Governor Chris Gregoire has directed that flags at all Washington State agency facilities be lowered to half-staff Monday, Jan. 11, in memory of Grant County Sheriff’s Deputy John Bernard, who died on duty Jan. 3 from injuries sustained in a car accident.

Flags should remain at half-staff until close of business Monday, or first thing Tuesday morning.

A public memorial service is scheduled for noon on Monday, Jan. 11, at Big Bend Community College in Moses Lake.

Gov. Chris Gregoire has directed that flags be lowered to half-staff in memory of Pierce County Deputy Kent Mundell, who died Monday from wounds suffered in a Dec. 21 shooting outside Eatonville south of Tacoma.

Flags should remain at half-staff until sunset on Tuesday, Jan. 5, or first thing Wednesday morning, Jan. 6.

On Nov. 16, a power outage caused Western Washington University to be suspended from 8 a.m. to noon. Due to the delay of notification, employees will not be required to make up time or report leave.

If any make-up hours have been completed, supervisors are encouraged to coordinate with employees for early release or late arrival for those hours. Employees (or those who perform departmental time entry) should report actual hours worked in the positive time reporting section as they do now.

Gov. Chris Gregoire has directed that flags at all Washington state agency facilities be lowered to half-staff Monday, Dec. 7, for National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day.

Other government entities, citizens and businesses are encouraged to join this recognition.

National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day was created by Congress in 1994 in honor of those Americans killed, missing or injured as a result of the attack on Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941.

Gov. Chris Gregoire has directed that Washington state and U.S. flags at all Washington state agency facilities be lowered to half-staff in memory of Lakewood Police Officer Ronald Owens, a former member of the Washington State Patrol, and his three colleagues, Officer Greg Richards, Officer Tina Griswold and Sgt. Mark Renninger, all of whom were killed on Sunday.

Officer Owens served with the Washington State Patrol from 1997 to 2004.

Flags should remain at half-staff until close of business on Tuesday, Dec. 8, or first thing Wednesday morning, Dec. 9.

Gov. Chris Gregoire has directed that flags at all Washington state agency facilities be lowered to half-staff Tuesday, Dec. 1, in memory of U. S. Army Staff Sgt. John J. Cleaver, 36, of Marysville, who died Nov. 19 in Afghanistan, of injuries sustained when a suicide bomber attacked his unit.

Flags should remain at half-staff until close of business Tuesday, or first thing Wednesday morning.

Other government entities, citizens and businesses are encouraged to join this recognition.

Governor Chris Gregoire has directed that flags at all Washington State agency facilities be lowered to half-staff Monday, Nov. 23, in memory of Neal Richards, a Washington State Department of Transportation employee, who died today after being hit by a falling tree limb while working to clear a slide on US 101 near Indian Hill east of Port Angeles.

Flags should remain at half-staff until close of business Monday, or first thing Tuesday morning.

Other government entities, citizens and businesses are encouraged to join this recognition.

Gov. Chris Gregoire has directed that flags at all Washington state agency buildings be lowered to half-staff Thursday, Nov. 12, in memory of U.S. Army Specialist Aaron S. Aamot of Custer. Aamot was killed last week in Afghanistan when an improvised explosive device detonated near his military vehicle.

Flags should remain at half-staff until close of business Thursday, or first thing Friday morning, Nov. 13.