The Trump Trap: State Election Officials Face Catch-22 Over State Citizenship Lists — Risk Federal Prosecution or Risk Disenfranchising Voters

OLYMPIA — Washington state election officials are now caught in a legal Catch-22 after the U.S. Supreme Court on August 24 stayed a lower-court injunction against President Donald J Trump’s Executive Order 14399:  follow federal “State Citizenship Lists” and risk lawsuits from eligible voters, or ignore the list and risk federal investigation and prosecution by […]

Man dies after crashing watercraft into dock on Stanwood’s Lake Goodwin

STANWOOD – A man riding a personal watercraft has died after colliding with a private dock on Stanwood’s Lake Goodwin Tuesday morning. Snohomish County Sheriff’s Office deputies, and Marysville Fire, responded to a call to a residence on Lake Goodwin around 8:00 a.m., Tuesday, August 15, reporting a watercraft had collided with a private dock. […]

WDFW completes updated plan to guide proactive conservation actions, species recovery

OLYMPIA – The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) recently completed its revised State Wildlife Action Plan (SWAP), designed to guide fish, wildlife, and habitat conservation in Washington for the next decade.  Last updated in 2015, the plan acts as a roadmap for proactive conservation actions that prevent the need to list species under […]

Country music icon Dolly Parton passes away at 80

NASHVILLE — Dolly Parton, the iconic country music singer-songwriter, actress and philanthropist whose rhinestone image, soaring voice and sharp songwriting made her one of the most beloved and influential entertainers of the past seven decades, died Tuesday. She was 80. Her family announced the death in a statement shared on her official social media accounts, […]