terrorism-related threats against Latinos was “ordered detained as both a flight risk and a danger to the community,” U.S. Attorney’s Office Public […]

Mid-Autumn Festival

September 5, 2019 By Admin

The Mid-Autumn Festival is a celebration that begins on the 15th day of the 8th month on the Chinese lunar calendar. It’s also known as the Moon Festival, as at […]