Budget Drama: Democrat leader confesses to being impaired during hearing, calling it a ‘poor choice’
OLYMPIA—Washington state House Majority Leader Joe Fitzgibbon (D-Seattle) acknowledged Thursday that he drank alcohol before a late-night committee hearing Wednesday evening, where lawmakers said he appeared impaired while wrapping up debate on a key budget bill. The Democrat from West Seattle, in a statement to conservative radio host Jason Rantz, called it a “poor choice” […]
Dough Zone’s Bao Buddies Program serves up culture, community, and cash for schools
LYNNWOOD—Beloved Bellevue-based dumpling house Dough Zone has taken their delicious, and cultural, dumplings to local schools through a new program called Bao Buddies which takes dumpling making classes, educational cultural events, and fundraising to local schools throughout Washington and beyond. The Bao Buddies Program is a way to give back to the communities who have […]
Cowlitz County may become rural again
OLYMPIA [by Annika Hauer] — Cowlitz County may fall under rural designation again under a proposed bill that changes the population thresholds. Since 1999, Washington has designated a county as “rural” if it has a population density of 100 people or less per square mile. In 2025, Cowlitz County surpassed that threshold, removing its rural […]
Lawmakers want to crack down on crypto kiosk scams
OLYMPIA [By: Cassie Diamond] – An effort by Washington legislators to introduce tighter regulations on cryptocurrency kiosks as these machines increasingly become sites of fraud is dead for this session after failing to pass out of committee Feb. 25. According to bankrate.com, a cryptocurrency kiosk lets a user buy — and in some cases, sell […]
Historic Granite Falls Bridge seeks new home
SNOHOMISH COUNTY – For nearly a century, Granite Falls Bridge 102 has served the region’s tourism, timber and mining industries by providing a vital crossing of the South Fork Stillaguamish River on the Mountain Loop Highway. As Snohomish County moves forward to replace the bridge, plans are underway to find a new home for the […]
