Vinh Phan will never again walk through the front door of the Olympia home he shares with his parents.
Archive | Vol 29 No 49 | 12/4-12/10
Vietnamese American family gets more than $500,000 from the death of son and brother
Posted on 02 December 2010.
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Chinatown/ID up for $200,000 grant, community addresses urgent priorities
Posted on 02 December 2010.
By Nina Huang Northwest Asian Weekly More than 30 community members showed up for a meeting at the American Hotel on Monday to discuss economic development priorities and funding opportunities for the Chinatown/International District. The meeting was the first of three.
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SF students race to save their peer who faces deportation to Peru
Posted on 02 December 2010.
More than 80 students and community members gathered outside California Sen. Barbara Boxer’s office on Nov. 12 to protest the scheduled
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Attention: U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services introduces fee waiver form
Posted on 02 December 2010.
For the first time, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is introducing a standardized form for requesting waivers of the fees charged
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Attention: Help clean storefront windows to kick off the holiday season
Posted on 02 December 2010.
With the holiday season just around the corner, the Chinatown/International District Business Improvement Area (CIDBIA) is inviting
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Attention: InterIm seeks input from neighborhood employees on workforce housing development
Posted on 02 December 2010.
InterIm Community Development Association (InterIm CDA) is currently working on a workforce housing development project and wants to ensure
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What’s in a name? — Battle over who can use ‘yogi’
Posted on 02 December 2010.
EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — Six years after the death of spiritual leader Yogi Bhajan, three legal battles are under way in Oregon and California
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U.S. tries to contain damage from ‘Sept. 11 of world diplomacy’
Posted on 02 December 2010.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Bristling over the unauthorized release of more than a quarter million classified State Department documents, the White House ordered a
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Columnist Wayne Chan stands in the middle of two worlds with humor and wit
Posted on 02 December 2010.
Who has consistently made readers of the Northwest Asian Weekly laugh? Who has touted “the benefits of being a human pretzel” (i.e., being in a yoga pose)?
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EDI helps minorities climb to the top of the ladder
Posted on 02 December 2010.
“Take a look at the workforce of the future. In 2012, 75 percent of the workforce will be people of color and women,” said Starr Macdonald
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