http://www.rainiervalleypost.com Proudly serving Southeast Seattle since 2007 Wed, 08 Feb 2012 00:27:32 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 http://www.rainiervalleypost.com/how-sound-transit-could-build-promised-graham-street-station-in-rainier-valley/ http://www.rainiervalleypost.com/how-sound-transit-could-build-promised-graham-street-station-in-rainier-valley/#comments Sun, 17 Jul 2011 17:30:03 +0000 Editor http://www.rainiervalleypost.com/?p=41994 Eric Scigliano/Crosscut: Sound Transit, the three-county rail and express-bus agency, announced some bad news, good news last month: Arbitrators had ordered it to pay $66 million in the last round of lawsuits by contractors on the South Link light rail line construction through the Rainier Valley, who sued over contaminated soils, ill-drafted design documents, and [...]]]> http://www.rainiervalleypost.com/how-sound-transit-could-build-promised-graham-street-station-in-rainier-valley/feed/ 5 http://www.rainiervalleypost.com/south-end-scenes-rainier-chamber-honors-local-students-community-leaders/ http://www.rainiervalleypost.com/south-end-scenes-rainier-chamber-honors-local-students-community-leaders/#comments Thu, 16 Jun 2011 13:00:50 +0000 Editor http://www.rainiervalleypost.com/?p=40003 The Rainier Chamber of Commerce hosted its annual Presidents Luncheon at New Holly Gathering Hall earlier this month where Mayor Mike McGinn spoke, four local students were awarded college scholarships, several community leaders were honored for their contributions to the Rainier Valley community and the 2010-2011 Rainier Chamber Board was confirmed. Julie Pham (above) received [...]]]> http://www.rainiervalleypost.com/south-end-scenes-rainier-chamber-honors-local-students-community-leaders/feed/ 5 http://www.rainiervalleypost.com/political-campaigns-undervalue-importance-of-minority-voters/ http://www.rainiervalleypost.com/political-campaigns-undervalue-importance-of-minority-voters/#comments Fri, 08 Oct 2010 13:00:46 +0000 Editor http://www.rainiervalleypost.com/?p=28291 Buy Julie Pham/New America Media: If every vote counts, why are political candidates doing so little to reach out to Washington state’s significant minority communities? Many ethnic media outlets in the state are asking this very question. While mainstream media is on the decline, ethnic media is growing to meet the needs of new Americans. [...]]]> http://www.rainiervalleypost.com/political-campaigns-undervalue-importance-of-minority-voters/feed/ 1 http://www.rainiervalleypost.com/lack-of-parking-causing-problems-for-mlk-business-owners-op-ed/ http://www.rainiervalleypost.com/lack-of-parking-causing-problems-for-mlk-business-owners-op-ed/#comments Fri, 30 Apr 2010 21:39:08 +0000 admin http://www.rainiervalleypost.com/?p=21816 By Dr. Julie Pham, Chair of the MLK Business Association (RVP advertiser) and managing editor of Northwest Vietnamese News: As the chair of the MLK Business Association, I led a group of the employees from the City of Seattle and from relevant non-profits in a visit to a Vietnamese-owned small business located near the Othello [...]]]> http://www.rainiervalleypost.com/lack-of-parking-causing-problems-for-mlk-business-owners-op-ed/feed/ 17 http://www.rainiervalleypost.com/elderly-rainier-valley-neighbor-finds-american-dream-just-beyond-reach/ http://www.rainiervalleypost.com/elderly-rainier-valley-neighbor-finds-american-dream-just-beyond-reach/#comments Wed, 05 Aug 2009 13:20:15 +0000 Editor http://www.rainiervalleypost.com/?p=14522 By Julie Pham, Editor, Nguoi Viet Tay Bac News Lam Vuong has been in the United States with his family for five years, just long enough to be eligible to apply for citizenship. But he fears his poor English will fail him if he takes the citizenship test. Although Vuong speaks three dialects of Chinese [...]]]> http://www.rainiervalleypost.com/elderly-rainier-valley-neighbor-finds-american-dream-just-beyond-reach/feed/ 10