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Change will PHAM’S UNLIKELY shape the CAMPAIGN future of Keiro Uphill battle ahead for GOP hopeful in blue district Northwest By Nina Huang NORTHWEST ASIAN WEEKLY Photo from savioforsenate.com
For over 40 years, Keiro Northwest has proudly served the aging Asian American community. As the nursing home industry continues to face financial challenges, Keiro’s new CEO, Bridgette Takeuchi, is prepared and focused on making Keiro the best that it can be. While change can be uncomfortable to some, Takeuchi is optimistic about the future. Takeuchi, 38, who is half
Dr. Savio Pham and supporters joined the Everett community in celebrating the Independence Day, 2018 by participating in the Snohomish County’s Colors of Freedom Parade through downtown Everett.
By Zachariah Bryan NORTHWEST ASIAN WEEKLY Nobody expected Savio Pham to run for state Senate. Not even himself.
But here he is. On Aug. 11, running as an independent Republican in a three-way race for the 38th Legislative District, which represents the Bridgette Takeuchi
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Board: Tommy Le Former Vietnamese jailer says he respected shooting justified Sen. McCain By Staff NORTHWEST ASIAN WEEKLY
By TRAN VAN MINH ASSOCIATED PRESS
HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — Sen. John McCain’s Vietnamese jailer said he respected his former inmate and felt sad about his death, as others in Vietnam paid their respects to the former U.S. Navy pilot who became a prisoner of war and later was instrumental
The family of Tommy Le — who was shot and killed by a King County deputy last year — said they are “disillusioned but not surprised” about a recent county report. A review board concluded that the June 2017 shooting death was justified. The King County Sheriff ’s Office released the Use of Force
in bringing the wartime foes together. McCain’s Skyhawk dive bomber was shot down over Hanoi in 1967 and he was taken prisoner and held in the infamous “Hanoi Hilton’’ prison for more than five years. Former Col. Tran Trong Duyet, see MCCAIN on 13
see LE on 3
Sen. John McCain
ID carjacking By Staff NORTHWEST ASIAN WEEKLY A 33-year-old developmentally delayed man named William has been found safe and unharmed after the car he was in was carjacked in the International District on the night of Aug. 24. It happened at Maynard Avenue South and South King Street. William
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KARATE SCHOOL A way of life »7
CRAZY RICH ASIANS No. 1, two weeks in a row! »9
Tommy Le
LITTLE LEAGUE A big win for the Honolulu team »8
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