Fall 2020
Drive-by Wi-Fi
To help bridge the digital divide, WSU Extension in late April began opening drive-in Wi-Fi hotspots to help students access online resources during statewide social distancing efforts. » More ...
Broadband internet
Summer 2020
Going to BAT in rural Washington
The Broadband Action Team through WSU Extension supports health care, education, businesses, and jobs in rural areas. » More ...
Winter 2001
State Economy: Across the new divide
Sooner than you think, you’re going to connect those dots and discover the whole state lit up.
THE VARIOUS PEOPLES OF Washington have successfully prevailed over many divides— mountain passes, raging rivers, ocean straits, even cultural differences— that separated comfort and prosperity from isolation and hard times. There were grim consequences to encounters with those divides, and sometimes stuff and people were jettisoned so a few could make it across. We wouldn’t be here at all if we had seriously miscalculated who had the right to survive.
Now, in a techno-economic system constantly challenged to be robust and resilient enough to meet the fiercest global … » More …
Summer 2009
Ramping up in rural Washington
If you drive for 45 minutes up the back road from Goldendale toward Trout Lake in Klickitat County, you’ll pass through Glenwood, set in its scenic valley at the base of Mount Adams, where the pastures begin to give way to pine trees, some 35 miles north of the Columbia River.
If you pass through in June, you might catch the local rodeo, celebrating its 75th anniversary this year over Father’s Day. Maybe you’ll stop at The Shade Tree for gas, that being the name of the biggest business in town, a combination hotel/cafe/gas station/convenience store. There’s a post office and a small grocery, and … » More …