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In today’s hot shortage market, here is a house for sale that is guaranteed to meet all of your expectations. It is the ultimate “dream” house. (Photo by Morf Morford)

File this under “It had to happen”

by Index Staff • June 18, 2021 1:30 am

We, as a culture, will leave a physical legacy of art, architecture and literature. Or will we?

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The bottom line is the bottom line

by Index Staff • June 17, 2021 1:30 am

The literal bottom line is how all the numbers, assets, expenses and debits add up…

In a real life emergency, who are you going to call? (Photo by Morf Morford)

Who’s working? Who’s looking for work?

by Index Staff • June 16, 2021 1:30 am

And who’s essential?

Seattle, late May 2021. Does this look like a dying city to you? With four or five building cranes in almost every direction, Seattle is poised for growth. (Photo by Morf Morford)

‘Tis the season – for that first serious...

by Index Staff • June 15, 2021 1:30 am

Graduation is just the beginning

Comcast’s Lift Zones complement its Internet Essentials program and is part of the company’s ongoing commitment to help connect low-income families to the Internet in and outside of the home.

Bridging the Digital Divide in Pierce County

by Index Staff • June 14, 2021 6:00 am

Comcast Addresses Internet Connectivity Needed In and Out of the Home

This is a schematic of the entire internet in 1973. Image courtesy of ARPANET

June 8th – the day the internet died

by Index Staff • June 14, 2021 1:30 am

About half the world’s population has internet access, thanks to DARPA more than 50 years ago

Much resistance to change is about as productive as this lock on a chain link fence. (Photo by Morf Morford)

When electricity was new

by Index Staff • June 11, 2021 1:30 am

Change and innovation are never easy to adapt to…

View of construction work being done on the Electron Dam bypass channel; Image courtesy Department of Ecology

Electron Hydro fined $501,000 for Puyallup River pollution

by Index Staff • June 10, 2021 1:30 am

Pieces of sports turf were found up to 21 miles downstream…

We may not agree with how desirable it ever was, or how or if we will ever get back to it. But in 2021 “Normal” seems like the ultimate fantasy destination. (Photo by Morf Morford)

Brave New Words

by Index Staff • June 9, 2021 1:30 am

The world around us has changed – so have our words for it

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Ninth Circuit Announces Civics Contest Finalists

by Index Staff • June 8, 2021 1:30 am

Over 700 students entered the contest despite challenges they faced with return to school…