Unprecedented: Northwest heat wave builds, records fall Intense. Prolonged. Record-breaking. Unprecedented. Abnormal. Dangerous. That’s how the National Weather Service described the historic heat wave that is hitting the Pacific Northwest,…
Friday, June 25
Inslee details eviction ‘bridge’ to help WA state landlords, tenants through September Gov. Jay Inslee on Thursday offered more details on the state’s “bridge” transition from the current eviction moratorium,…
Rep. Alex Ramel tapped to help develop Washington’s building codes

OLYMPIA – Bellingham state Rep. Alex Ramel, a legislative leader on both affordable housing and energy-smart building practices, has been appointed to serve on the Washington State Building Code Council….
Thursday, June 24
Black Campus Police Officers Say They Suffered ‘Unbearable’ Racism Earlier this year, as Officer Russell Ellis neared the end of his late shift at the University of Washington’s campus police…
Wednesday, June 23
Many small businesses are having trouble paying rent – and customers aren’t returning fast enough. More than half of minority-owned small businesses and more than a third of small businesses…