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Stone projectile points discovered buried inside and outside of pit features at the Cooper’s Ferry site.

Earliest stone point artifacts found in Idaho, tribes say deep knowledge could help Americans’ survival

Researchers with Oregon State University in coordination with the Nez Perce tribe have found stone artifacts that date back about 3,000 years earlier than other finds in the Americas. Fourteen projectile points found along Idaho’s Salmon River – some just fragments – are delicately flaked, razor sharp and made of various stones. Continue Reading Earliest stone point artifacts found in Idaho, tribes say deep knowledge could help Americans’ survival

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Electrical substation image courtesy of the Pierce County sheriff department's blotter.

Two Puyallup men charged in connection with Christmas Day substation attacks

Two men appeared in the U.S. District Court in Tacoma on Tuesday on charges relating to attacks on four Piece County electric substations.
Matthew Greenwood and Jeremy Crahan were arrested over the weekend and have both been charged with conspiracy to damage energy facilities. That charge is punishable by up to 20 years in prison. Continue Reading Two Puyallup men charged in connection with Christmas Day substation attacks

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Police Chief James Fry stands before a wooden podium in his navy blue uniform in front of an American flag.

Twenty-eight-year-old Washington State University grad student arrested near Scranton, Pennsylvania, suspected of killing four University of Idaho students

Moscow Police Chief James Fry stands and takes questions at a press conference Friday afternoon in Moscow, Idaho. Police say they’ve apprehended a suspect in the quadruple homicide in the… Continue Reading Twenty-eight-year-old Washington State University grad student arrested near Scranton, Pennsylvania, suspected of killing four University of Idaho students

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Cars, ships, planes, fertilizer factories, refineries and steel mills are among the sectors that could be consumers of "green" hydrogen.

Pacific NW ‘hydrogen hub’ pitch to federal government treated as top secret

The states of Washington and Oregon have submitted a joint bid to the U.S. Department of Energy to get a share of $8 billion that Congress set aside to launch “Regional Clean Hydrogen Hubs” around the nation. But good luck trying to learn what exactly the bi-state bid entails, other than the safe presumption that at least one industrial hydrogen production facility would be subsidized. Continue Reading Pacific NW ‘hydrogen hub’ pitch to federal government treated as top secret

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Varying security cameras lined up. A growing number of privacy concerns are being raised about automated tracking and data sharing and storing, locally and nationwide. Photo by Lianhao Qu via Unsplash.

New report finds data sharing with federal immigration agencies might violate Washington law

Immigrant-rights advocates are pointing to new findings by the University of Washington Center for Human Rights, raising concerns of how surveillance technology is used in Washington state.
The report argues that sharing of license plate data violates the state’s Keep Washington Working Act.
The University of Washington Center for Human Rights analyzed data on the use of automated license plate readers (ALPRs) by state and local law enforcement agencies obtained through public records requests. The report found that these agencies share this data with Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Customs and Border Patrol. Continue Reading New report finds data sharing with federal immigration agencies might violate Washington law

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