Dozens of people who helped clean up in the aftermath of the Oso landslide are about to lose their jobs.
But they're hoping the experience they gained through that disaster will help them start a new chapter in life.
"In Darrington, you have the mill, and IGA, and a couple gas stations, but that's about it," said 19-year-old Ward Hoftell, one of dozens of people in Snohomish County… Read more »
MOUNT VERNON — The Skagit County Sheriff’s Office will receive a $250,000 grant from the Department of Justice to hire two new deputies as part of a federal program to create or preserve jobs in law enforcement, according to an announcement Tuesday from Congresswoman Suzan DelBene.
The grant comes from the federal COPS Hiring Program, which has made $124 million available… Read more »
The Bear Creek School (TBCS) was one of 50 private schools nationwide selected as a Blue Ribbon School of Excellence on Tuesday, and the only school in the state of Washington, public or private, recognized this year by U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan.
Duncan named 337 schools as the 2014 National Blue Ribbon Schools based on their overall academic excellence or their progress in… Read more »
Congressional pressure for the NFL and other major sports leagues to get a handle on domestic violence continues to ratchet up.
A week after one senator proposed stripping the National Football League of its antitrust exemptions, a bipartisan quartet of House members is circulating a petition calling for football, baseball, hockey, soccer and basketball executives to review policies… Read more »
The federal Food and Drug Administration is shelving a proposed change that threatened to end beer-makers' ability to give away their soggy, used-up grains to farmers for livestock feed.
The decision formally announced last week leaves intact a long-standing practice that saves micro-brewers the cost of hauling spent grains to landfills and gives farmers a nutritious source of food for… Read more »
SEATTLE — The U. S. Geological Survey is starting to improve monitoring of Glacier Peak, a Cascades volcano in eastern Snohomish County.
It's the closest volcano to Seattle — just 70 miles northeast of the city.
The office of Congresswoman Suzan DelBene says improved monitoring will lead to better forecasting of possible eruptions. Currently, Glacier Peak has only one… Read more »
Congresswoman Suzan DelBene is asking the Department of Homeland Security to take steps to cut back wait times at Whatcom County ports of entry, especially Point Roberts. And she’s getting results.
In a July 7 letter to Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Commissioner Gil Kerlikowske expressed concerns about… Read more »
There are times, albeit rare, when a gridlocked U.S. House of Representatives does something meaningful. On Thursday, the House passed an amendment to the Defense Appropriations bill that zeroes out funding for (some) National Security Agency mischief.
It's a baby step to safeguard civil liberties — all relative in the anything-goes intelligence culture after 9/11 —… Read more »
The Federal Bureau of Investigation has opened a criminal investigation into accusations that Department of Veterans Affairs officials manipulated medical waiting lists and delayed care for thousands of veterans, the F.B.I. director, James B. Comey, said on Wednesday.
Testifying before the House Judiciary Committee, Mr. Comey said F.B.I. agents in Phoenix were leading the investigation.… Read more »
MOUNT VERNON — Rep. Suzan DelBene stopped by Skagit Valley College’s Mount Vernon campus Monday morning in part to see the campus’ new Lewis Hall take shape.
Construction on the new building, which will contain classrooms as well as faculty and administrative offices, was started last year. Slated for its grand opening in the fall, the project, which also tears down the… Read more »
