Plans delayed again for UW campus
Lawmakers from Snohomish County have been unable to agree on a location for a new state college north of Seattle, effectively delaying the timeline for opening a new branch of the University of Washington.
Plans for the new campus have been delayed repeatedly, mostly because of a lack of consensus on the location.
Lawmakers in the region can’t agree on whether to build next to the Everett transit center or on some undeveloped land near Marysville.
Nearly $2 million in tax dollars have been spent to explore the idea of a new college in Snohomish County. The Everett Herald newspaper reports the site was supposed to be announced this week but has been delayed again because of the lack of consensus.
Post Falls
Spokane River workshop tonight
A Spokane River workshop takes place from 6 to 8 p.m. today at the Post Falls Library, 821 N. Spokane St.
Topics covered include sewage treatment, cleanup of toxins, in-stream flows, water rights and redband trout.
The free workshop is sponsored by the Sierra Club, the Center for Environmental Law and Policy, Center for Justice, Friends of the Aquifer and Trout Unlimited.
Spokane Valley
Sex offender moves to Spokane Valley
A level 3 sex offender has moved to Spokane Valley, according to Spokane police.
Eva M. Strasburg, 26, will be living in the 4100 block of North McDonald Road, according to the Spokane County Sheriff’s Office.
She was convicted of third-degree rape of a child in Walla Walla County in 2003. Her victim was a 13-year-old boy.
Strasburg was also convicted of second-degree child molestation in Walla Walla County in 1998. Her victim was a 12-year-old boy.
Strasburg is no longer supervised by the Washington Department Corrections but must register as a sex offender for the rest of her life.
Helena
Police correct list of missing art
Helena police have corrected the list of art missing after a burglary at a private club.
Helena Police Detective Richard Drysdale said thieves broke into the Montana Club over the weekend and took an oil-on-canvas copy of the Charles M. Russell painting “When the Land Belonged to God,” a Russell print, an R.E. DeCamp painting and a Bob Scriver bronze titled “Gold Panner.”
Police initially said the missing items were a Russell painting called “The Land Before God,” a Russell print, a Marcel Duchamp painting and a bronze sculpture entitled “The Scribe.” Drysdale said Tuesday that officers have no suspects in the burglary.
Seattle
Seattle moves to protect trees
The Seattle City Council is considering new regulations that would significantly tighten tree removal rules.
The proposal would add more limits to tree removal. Property owners would not be able to cut down more than three trees that are six inches in diameter a year. The proposal also protects trees that the city deems exceptional because of age, species or size.
Powell, Wyo.
Yellowstone grizzly population growing
The number of grizzly bear deaths in the greater Yellowstone ecosystem increased markedly this year, but the population still continued to grow.
According to the Interagency Grizzly Bear Study Team, an estimated 80 grizzlies died in the Yellowstone area in 2008. In 2007, 49 grizzlies died.
The numbers of grizzly deaths are estimated from known, probable, estimated unknown and unreported deaths from a variety of causes, according to Interagency Grizzly Bear Study Team figures.
Despite the deaths, the ecosystem’s grizzly population in the ecosystem increased an estimated 4 percent this year.
In 2007, there were an estimated 571 grizzlies. In 2008, the number increased to an estimated 596 grizzlies.
Based on those figures, the population will double in 20 years, said Chuck Schwartz, Interagency Grizzly Bear Study Team leader in Bozeman, Mont.