White House announces $46 million in climate resilience funding for Tribal communities
Tribal communities will soon receive $46 million in funding to address climate change, the Department of the Interior announced Monday, April 11. The funding is made available from President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and 2022 appropriations for projects and initiatives that address and strengthen climate resilience and adaptation; ocean and coastal management; community-driven relocation and protect-in-place activities; as well as internships and youth engagement. Continue reading at the Olympian. (Natasha Brennan)
State ferry system experiencing unprecedented staff shortage
Officials with Washington State Ferries acknowledge the system is short on staff and in need of dozens of new recruits. A March report from the ferry system says staff shortages are unprecedented in the system’s 70-year history, KING-TV reported. “It’s not good, quite honestly. We don’t have enough people to sail the vessels right now,” Washington State Ferry spokesman Ian Sterling said Monday. “We need to hire, train, and get people out on the water.” Delays and cancellations have been typical during the pandemic. Continue reading at the Associated Press. (Olivia Vanni)
Teen drug use is down in WA, but overdose deaths among youths are skyrocketing, studies show
Two new pieces of research now help confirm the duality [Johnny] Ohta and many others are witnessing locally: Overall, teen drug use has dropped to a relative historic low, according to the state’s latest Healthy Youth Survey and national data. But the drug supply is becoming more dangerous. And teen overdose deaths, which have been flat for the last decade, are now increasing rapidly, suggests a national study published today in The Journal of the American Medical Association, or JAMA. Continue reading at the Seattle Times.
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