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Washington State Route 281
State Route 281 (SR 281) is a short State highways in Washington, state highway in Grant County, Washington. It travels north–south for , connecting Interstate 90 in Washington, Interstate 90 (I-90) in George, Washington, George to Washington State Route 28, SR 28 in Quincy, Washington, Quincy. The highway is a major freight corridor and also has a short spur route near George that connects it to Washington State Route 283, SR 283. SR 281 was added to the state highway system in 1915 as part of the Sunset Highway (Washington), Sunset Highway, but was transferred to the North Central Highway four years later. The highway was paved in the 1930s and designated as part of Primary State Highway 7 (Washington), Primary State Highway 7 (PSH 7) before being replaced by SR 281 in the 1964 state highway renumbering (Washington), 1964 state highway renumbering. SR 281 has since been proposed for upgrades into a four-lane highway or a freeway due to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George, Washington
George is a city in Grant County, Washington, United States. The population was 809 at the 2020 census. The "humorous homage" to President George Washington has landed George, Washington on lists of unusual place names. The city is known for being near the Gorge Amphitheatre, sometimes called "The Gorge at George". The Gorge Amphitheatre was the location of the annual Sasquatch! Music Festival. The city also celebrates national holidays such as the Fourth of July, and Washington's Birthday, with cherry pies. The world's largest cherry pie is also baked every year on July 4, and served to a crowd. History George began as a large irrigation district between Quincy and Moses Lake. In the early 1950s, the need for a town to support the local agriculture business was evident, and the Bureau of Land Management agreed to for this purpose. The sole bid was that of a local pharmacist, Charlie Brown, who invested his own money into the venture and solicited planning help from a Univer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Gorge Amphitheatre
The Gorge Amphitheatre, originally known as Champs de Brionne Music Theatre, is an outdoor concert venue in Grant County, Washington, United States. It is situated near Columbia River in Central Washington, west of George. The venue is managed by Live Nation. It is a nine-time winner of ''Pollstar'' Magazine's award for 'Best Outdoor Music Venue' and was voted as one of the 'Best Outdoor Concert Venues in America' by ConcertBoom. About The original amphitheater was owned and operated by Dr. Vincent Bryan and Carol Bryan, along with the adjoining winery, Champs de Brionne, for which it was named. It opened in 1986 and seated 3,000 people, but had expanded to 19,000 prior to the purchase by MCA in 1993. The Gorge Amphitheater was acquired by Live Nation in 2006. North of Interstate 90, The Gorge is approximately east of Seattle and approximately west of Spokane. This venue offers views of the Columbia River, Columbia Gorge canyon, eastern Kittitas, and western Grant Count ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beezley Hills
The Beezley Hills are a range of hills, about north of Quincy in Grant County, Washington with a maximum elevation of or . The city of Ephrata, Washington, at the east end of the hills, was originally called Beezley Springs, named after horse rancher Frank Beezley. Geography The hills rise from the east bank of the Columbia River between Moses Coulee and Frenchman Gap. They extend about to Ephrata and are part of the geological formation known as the Yakima Fold Belt, a group of anticlines. The next member of the fold belt is the roughly parallel Frenchman Hills to the south. Between the two ridges, Interstate 90 and Washington State Route 28 run through the Quincy Basin (the latter less than south of the Beezley Hills), a rich agricultural and vinicultural area (see Quincy-Columbia Basin Irrigation District). Several springs occur on the lower slopes of the hills. In addition to Ephrata, formerly Beezley Springs (also spelled Beasley Springs), there are Baird Springs, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Travel Washington
Travel Washington is an intercity bus service in the U.S. state of Washington funded by the Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT). It has four routes that connect major cities to other modes, including Amtrak and Greyhound Lines. History Greyhound Lines formerly ran extensive intercity service in Washington state that was cut in 2004 as part of a regional restructure to focus on profitable routes. In 2007, the Washington State Department of Transportation began planning for an intercity bus network pilot project. The first Travel Washington bus route to open was the Grape Line, which began service in December 2007. It was also the first bus service to be funded through a private-public partnership between the Federal Transit Administration and private operators, with the former matching the latter's investments with grant money. The Dungeness Line's contract was transferred to Greyhound in 2018 and came with the addition of a new stop in Port Townsend. Routes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grant Transit Authority
The Grant Transit Authority is a public transit operator in Grant County, Washington. It operates 13 routes, including intercity services that converge in the city of Moses Lake. History Grant Transit Authority began as a demonstration project with 4 buses in November 1995. The project, deemed a success after one year, led to a November 1996 vote to establish a public transportation benefit area (PTBA) to fund a permanent system. The vote passed, creating a 0.2 percent sales tax and allowing regular service to begin and expand the following year. The PTBA boundaries were expanded in 1998 to include Quincy, which had opted out of the 1996 vote, thus encompassing all of Grant County. The Grant Transit Authority previously partnered with a local non-profit organization, People for People, for operations but became independent in October 2013. In 2015, construction began on a new transit center in downtown Moses Lake. The transit center opened on August 1, 2017, with an indoor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Quincy Municipal Airport (Washington)
