AG Brown warned with up to one year in federal prison by DOJ if his office impedes citizen journalists

SEATTLE—Washington Attorney General Nick Brown’s statement on reports of Somali-run home-based daycare providers being harassed alleging that “showing up on someone’s porch, threatening, or harassing them isn’t an investigation” is being met with stern criticism by U.S. Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division, Harmeet K. Dhillon. Brown’s statement was posted on X approximately […]
WAGOP Chair accuse AG Brown and Sen Wellman of shielding fraudsters in childcare scandal

BELLEVUE—Washington State Republican Party Chair Jim Walsh criticized Democratic officials for their responses to an expanding federal investigation into alleged childcare fraud, accusing them of siding with potential wrongdoers over taxpayers amid claims the schemes have spread from Minnesota to states including Washington. The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has launched a nationwide probe into […]
Rabbi Paltiel honors friend Rabbi Schlanger who was killed in Bondi Beach Hanukkah terror attack

LYNNWOOD—Rabbi Berel Paltiel of Snohaimish of Chabad Snohomish County released the following statement on the Hanukkah event terrorist attack at Bondi Beach in Sydney, Australia: “We are devastated and absolutely heartbroken. “Rabbi Eli Schlanger was my colleague, a fellow Chabad rabbi, and someone I remember from yeshiva. This loss is painfully personal. Eli was a […]
Hanukkah massacre in Australia terror attack at Bondi Beach

SYDNEY—At least 15 people were killed, including one of the gunmen killed by police, and 40 others injured Sunday, December 14, when two possibly three gunmen opened fire on a crowded Hanukkah celebration at Sydney’s Bondi Beach, in what authorities have declared a terrorist attack targeting the Jewish community. Sunday is this first day of […]
Terror threat explodes: 18,000 refugees tied to terrorist orgs entered US under Biden admin

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Joe Kent, director of the National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC), testified Thursday, December 11, that the leading terrorist threat to the United States comes from approximately 18,000 known or suspected terrorists who entered the country during the Biden administration. Director Kent delivered the assessment during the House Homeland Security Committee’s annual “Worldwide Threats to the […]
Presler tours WA state to rally signatures for new voter ID initiative

MARYSVILLE— Scott Presler, son of a retired Navy Captain and founder of Early Vote Action, spoke to approximately 300 at Reset Church in Marysville on Sunday on the need for true grassroots efforts in Washington state to collect signatures for Initiative Measure IL26-126. The initiative, sponsored by the Washington State Republican Party, would require voter […]
Port of Everett seeking flagship dining tenant to anchor the Fisherman’s Harbor district

EVERETT—The Port of Everett is seeking a flagship dining partner to drop anchor and build out the final retail/restaurant parcel available along its waterside Restaurant Row. Located within the Fisherman’s Harbor district of the Port’s billion-dollar Waterfront Place mixed-use development, the site offers a rare opportunity to bring a new dining experience to the Everett waterfront, overlooking the West […]
Snohomish County’s Giant Menorah Lighting celebration for December 21

LYNNWOOD—It is important to highlight and celebrate light and freedom in a world so often plagued with tragedy and hate. Snohaimish Chabad of Snohomish County therefore invites you to celebrate the Festival of Lights with the 14th annual Giant Menorah Lighting & Celebration, celebrating the light and joy of our shared freedoms and the immeasurable value of […]
Lynnwood Council Chambers packed with outraged carpenters over ENSO project wage theft

LYNNWOOD—The Lynnwood City Council Chambers were flooded with orange vests Monday, October 27, from those representing the Western States Carpenters local 425 outraged over alleged unfair labor practices at the city’s downtown ENSO project. The ENSO project is receiving $6.4 million in tax breaks from the city over the period of eight years. In April […]
Cantwell warns of dangers of AI and politically driven media consolidation to independent journalism

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, warned that the rapid deployment of AI combined with politically-driven consolidation of major media and technology companies poses a serious threat to the first amendment and to freedom of the press at today’s hearing on government […]