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Thrive Chelan Valley to open new teen center in Manson this fall
MANSON—Thrive Chelan Valley will open a new teen center in Manson this fall, expanding its mission to serve, empower, and advocate for all youth in the Lake Chelan Valley. Thrive, a nonprofit organization, has operated a teen center in Chelan since 1999. Thrive executive director Stefani Morgan said the new center in Manson will offer the same resources and support as the Chelan location.
Oregon fire is the largest burning in the US. Thunderstorms and high winds are exacerbating it
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Powerful winds and hundreds of lightning strikes from thunderstorms rattled eastern Oregon and Idaho Wednesday afternoon, cutting power and stoking fires, including one in Oregon that is already the largest active blaze in the nation. The Durkee Fire, burning near the Oregon-Idaho border about 130...
WA utilities prepare public for possible power shutdowns to prevent wildfires
(The Center Square) – Puget Sound Energy and other utility companies in Washington state are preparing for the possibility of cutting the power in high-risk wildfire conditions. It has been a relatively quiet start to the fire season across Washington so far, though a large fire, called the Pioneer Fire is burning about 30,000 acres […]
WA Animal Response Team Successfully Rescues Great Dane in Need
Grab the tissues, after reading and watching this tremendous rescue, you'll need them. Late Saturday afternoon, July 20th, the WA State Animal Response Team received a call about a great dane named Luna who was in distress. The pup was on the Lake Serene Trail and unable to make it down.
Saving lives from extreme heat: Lessons from the deadly 2021 Pacific Northwest heat wave
The heat dome that descended upon the Pacific Northwest in late June 2021 met a population radically unprepared for it. Almost two-thirds of households earning US$50,000 or less and 70% of rented houses in Washington’s King, Pierce and Snohomish counties had no air conditioning. In Spokane, nearly one-quarter of survey respondents didn’t have in-home air conditioning, and among those who did, 1 in 5 faced significant, often financial, barriers to using it.
Complaint against Let’s Go Washington could end up sent to AG’s office
It’s been a year since the filing of allegations that a political committee led by hedge fund manager Brian Heywood violated campaign finance laws last year in the course of gathering signatures for six initiatives, including three on the ballot in November. In the ensuing months, staff of the Public Disclosure Commission conducted interviews, gathered […] The post Complaint against Let’s Go Washington could end up sent to AG’s office appeared first on Washington State Standard.
Eye for an eye? One Washington execution was not equal to its crime
You might think of Washington as a progressive state. But unbelievable as it may seem, Washington State only fully abolished the death penalty in 2023. The state's last execution was just 13 years prior. Whether you approve or disapprove of capital punishment, there's a curious outlier among the 110 executions in Washington.
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