Quincy Municipal Airport is a city-owned, public-use airport located two nautical miles (4 km) southeast of the central business district of Quincy, a city in Grant County, Washington, United States. Facilities and aircraft Quincy Municipal Airport covers an area of 38 acres (15 ha) at an elevation of 1,271 feet (387 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 9/27 with an asphalt surface measuring 3,660 by 50 feet (1,116 x 15 m). For the 12-month period ending June 28, 2010, the airport had 3,800 general aviation aircraft operations, an average of 10 per day. At that time there were six single-engine aircraft based at this airport. See also * List of airports in Washington References External links Quincy Municipal (80T)at WSDOT Airport Directory Aerial image as of July 1996from USGS ''The National Map ''The National Map'' is a collaborative effort of the United States Geological Survey (USGS) and other federal, state, and local agencies to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Spokesman-Review
''The Spokesman-Review'' is a daily broadsheet newspaper based in Spokane, Washington, the city's sole remaining daily publication. It has the third-highest readership among daily newspapers in the state, with most of its readership base in eastern Washington and northern Idaho. History ''The Spokesman-Review'' was formed from the merger of the ''Spokane Falls Review'' (1883–1894) and the ''Spokesman'' (1890–1893) in 1893 and first published under the present name on June 29, 1894. The ''Spokane Falls Review'' was a joint venture between local businessman, A.M. Cannon and Henry Pittock and Harvey W. Scott of ''The Oregonian''. The Spokesman-Review later absorbed its competing sister publication, the afternoon ''Spokane Daily Chronicle''. Long co-owned, the two combined their sports departments in late 1981 and news staffs in early 1983. The middle name "Daily" was dropped in January 1982, and its final edition was printed on Friday, July 31, 1992. The news ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Columbia Basin Herald
The ''Columbia Basin Herald (CBH)'' is a daily newspaper based in Moses Lake, Washington, United States. It was founded in 1941 and is owned by the Hagadone News Network. The newspaper serves Central Washington and is the legal newspaper of record for Moses Lake, Royal City, and Grant County. The newspaper became a daily newspaper in March 1955, to be published 5 afternoons weekly, and renamed the Columbia Basin Daily Herald. Prior to that, the CBH had been printed twice-weekly from late 1953 until March 1955 and was a weekly from its inception in (sic) 1942. In May 1947, the CBH was elected to membership in the Associated Press. In March 1962, the Inland Empire Press-Radio-TV journalism awards were made in Spokane, WA, with the CBH earning a mention for reporter Elton Troth's articles about the Grant County PUD probe of the Priest Rapids dam, and for Ned Thomas' article about journalists meeting with President John F. Kennedy during his visit to Moses Lake. Ned Thomas subse ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Wenatchee World
''The Wenatchee World'' is the leading daily newspaper in Wenatchee and East Wenatchee, Washington, United States. Serving Chelan, Douglas and other North Central Washington counties since 1905, ''The Wenatchee World'' prints on its front page that it is "Published in the Apple Capital of the World and the Buckle of the Power Belt of the Great Northwest". History The World Publishing Company was founded in 1905 by businessmen C.A. Briggs and Nat Ament. On July 3, 1905, the company published the first issue of ''The Wenatchee Daily World''. The issue included a pledge "to be an active, helping factor in not alone the city of Wenatchee and the county of Chelan, but also in our neighbor counties of Douglas and Okanogan." The newspaper was a forceful proponent for economic development of the Columbia Basin and the area the newspaper called North Central Washington. Two years later, the newspaper was purchased by Rufus Woods and his twin brother Ralph. Rufus published the newspaper ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Weigh Station
A weigh station is a checkpoint along a highway to inspect vehicular weights and safety compliance criteria. Usually, trucks and commercial vehicles are subject to the inspection. Weigh stations are equipped with truck scales, some of which are weigh in motion and permit the trucks to continue moving while being weighed, while older scales require the trucks to stop. There are many different scales used, from single axle scales to multi-axle sets. Signal lights indicate if the driver should pull over for additional inspection or if they are allowed to return to the highway. Many jurisdictions employ the use of portable scales, allowing weigh stations to be set up at any point. Portable scales allow states to set up temporary scales for situations such as seasonal check points, temporary checkpoints on isolated roads often used by trucks, or to prevent drivers from avoiding scales at fixed locations. Portable scales may be set up at purpose built locations that are not normally st ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Corn
Maize ( ; ''Zea mays'' subsp. ''mays'', from es, maíz after tnq, mahiz), also known as corn (North American and Australian English), is a cereal grain first domesticated by indigenous peoples in southern Mexico about 10,000 years ago. The leafy stalk of the plant produces pollen inflorescences (or "tassels") and separate ovuliferous inflorescences called ears that when fertilized yield kernels or seeds, which are fruits. The term ''maize'' is preferred in formal, scientific, and international usage as a common name because it refers specifically to this one grain, unlike ''corn'', which has a complex variety of meanings that vary by context and geographic region. Maize has become a staple food in many parts of the world, with the total production of maize surpassing that of wheat or rice. In addition to being consumed directly by humans (often in the form of masa), maize is also used for corn ethanol, animal feed and other maize products, such as corn starch and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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