ONP Superintendent Creachbaum moving to new role in Alaska
WASHINGTON – Olympic National Park’s Superintendent Sarah Creachbaum was named Friday as the Park Service’s new regional director for Alaska. Creachbaum, who has served as ONP’s superintendent since 2012, begins her new role on January 16. As
Fire officials: 6 people hurt in Metro bus crash in Renton
RENTON, Wash. (AP) — Firefighters say six people were hurt in a vehicle crash involving a Metro bus in the Seattle suburb of Renton. Renton Firefighters said on Twitter at about 6:13 p.m. Thursday that units were
Leaders say explosive at Olympia mosque meant to stoke fear
OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — An explosive device was tossed at the Islamic Center of Olympia, an act leaders of the facility was an apparent act of intimidation. The Washington chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations said
Over 129K WA kids ages 5–11 receive first COVID vaccine dose
OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — Health officials say more than 129,000 children ages 5 through 11 in Washington state have received their first dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech pediatric vaccine since eligibility expanded to include them on Nov. 3.
Report on Seattle mayor’s missing texts yet to materialize
SEATTLE (AP) — A completed report on Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan’s missing text messages from a period during last year’s racial justice protests has yet to appear as Durkan prepares to leave office. The Seattle Times reports
WA Supreme Court declines to draw new redistricting plan
OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — The state Supreme Court on Friday says that a plan adopted by the Washington Redistricting Commission “substantially complied” with statutory deadlines, and declined to adopt a new redistricting plan for the state. The
ONP Superintendent Creachbaum moving to new role in Alaska
WASHINGTON – Olympic National Park’s Superintendent Sarah Creachbaum was named Friday as the Park Service’s new regional director for Alaska. Creachbaum, who has served as ONP’s superintendent since 2012, begins her new role on January 16. As
Kevin McCarthy defends Rep. Lauren Boebert after anti-Muslim remark, downplays House infighting
Win McNamee/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., attempted to downplay the tumultuous week in the Republican conference on Friday, acknowledging only that some of his hard-right members distract from the GOP midterm message
Biden signs short-term funding bill, averting government shutdown through February
Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden has signed a short-term funding bill to keep the government open until Feb. 18, 2022, narrowly averting a shutdown that loomed for Friday, the White House said. At the
Biden touts low unemployment rate on heels of sluggish November job growth
Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — On the heels of a sluggish November jobs report, President Joe Biden on Friday touted the country’s employment landscape as improving despite there being fewer jobs added last month than economists expected.