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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 […]
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.
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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