National parks, including 3 in WA, will be free to enter Friday
In honor of the anniversary of the Great American Outdoors Act, national parks will offer free admission Friday. That includes Washington’s three big ones: North Cascades National Park, Olympic National Park and Mount Rainier National Park. There are two more free entrance days at national parks this year: National Public Lands Day on Sept. 23 and Veterans Day on Nov. 11. Continue reading at Seattle Times. (Jennifer Buchanan)
A vending machine in Seattle that dispenses the morning-after pill
Starting in 2024, public colleges and universities statewide will be able to get funding to install vending machines selling emergency contraception. Washington will become the first state to have set aside money to do so. State representative Gerry Pollet, who represents northeast Seattle, Lake Forest Park, and Kenmore, helped get the vending machine funding into the state budget. Schools can apply for up to $10,000 to install a machine, and the total fund is $200,000. Continue reading at KUOW. (Megan Farmer)
Transformed Colman Dock opens to ferry riders in Seattle
Just after 5 a.m. Thursday, commuters got off the ferry from Bainbridge Island and walked through the newly-designed Colman Dock for the first time. Washington State Ferries said about 50,000 square feet of new space is created with the concourse and other new features. The $467 million project also included foundational work on the pier. Continue reading at KING5.
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