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Guidance for Employees Going Back to Work During COVID-19

Wednesday, May 20, 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic has swept across the country, bringing unprecedented changes with it. Employees and employers are working together to determine how to best protect everyone’s health as they get businesses back on track. Naturally, questions abound for the employees in a wide range of industries who must now adapt to new workplace practices. who must go to work to provide for their families. So the question is, for those who must go to their places of employment, what can they do to protect themselves, their families and others? Workplace Environment Every employee should expect their employer to attempt to lead the effor...

RIDGE MOTORSPORTS PARK SET TO HOST MOTOAMERICA IN 2020

Friday, November 08, 2019

MotoAmerica is thrilled to announce that the 2020 MotoAmerica Series will for the first time feature a round in the Pacific Northwest, with the three-day event set to take place at the Ridge Motorsports Park, which is located southwest of Seattle, Washington, June 26-28. The Ridge Motorsports Park racetrack was designed by Steve Crawford, the man who also designed Thunderhill Raceway Park in Northern California and it’s nestled in a truly picturesque portion of Washington State with views of Mt. Rainier and Mt. St. Helens. The circuit blend with its surroundings and features 16 turns with over 300 feet of elevation...

Hood Canal Communications Increases High-Speed Internet Connection

Wednesday, August 28, 2019

Initiative marks a major improvement to Mason County’s Internet infrastructure. Union, WA – Hood Canal Communications, an independent cable and broadband provider serving rural Mason County, Washington, announced today that it has completed a yearlong project to upgrade its network facilities by adding two geographically diverse fiber-optic cable connections, each capable of providing 100 gigabits per second (Gbps) of throughput to the public Internet. Hood Canal’s network upgrade marks the largest connections to be deployed in Mason County, giving the company the fastest “backbone” Internet connection currently available in the area. The company’s backbone infrastructure upgrade compliments HCC’s ongoing Connect Cushman gran...

Why outbreaks like coronavirus spread exponentially, and how to “flatten the curve”

Friday, April 03, 2020

After the first case of covid-19, the disease caused by the new strain of coronavirus, was announced in the United States, reports of further infections trickled in slowly. Two months later, that trickle has turned into a steady current. This so-called exponential curve has experts worried. If the number of cases were to continue to double every three days, there would be about a hundred million cases in the United States by May. Click here for the complete article.