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Sgt. Ian Huri stood hunched beneath a State Route 203 bridge just south of Monroe, interacting with a man in his late 20s who was living there illegally inside a tent on Friday morning. The Snohomish County Sheriff’s deputy advised that he was trespassing on Department of Transportation property. Huri, who heads the agency’s Office of Neighborhoods Homeless and Direct Outreach division,… Read more »

MOUNT VERNON — With teens across the country entering the political spotlight, U.S. Rep. Suzan DelBene stopped by Mount Vernon High School last week to talk about her career, politics and civic engagement. “It’s been a hard year and a hard Congress,” DelBene told the students. “That’s one of the challenges we all face is how do we work together.” DelBene spoke to the students as part of… Read more »

MOUNT VERNON — It’s been 50 years, but some of the men and women who served during the Vietnam War have yet to be thanked for their service. “Coming home and welcomed home are two different things,” said Francisco Ivarra, president of the Washington State Council of the Vietnam Veterans of America. “All of us who are here came home; many of us were not welcomed home.” In ceremonies… Read more »

Three Tulalip mothers whose children were killed or injured in the 2014 Marysville Pilchuck High School shootings marched to protest gun violence Saturday in Washington, D.C. They were among hundreds of thousands of people at the March for Our Lives, along with a group of students from local high schools. About 20 members of the Tulalip Tribes joined in the march and shared their pain… Read more »

Some of the most important U.S. laws that govern global trade and the flow of information across borders are outdated. Not disrupted by cutting-edge tech that has come out in the last few years outdated, but enacted before Amazon was even a company outdated. Leaders from Amazon and Microsoft as well as congressional representatives from Washington state gathered at Amazon HQ Monday for… Read more »

SEATTLE - A potential trade war with China, and the impact it could have on Washington State – that was a big topic Monday for hundreds of local leaders at the Washington Council on International Trade (WCIT) summit.  Forty percent of Washington jobs are tied to trade and some of those jobs could be on the line depending on what happens next.  "We’re very concerned about… Read more »

Shortly after sitting down with Rep. Suzan DelBene, Nicole Ver Kuilen handed the congresswoman her leg. Or more specifically, part of it. Doctors at Mayo Clinic had amputated Nicole's left leg below the knee to save her life after she was diagnosed with bone cancer when she was just 10 years old. And although Nicole is done battling cancer, she is now engaged in another fight:… Read more »

A day after researchers released an in-depth analysis of the damage a Cascadia earthquake will cause, lawmakers sent a letter urging the federal government to increase funding for a warning system. Rep. Suzan DelBene (D-Washington), joined by more than 40 members of Congress primarily from the West Coast, urges the Appropriations Committee to provide $16.1 million in 2019 to the… Read more »

DARRINGTON — The teens came back from the East Coast with ideas they hope will help them steer others away from drugs. Six members of the Darrington Youth Coalition attended the national leadership forum for the Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America Institute in February. The three-day event was hosted near Washington, D.C., and they spent time in the nation’s capital. The… Read more »

A visit by a sitting member of Congress or the Legislature is a staple of many government and current events classes in high schools, a chance to get a first-hand perspective on the workings of government and the day’s issues. Each visit is different, said U.S. Rep. Suzan DelBene, D-Wash., to a combined class of about 50 of Darrick Hayman’s advanced placement government classes at Lake… Read more »