In King County, workers opened an envelope containing the substance late Wednesday morning, prompting the evacuation. According to King County Elections spokesperson Halei Watkins, all staff were checked out by first responders...
Voters across Washington – and across the nation – will be choosing new local leaders on Tuesday, including a consequential election in Seattle where seven of nine City Council seats are up...
Warne, whose son is in recovery from opioid use, also has friends who’ve died of overdose. She strongly believes that the new state law making drug possession and public use a misdemeanor...
About 45 members of the King County CSEC Task Force, including service providers, trafficking survivors, researchers and state and county employees, met via Zoom on Oct. 18, two weeks after InvestigateWest’s article...
“There can be many layers of middle players involved,” Western State’s Spiegel added.While California installed its oil transparency bill this year, that state has some advantages over Washington in setting up such...
Safe Harbor’s rocky start in Washington exposes a key question that state actors are still struggling to answer: “If we’re not arresting kids, great — but then what?” Benke said. ‘These are victims’...
Tackling homelessnessHomelessness has long been a critical election issue for other communities such as Seattle and Spokane. However, increasing unsheltered homelessness — which has become more visible in downtown Yakima — has...
The statements, which were posted anonymously, call out the school’s principal, Chris Thomas, for ignoring concerns about student and staff safety. The statements are anonymous due to teachers’ and parents’ fears of...
