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$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.)
Civil rights lawsuit filed against Washington landlord
PEORIA, Ill. – A Washington landlord is accused of sexually harassing female tenants and housing applicants. The U.S. Justice Department outlined the charges against Michael DeWitte in a civil rights lawsuit filed in Federal Court in Peoria. The lawsuit alleges that since at least 2002 DeWitte subjected female tenants...
Washington crime report shows rise in drug arrests, but still below pre-pandemic levels
West Sound law enforcement agencies arrested more people for drug and narcotic violations in 2023 than they have in either of the past two years, according to a new state report released this month. The 2023 Crime in Washington Report, an annual tally of arrests compiled by the Washington Association...
Dozens of invasive Japanese beetles caught in the Tri-Cities area
OLYMPIA, Wash - The Washington State Department of Agriculture is asking residents in the Tri-Cities to report Japanese beetle sightings after already catching 38 beetles this summer. That is seven times more beetles than last summer when the WSDA caught five in Pasco. They are an invasive species and pose a threat to local agricultural communities.
UPDATE: State Investigates Confluence Health Doctor After DUI Arrest
Dominick Bonny is a columnist and contributor to Source ONE News. The Washington State Medical Commission launched an investigation into Confluence Health Neurologist Dr. Shannon Grosdidier after a whistleblower lodged an official complaint about the physician after her hit-and-run and DUI arrest in Wenatchee last October. Prior to the arrest,...
Unified Fix Our Ferries citizen movement sets sail
Ferry-served communities band together for legislative action. Vashon Island, Washington—The Fix Our Ferries citizen action movement has grown to four communities that extend the length and breadth of the Washington State Ferries system, from the San Juan Islands to Vashon Island. Representative groups from the communities have signed a get-it-done letter to the Governor and the Legislature, pressing for immediate steps to relieve the years-long ferry crisis during the 2025 budget session.
Former Coug Ieva Adomaviciute Ready to Row in 2024 Summer Olympic Games
After watching her brother row in the 2016 and 2020 Summer Olympic games, former Washington State women's rower, Ieva Adomavičiūtė, will be fulfilling her own dream of becoming an Olympic athlete later this month in Women's Pair at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris. Adomavičiūtė, a Kaunas,...
Volleyball Earns First-Ever 2024 AVCA Team Academic Award
LEXINGTON, Ky. (July 17, 2024) – The Washington State Volleyball team, for the first time in program history. has earned the 2024 American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) Team Academic Award while also being named to the 2024 AVCA Honor Roll on Wednesday. The Cougs finished the year with a...
Exhausted Fire Crews Watch As Washington Burns
The Pioneer Fire in the Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest has now expanded to 25,688 acres, 14% contained. Firefighters have been working diligently to protect the community of Stehekin through strategic firing operations. These controlled burns, conducted about 8 miles southeast of Stehekin, have created a buffer zone by removing dry and dead ground fuels.
Boeing workers signal support for strike if contract talks fail
Boeing machinists on Wednesday voted overwhelmingly to sanction a strike should the company fail to reach an agreement with their union during their first full contract negotiations in 16 years. District 751 of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, which represents more than 30,000 of the plane manufacturing...
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