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COUNTY NEWS
Public Defender Crisis Will Only Get Worse if Things Don't Change According to State Bar
Counties across Washington will have three years to meet new caseload standards set by the state bar if the standards get accepted by the State Supreme Court.
Benton County Prosecutor Eric Eisinger has said the reduction in cases by a third could break the system.
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STATE NEWS
Ecology Files Lawsuit Officially Launching Nooksack River Water Rights Process
In an effort to decide who owns the rights to water across Whatcom County and how much water they can use in wet and dry years, the state Department of Ecology filed a lawsuit Wednesday
— called an "adjudication" — that requires a judge to rule on that issue.
Ecology's lawsuit could affect 30,000 people with wells and other water users in the Nooksack River Basin, which the state calls Water Resource Inventory Area 1. It includes the rivers,
creeks, ponds, lakes and groundwater in all of Whatcom and part of northwestern Skagit County.
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COUNTY NEWS
Spokane County Announces Plans for Initial $7.2 Million in Opioid Settlement Disbursements
Spokane County is poised to pour $5.2 million into hands-on medical treatment to detox and treat drug addicts as elected officials try to slow the deepening fentanyl crisis.
The treatment spending, approved by Spokane County commissioners on Tuesday, accounts for most of the $7.2 million made available from initial disbursements of money won from state lawsuits
against opioid manufacturers and distributors.
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COUNTY NEWS
New Guidance for Remaining ARPA Funds
Counties must obligate their State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds (SLFRF) under the ARPA by the end of the year, with limited exceptions. But what does it mean to “obligate” these funds?
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FEDERAL NEWS
House Passes Suite of Public Lands Legislation
The six bills, all of which originated in the U.S. House Natural Resources Committee, address a range of issues impacting public lands counties and residents.
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COUNTY NEWS
San Juan County ‘Encouraged’ by Initial Results of 32-Hour Workweek
Leaders of an island county in Washington that moved most employees to a 32-hour workweek in October say the experiment is showing signs of success.
Months later, the county has begun recruiting and retaining more employees, most workers say they’re happier and healthier, and public services have generally been maintained, according
to a county report released Tuesday.
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STATE NEWS
Washington State Fifth Graders Secure Sasquatch Protection for Third Straight Year
A Washington State county recently passed a resolution to protect Sasquatch thanks to a fifth-grade class project that has proven to be remarkably successful over the past three years.
The annual endeavor from the Lincoln Elementary School in the city of Hoquiam began back in 2022 by way of teacher Andrea Andrews, who conceived of the clever civics lesson. The project
sees the youngsters tasked with researching Bigfoot, debating its existence, and, if it passes a vote within the class, lobbying a local county government to pass a resolution that
would protect the famed cryptid.
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WORLD NEWS?
Escaped Zebra Captured After Gallivanting Around Cascade Mountain Foothills for Days
A zebra that has been hoofing through the foothills of western Washington for days was recaptured Friday evening, nearly a week after she escaped with three other zebras from a trailer
near Seattle.
Local residents and animal control officers corralled the zebra named “Shug” in the community of Riverbend, about 30 miles (48 kilometers) east of Seattle, the Regional Animal Services
of King County wrote on its website. “The zebra seemed to be in good condition despite her nearly week-long adventure in the woods,” the agency wrote.
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