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...

In other words, a sewage plant with excessively high nutrient levels in its discharges has to trim its levels to a specific concentration with its own equipment before it can buy credits...

McVicars, who declared that “the statements I have made are factual and can be supported with documentation upon request,” did not respond to repeated requests for the documentation (and for comment). The...