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Deadly gun violence impacts rising number of youth in King County
KING COUNTY, Wash. - The first five months of 2024 in King County revealed an alarming trend in youth violence. Through June 1, the King County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office filed 310 juvenile felony offenses, with cases involving victims and weapons. In some of those cases, guns were used in deadly shootings.
Woman sentenced in Renton vehicular homicide
A King County Superior Court judge sentenced a woman July 12 to four years and six months in prison after she was charged with possessing a vehicle stolen out of The Landing in Renton — and crashing and killing her passenger — in December 2022. Destiny Rose Sweeney,...
County Jail Will Begin Booking Again for Drug Use, Other Misdemeanors In the “Downtown Activation Zone”
The King County Department of Adult and Juvenile Detention has agreed to begin booking people arrested for simple misdemeanors, such as violating a recently passed law criminalizing public drug use and possession, at the request of interim Seattle Police Chief Sue Rahr, PubliCola has learned. The new policy will only apply to people arrested in the so-called Downtown Activation Zone, which stretches from the Chinatown-International District to the Denny Triangle, north of Belltown.
‘Food is finished:’ Refugees in Kent call for help as health, food struggles remain
About 170 asylum-seeking refugees living at a camp in Kent have been moved into temporary housing over the course of a week, officials with King County and the Low Income Housing Institute (LIHI) told KIRO Newsradio. It’s one of the most seismic actions yet to aid a group of refugees...
Dangerous Dengue Fever on the Rise in Washington State
Dangerous Dengue Fever on the Rise in Washington State. Those pesky mosquitos are no fun during the summer and now cases of Dengue Fever are on the rise in Washington State. What Are The Symptoms Of Dengue Fever? The WA DOH Breaks It Down For You. According to a post...
Washington energy choice initiative officially qualifies for the November ballot
(The Center Square) – Initiative 2066 to protect energy choices like natural gas has officially qualified for the November ballot, according to the Washington Secretary of State's Office. Backers of the initiative turned in more than 546,000 signatures earlier this month, essentially guaranteeing the measure would have more than enough valid signatures to get on the ballot. State law required the submission of 324,516 valid signatures from registered Washington voters...
$1.6 million in Scholarships to learn a trade in Washington.
I don't know about you, but in my family when I was a kid, the goal was always to go to college. Both of my parents were college educated. All of my siblings went to college, I was the youngest in my family, and I was expected to go to college as well. I went to what is now called Central Washington University. (Back then, it was State College.)
State council preparing to expand clean energy project, per Inslee's request
The state Energy Facility Site Evaluation Council is moving forward with potential changes to the certification agreement for the Horse Heaven wind farm project after Gov. Jay Inslee sent it back requesting it be expanded. The main contention between the council and Inslee is that the proposed certification agreement for...
Women’s Economic Empowerment campaign launches in Eastern Washington
SPOKANE, Wash. — The Washington State Women’s Commission (WSWC) is bringing the “Activate 3.8: The Pay Equity Tour” to Spokane on Saturday, July 27. The campaign works to close the wage gap through policy change, industry partnerships and connecting young women to high-paying careers. WSWC was...
Senate Republican 'blindsided' by removal and ordered return of Green Hill School inmates
The lead Republican on the state Senate committee that oversees Washington’s correctional system says he felt “blindsided” by the removal — and ordered return — of 43
Why WA school budgets are getting tighter, and what can be done about it
Talk about a thankless job. In Washington state, school district budgeting has suddenly become much more difficult. After more than a decade of strong revenue growth, districts are facing deficits. In 2013, the average expenditure per student in Washington was $9,600. Since then, the legislature has steadily increased funding for schools. Then came federal pandemic relief funds. In this last school year, Washington schools averaged over $18,000 per student. That’s an 89% increase (far outpacing inflation at 32%).
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