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Columbia River Drug Task Force scrambles to secure adequate funding, receiving $150,000 grant from Department of Commerce
WENATCHEE—The Columbia River Drug Task Force (CRDTF) acquired $150,000 in grant funding from the Washington State Department of Commerce. The grant was allocated following a direct Ellensburg address from the CRDTF and other drug task forces across the state centered on the criticality of funding for drug task forces.
Q&A With Marc Arsell Robinson
Connecting Local Black Student Organizing in the ’60s to Campus Politics Today. Where universities once occupied public imagination as finishing schools for a storied elite, fora of higher education have, over time, been treated by reactionary members of political and civil society as threats to national stability fueled by ignorance and immaturity. But what happens on campus doesn’t stay on campus: The forms of punishment and surveillance developed on college campuses in reaction to this perceived threat have spilled into the ways police and governments clamp down on other movements. This is by design, according to Dr. Marc Arsell Robinson, author of Washington State Rising: Black Power on Campus in the Pacific Northwest.
Washington ranks fourth highest in U.S. for homeownership costs
SEATTLE - Washington homeownership costs rank as the fourth most expensive in the U.S. according to a recent study conducted by Cinch Home Services. The study analyzed the property taxes, mortgage payments, and maintenance fees for median-priced homes in each state to identify states most susceptive to high housing costs.
King County K9s help deputies seize more than 80 pounds of drugs
The King County Sheriff’s Office (KCSO) conducted another major drug bust this week. With the help of K9s Fury and Quinn, more than 80 pounds of illegal drugs were seized. According to KCSO via a Facebook post on Wednesday, deputies served a narcotics search warrant on an empty house on 29th Avenue South in Des Moines earlier this week.
Seattle cop fired over remarks about Indian graduate student’s death
Officer Daniel Auderer has been fired from the Seattle Police Department, according to an internal email sent to the department on Wednesday evening. Auderer was caught on body camera laughing about the death of an Indian graduate student after she was run over by another officer in 2023. Interim Seattle Police Chief Sue Rahr notified department staff of her decision by email. “For me to allow the officer to remain on our force would only bring further dishonor to the entire department,” Rahr said. “For that reason I’m going to terminate his employment.” Rahr said at the root of the case lay “an extremely difficult judgment call of how to fairly balance ‘intent versus impact.’”
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