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Tom Banse

@TomBanse

Semi-retired reporter for independent, nonprofit news sites in the PacNW. I mainly cover transportation, energy, and history & culture. RTs, follows≠endorsement

Olympia, WA Katılım Eylül 2012
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Tom Banse@TomBanse·
How about putting a retired state ferry in your basket on #BlackFriday? You can even name your own price. The two ferries currently for sale are inoperable though. If you can stand the high cost of ownership, a floating waterfront mansion or cafe maybe? washingtonstatestandard.com/2025/11/24/for…
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Silhouette with The Mountain casting a fuzzy shadow into the sky from a sunrise behind it. This is a rare sight because it depends on the short, seasonal alignment of the sun, Mount Rainier and Olympia, where I’m shooting from. Plus, we need a nice cloud deck. #wawx @NWSSeattle
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No, The Mountain is not on fire. But it looked like it this morning. Today was one of the few special days in the spring and fall when the sun rises directly behind Mount Rainier as seen from Olympia. #wawx @NWSSeattle
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@WatchDogWa @bkheywood That’s not actually the governor‘s “private plane.” It’s owned and operated by the Washington sSate Patrol and used for many different missions — including transporting the governor sometimes. Some of those trips on the recent flight logs could be prisoner transports.
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Brian Heywood - That Damn Mormon
I am hearing rumors that the Governor is primarily working from home and does not go into the office AND that the Directors of the various state agencies are doing the same AND that those directors are almost impossible to get ahold of because their office phones obviously are located at the office and they don’t want to give out their cell phone number for the time they spend at home AND so they are not meeting with employees, they are not working in the office, and they are not allowing communication from people that need to speak with them…. 40 years of one party rule leads to arrogance and callous disregard for the citizens they are supposed to serve.
Steve Gordon@stevemgordon67

Our Gov, hard at work on the people's issues:

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Another view of the smoke plume from the growing #WildcatFire wildfire in the William O. Douglas Wilderness area east of Mount Rainier. Not often that you see The Mountain dwarfed by something larger! I snapped this shot Weds. PM from Reflection Lakes in @MountRainierNPS. @NSDwx
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@NSDwx Yes, with credit. Tx for asking.
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Nathan@NSDwx·
@TomBanse Tom, could we potentially use this in a WA Smoke Blog update tomorrow or Friday?
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Nathan@NSDwx·
Holy cow, this is why Blewett Pass is closed, per Kittitas County Sheriff. #SwaukFire #wawx #wawildfire
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Practically right on schedule for the start of spring, the first full rainbow of the season over the Port of Olympia. It was fleeting.🌈#wawx @NWSSeattle
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Former WA Secretary of State Ralph Munro was one of the more likeable politicians I covered during my career. I started drafting his obituary a few years ago when Munro's health took a turn for the worse. It was time to pull it off the shelf today, sadly: washingtonstatestandard.com/2025/03/20/rem…
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British Columbia's premier floats idea of retaliatory tariff on U.S. #coal exported overseas through the Port of Vancouver. That's coal mined in red states of Montana and Wyoming and then passes through Washington on long trains to the BC coal terminal: thetyee.ca/News/2025/02/2…
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Sean T at RCP@SeanTrende·
Best community note in a while.
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Sunrise in Olympia with a trace of freshly fallen snow. This is our first snow of the season at sea level here. It’s sticking, but just barely, at 32°. #wawx @NWSSeattle
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The premier of Alberta says she had “constructive” talks with President-elect Trump to defuse the threat of a trade war that could hit Canada’s crude oil exports. Washington state refineries get much of their crude supplies from Alberta: washingtonstatestandard.com/2025/01/06/tan…
Danielle Smith@ABDanielleSmith

Over the last 24 hours I had the opportunity to meet President @realdonaldtrump at Mar-a-Lago last night and at his golf club this morning. We had a friendly and constructive conversation during which I emphasized the mutual importance of the U.S. - Canadian energy relationship, and specifically, how hundreds of thousands of American jobs are supported by energy exports from Alberta. I was also able to have similar discussions with several key allies of the incoming administration and was encouraged to hear their support for a strong energy and security relationship with Canada. On behalf of Albertans, I will continue to engage in constructive dialogue and diplomacy with the incoming administration and elected federal and state officials from both parties, and will do all I can to further Alberta’s and Canada’s interests. The United States and Canada are both proud and independent nations with one of the most important security alliances on earth and the largest economic partnership in history. We need to preserve our independence while we grow this critical partnership for the benefit of Canadians and Americans for generations to come.

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Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to announce resignation as early as Monday, Globe and Mail reports reuters.com/world/americas…
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Ben Mullin@BenMullin·
Jimmy Carter outlived one of his obituary writers:
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Alaska Airlines@AlaskaAir·
Ready to step into your own limited-edition Alaska holiday sweater? You could win 2 sweaters + 2 roundtrip flights to anywhere we fly. To enter, follow @alaskaair & tag a friend in the replies w/hashtag #AlaskaHolidaySweater by 12/20/24 at 11:59 p.m. PT. bit.ly/4gfIxPa
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