Earthquake Stories
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RECOVERY AND REOPENING
Information associate Claire Hall removes books from the Washington State library's collection at the Capitol. The library reopened Monday after nearly a million books and documents fell from shelves in the Nisqually Earthquake, said Jan Walsh, assistant director of customer service. "It was a colossal mess," said Walsh. The library had already started weeding books from its selection prior to the quake, having removed 73,000 volumes in the past year, she said. Resorting fallen books has proven helpful in the project to remove unneeded books, Walsh said.
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Evergreen union seeks earthquake pay
The Evergreen State College's classified employees union is asking university officials to compensate members for not working the day after the earthquake rattled the region and forced the closure of many government buildings, including the campus.
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Deadline for taxes extended due to quake
The Internal Revenue Service offered up good news for quake-rattled residents Wednesday.
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State's labor plan in doubt for Capitol repairs
OLYMPIA -- The state's policy of hiring union labor for its major construction projects may have to be jettisoned in order to access federal money to repair the earthquake-damaged Capitol.
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