While many eyes are on trade talks between our country and China, America’s port leaders are positioning their seaports to compete for increasing volumes of container traffic. After container shipments surged in November---primarily from pre-tariff contracts—they plunged by year end--impact of U.S. and China trade war.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 6 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO
In the 1960s, there was a popular movie called “The Russians are Coming, The Russians are Coming.” In the film a Soviet naval commander ran his sub aground off a Massachusetts coastal island and sent two English-speaking crewmen ashore to procure a boat with enough power to pull them free. …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 6 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO
Last spring, Boeing revealed its proposed hypersonic passenger airliner which would fly much higher and faster than the Concorde — the only previous supersonic commercial airplane.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 6 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO
When one approaches the Tri-Cities, it is impossible to ignore Lampson International’s monstrous cranes in its Pasco assembly yard. Those gantries stand out like the Space Needle in Seattle and reach over 560 feet into the sky.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 6 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO
With today’s tension and rancor, we need a dose of Yogi Berra’s wit and wisdom to put things into perspective. Let’s start with “You can observe a lot by just watching” because seeing what is happening now is very disconcerting.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 6 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO
Last April, Washington wheat, apple and cherry growers hoped U.S. and China trade negotiators would resolve differences and prevent imposition of damaging tariffs on our state’s leading crops. Unfortunately, that did not happened and the costs are adding up.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 6 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO
The massive Berkeley Pit in Butte, Mont., is one of the world’s largest superfund sites and has been described as a giant sink filling with metal-laden, acidic water from over 10,000 miles of underground mine workings.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 6 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO
The battle in Seattle over the city council’s imposition of a head tax on large companies is generating disparaging labels, which local elected leaders likely will come to regret.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 6 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO
On Sunday, May 27, actor/musician Gary Sinise will again co-host the National Memorial Day Concert from the West Lawn of the U.S. Capitol. It will be the 29th annual concert on the 150th anniversary of Memorial Day.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 6 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO
With western wildfires growing in size and destroying more homes, farms and businesses, there is a need for new tools and approaches. The infernos are spreading so fast they are outstripping our ability to fight them in traditional ways.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 6 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO
Millions of college graduates find themselves saddled with crushing debt and more than a third of them won’t be working in their chosen profession. Many will be working for low wages.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 6 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO
President Trump campaigned on cutting taxes, streamlining regulations and improving infrastructure. He also vowed to renegotiate our trade agreements calling the North American Free Trade Agreement “the worst deal ever made.”
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 6 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
Any trade war between the United States and China is worrisome, but if it escalated and tariffs are imposed, it will hit Washington particularly hard. Avoiding that possibility should be our primary goal.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 6 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
