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Federal grants could improve utility safety and add jobs

By Lauren Gallup November 1, 2023

The federal Grid Resilience and Innovations Partnerships Program is investing in 58 projects across 44 states. (Courtesy of Julien Maculan on Unsplash)

Four utilities in Washington state received funding from the U.S Department of Energy to strengthen the electrical grid against future wildfires and ensure reliability to customers. That funding comes from the federal Grid Resilience and Innovations Partnerships Program, which is investing in 58 projects across 44 states. Read More

The Coronavirus Crisis Struck, And Washington Jails Emptied Out

By Austin Jenkins April 26, 2020

File photo. Washington jails. CREDIT: Austin Jenkins/N3

In a dramatic example of COVID-19’s impact on the criminal justice system, the number of people in Washington jails has plummeted in recent weeks, ending virtually overnight an overcrowding problem that plagued many facilities for years. Today, a few of the state’s smallest jails are reporting inmate populations in the single digits.Read More

UPDATE: Seattle-Area Coronavirus Patient Dies, First In U.S.; CDC Looks At More Possible Cases In State

By NPR News February 29, 2020

A face mask adorns a statue of St. Francis of Assisi in the town of San Fiorano, one of the places in Italy on lockdown due to the novel coronavirus outbreak. The picture was taken by schoolteacher Marzio Toniolo. Marzio Toniolo/via Reuters

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced late Friday that it is "aware of four new presumptive cases of COVID-19" in Washington, Oregon and California.Read More

Where Will They Go? Washington Nursing Home For Brain Injured Patients To Close

By Austin Jenkins February 12, 2020

Nursing home.

Washington nursing home for brain injured patients will close after nearly half a century. Read More

4.6 Magnitude Earthquake Strikes North Of Seattle

By NWPB News July 12, 2019

A screenshot from the USGS Earthquake Hazards website shows reports of shaking from a quake that struck at 2:51 a.m. Friday, July 12, 2019. CREDIT: USGS

A 4.6 magnitude earthquake shook the Puget Sound region early Friday. The quake was centered in Monroe, east of Everett, according to the U.S. Geological Survey's earthquake mapping system.Read More

Washington Man Found Guilty In 1987 Killing Of Canadian Couple, Traced By Decades-Old Evidence

By NWPB News June 30, 2019

William Talbott II, left, stares at his attorney Jon Scott after Scott presented his opening statement in Talbott' trial for double-murder , Friday, June 14, 2019, at the Snohomish County Courthouse in Everett. CREDIT: ANDY BRONSON/THE HERALD via AP

Bill Talbott, a 56-year-old Washington state man, has been found guilty of murdering Tanya van Cuylenborg and Jay Cook. A jury in Everett returned a verdict after two days deliberating over a cold case murder from 1987.Read More

Trial Begins In 1987 Case Of Victoria, BC Couple Killed In Northwestern Washington

By NWPB News June 14, 2019

In this April 11, 2018 photo, Snohomish County Cold Case Detective Jim Scharf, right, shares details of the unsolved case of the 1987 double homicide of Jay Cook and Tanya Van Cuylenborg. William Earl Talbott II is charged. CREDIT: Ian Terry/The Herald via AP

On Friday, jurors heard about the mysterious final days of a young Canadian couple killed in 1987 — as well as the novel method authorities used to finally make an arrest three decades later.Read More

Washington’s Snohomish County Is Treating Opioid Addiction Like A Natural Disaster

By Anna Boiko-Weyrauch October 28, 2018

Social worker, Lauren Rainbow (right), meets a man illegally camped in the woods in Snohomish County. They are part of a new program in the county that helps people with addiction, instead of arresting them. CREDIT: Leah Nash for Finding Fixes Podcast

Washington's Snohomish County declared the opioid epidemic a life-threatening emergency. They use a multi-agency coordination group straight out of FEMA's playbook to respond to the crisis.Read More

Top Washington Prosecutors Call For New Strategy To Address Drug Addiction

By Austin Jenkins May 10, 2018

Snohomish County Prosecuting Attorney Mark Roe, left, and King County Prosecutor Dan Satterberg say Washington state is failing to adequately address an epidemic of drug addiction. CREDIT: TVW

Two of Washington top elected prosecutors say the state is failing to adequately address an epidemic of drug addiction. They say it’s a major contributor to crime, but also to homelessness.Read More

Washington Man Charged With Sending Explosives To Government Agencies

By Patricia Murphy March 27, 2018

The federal courthouse in downtown Seattle. CREDIT: PHIL AEGERTER/KUOW

A Snohomish County man faces a federal charge alleging he sent nearly a dozen explosive packages to government agencies in the Washington, D.C. area.Read More

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