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WA funds genetic testing for backlog of unidentified remains

Mar. 13—The Legislature has approved $500,000 to fund genetic genealogy and DNA testing for the backlog of unidentified remains in Washington. A total of 163 unidentified remains await further testing in Washington, according to a news release from the state Attorney General's Office. The National and Missing Unidentified Persons System, a publicly accessible database commonly known as NamUs, ...
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WA can’t make unannounced inspections of Tacoma immigration lockup, federal judge says

Mar. 13—A federal judge on Friday ruled that most of a Washington state law meant to enhance state oversight of the privately-run immigration detention center in Tacoma is not constitutional. Judge Benjamin H. Settle in U.S. District Court for Western Washington granted a preliminary injunction to the contractor that owns and operates the facility, the GEO Group, hobbling a law passed last ...
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Inside Bellingham’s ‘underground network of recovery artists’ who track down stolen bikes

Mar. 13—Toby had just moved to Bellingham from Seattle when, in September of last year, he went out of town for work. When he got back, Toby, who asked that his last name be left out to not alert potential burglars of the break-in, and his wife couldn't find their mountain bikes. "I basically found a window pushed through, a door opened and the bikes I guess just kind of got wheeled out," Toby ...
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YWCA Women of Achievement awards: Kalispel Tribe career director Colene Rubertt shows young people what they can do

Colene Rubertt was impressed by the warmth and caring of the Kalispel Tribe long before she began working there. Her work with the tribe as the director of special projects and director of career training, impacting everything from workforce training to the tribal food bank, is being recognized with the 2024 YWCA Women of Achievement Business and Industry award.
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Seattle University gets $300 million gift of art – among largest in history

Mar. 13—You could teach an art history course with what's in Richard "Dick" Hedreen's home. The Seattle hotel and real estate developer's house feels like a museum. A who's who of 20th-century art — Willem de Kooning, Sam Francis, Lucian Freud — greets visitors from the walls of the grand and airy hallway. In the living room, pop art rubs shoulders with a nearly 2,000-year-old marble ...