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Garfield High parents, students demand more security after shooting

March 21, 2024, 7:40am Northwest

One week after a Garfield High School student was shot while waiting for her bus outside the school, dozens of concerned parents and community members Wednesday afternoon gathered on the adjacent street to demand change to the school’s and city’s safety and security policies. Read story

FILE - Billionaire philanthropist MacKenzie Scott arrives at the Vanity Fair Oscar Party, March 4, 2018, in Beverly Hills, Calif. Scott announced Tuesday, March 19, 2024 she would give $640 million to more than 360 organizations in response to an application process she launched last year. The award is more than double the amount that she initially promised in an &ldquo;open call&rdquo; for applications.

These 10 WA organizations got a piece of MacKenzie Scott’s $640 million donation spree

FILE - Billionaire philanthropist MacKenzie Scott arrives at the Vanity Fair Oscar Party, March 4, 2018, in Beverly Hills, Calif. Scott announced Tuesday, March 19, 2024 she would give $640 million to more than 360 organizations in response to an application process she launched last year. The award is more than double the amount that she initially promised in an &ldquo;open call&rdquo; for applications.

March 21, 2024, 7:39am Business

Billionaire philanthropist MacKenzie Scott just couldn’t decide on the 250 organizations she wanted to donate $1 million to, so she picked 361 instead. Read story

Governor signs ‘Walking Start to Running Start’ bill

March 21, 2024, 7:37am Latest News

Gov. Jay Inslee signed Sen. Brad Hawkins' bill to expand the Running Start program on Monday. Read story

Murder suspect runs from Yakima courtroom during jury selection

March 21, 2024, 7:36am Northwest

A Yakima man charged with killing his stepfather in 2021 ran from a courtroom Wednesday morning in the Yakima County Courthouse. Read story

A container of Narcan, or naloxone, sits on tree roots at a longstanding homeless encampment.

Washington Gov. Inslee signs fentanyl bill sending money to disproportionately affected tribes

A container of Narcan, or naloxone, sits on tree roots at a longstanding homeless encampment.

March 20, 2024, 3:25pm Health

Washington Gov. Jay Inslee has signed a multimillion-dollar measure to send state money to tribes and Indigenous people in the state who die from opioid overdoses at disproportionately high rates in Washington. Read story

Non-eagle bird carcasses and bird feathers are stored at the Liberty Wildlife Non-Eagle Feather Repository in Phoenix, Tuesday, Feb. 27, 2024. Citizens of federally recognized Native American tribes who are 18 and older can request items from the repository for religious and ceremonial purposes.

Man pleads guilty in eagle ‘killing spree’ on reservation to sell feathers on black market

Non-eagle bird carcasses and bird feathers are stored at the Liberty Wildlife Non-Eagle Feather Repository in Phoenix, Tuesday, Feb. 27, 2024. Citizens of federally recognized Native American tribes who are 18 and older can request items from the repository for religious and ceremonial purposes.

March 20, 2024, 3:24pm Latest News

A Washington state man accused of helping kill thousands of birds pleaded guilty in federal court on Wednesday to shooting eagles on an American Indian reservation in Montana and selling their feathers and body parts on the black market. Read story

This photo provided by Boise Police Dept. shows surveillance of a vehicle near the scene of a shooting at Saint Alphonsus Regional Medical Center, Wednesday, March 20 2024 in Boise, Idaho. Police said officers were involved in a shooting at the hospital early Wednesday and are searching for two suspects, one of them a prison inmate who escaped from the campus. (Boise Police Dept.

Idaho police search for escaped inmate and accomplice after ambush at Boise hospital

This photo provided by Boise Police Dept. shows surveillance of a vehicle near the scene of a shooting at Saint Alphonsus Regional Medical Center, Wednesday, March 20 2024 in Boise, Idaho. Police said officers were involved in a shooting at the hospital early Wednesday and are searching for two suspects, one of them a prison inmate who escaped from the campus. (Boise Police Dept.

March 20, 2024, 1:40pm Latest News

A white supremacist Idaho prison gang member and an accomplice remained on the loose Wednesday after the accomplice staged a brazen overnight attack to free the inmate as he was being transported from a Boise hospital, police said. Read story

Production and cleanroom facilities at work in Intelis D1D/D1X plant in Hillsboro, Oregon, in April 2017.

Biden touts government investing $8.5 billion in Intel’s computer chip plants in states, including Oregon

Production and cleanroom facilities at work in Intelis D1D/D1X plant in Hillsboro, Oregon, in April 2017.

March 20, 2024, 7:58am Business

The Biden administration has reached an agreement to provide Intel with up to $8.5 billion in direct funding and $11 billion in loans for computer chip plants in four states, a cash infusion that the government says should help the U.S. boost its global share of advanced chip production from… Read story

Washington Department of Health’s Dr. Bob Lutz resigns days after talking about Spokane opioid crisis,

March 20, 2024, 7:54am Business

One week after he spoke to Spokane City Council and presented data about the county’s opioid epidemic, former Spokane County Health Officer Dr. Bob Lutz stepped down from his job at the state Department of Health. Read story

Vancouver Police officers and Clark County Sheriff's Deputies interact at the scene of a police shooting in Hazel Dell on Thursday, March 7, 2019.

How police reform efforts in the Legislature faltered this year

Vancouver Police officers and Clark County Sheriff's Deputies interact at the scene of a police shooting in Hazel Dell on Thursday, March 7, 2019.

March 20, 2024, 7:54am Courts & Crime Free

Police accountability advocates saw nearly every major police reform bill introduced in the Legislature lapse this year. Read story