There are many different ways a business can become sustainable: reducing waste, preventing pollution, adopting clean energy, conserving water, greening the planet by planting trees, using sustainable materials, making their products sustainable, and by adopting sustainable business travel policies. Making business travel sustainable doesn’t only benefit the environment, but it also benefits the company. By […]
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Relief at the pump: These states are suspending gas taxes
Gas prices reached a record high in mid-March with the national average hitting $4.33 per gallon of regular unleaded gas and more than $5.13 for diesel according to tracking by AAA. The national average gas prices have since come down slightly but still remain high. And some states continue to see average prices topping $5 a […]
Awesome Marketing Strategies For Small Businesses
Marketing is meant to raise brand awareness and build a pipeline of qualified leads that turn into sales. With a small business, getting the word out can be challenging due to less visibility and lack of resources (like budget or time). However, there are key strategies that can help scale small businesses’ marketing efforts. Emphasize […]
Antarctic ice shelf nearly the size of Los Angeles collapsed.
Antarctica is the coldest, iciest place on Earth, which makes the recent warming event particularly worrying for many scientists. Just a month ago, data showed Antarctica would set a record this year for the lowest sea-ice extent, the area of ocean covered by sea ice around the continent. Warming temperatures are making the collapse of […]
Million-Dollar Business Ideas in 2022
The progress of the internet has democratized admission to the world of entrepreneurship. From virtually anywhere in the world, creators can launch real, viable businesses capable of creating millions of dollars a year. While science and technology have reduced the barrier to entry to starting a business, there are still a bunch of problems just […]
‘Up From Slavery’ initiative in Bremerton
BREMERTON — When a Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin murdered George Floyd in May 2020, Darryl Riley used to read and understand “Up from Slavery,” Booker T. Washington’s autobiography. He was once especially moved by the pace of his ancestors, within fewer than 50 years of emancipation, to find prosperity and found locations like “Black Wall Street” in Tulsa, […]
Kitsap financial alliance wins grant, award
The state Department of Commerce has stated recently that the Kitsap Economic Development Alliance has been awarded a two-year $500,000 grant to launch the Washington Autonomous Vehicle Cluster or WAV-C. The Department of Commerce promotes job creation and economic growth by ensuring fair trade, providing the data necessary to support commerce and constitutional democracy, and […]
Here are the latest COVID-19 numbers confirmed Monday in Washington state
The Washington State Department of Health reported 214 new COVID-19 cases Monday. As of Monday, the state’s preliminary death tally was 12,355. The confirmed death tally as of March 4 was 12,240. The state reported 451 cases Sunday and 1,012 cases Saturday. The statewide case total from the illness caused by the coronavirus stood at 1,446,845 cases on Monday. […]
The woman found in the submerged vehicle died by suicide, autopsy shows
Autopsy shows that a woman found in a submerged vehicle died by suicide. The Kitsap County Coroner stated that the cause of the demise of a 46-year-old woman whose body was discovered in a submerged car in the water near Lions Park in Bremerton on Friday died as a result of suicide. The coroner last […]
Kitsap County to hire an architectural firm to design new homeless housing’s interior.
The first section of the new homeless housing off of Mile Hill Drive in Port Orchard has been successfully achieved. The next subsequent step of the $6.3 million project is for the county to hire an architectural company to diagram and assist oversee the development of the brand new homeless housing facility. “I think progress […]