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Washington Gov. Jay Inslee toured a mass COVID-19 vaccination site at the Spokane Arena on April 4, 2021, the same day he announced changes to the evaluation metric for how the state may move counties back in reopening phases. Spokane is a county on the bubble of possibly moving back. Courtesy of the Governor's Office via Twitter

Whitman, Pierce, Cowlitz Counties Moved Back To Phase 2 In Washington's COVID Reopening Plan

Gov. Jay Inslee announced Monday that Whitman, Pierce and Cowlitz counties would be affected. It comes after Inslee changed the criteria last Friday, saying counties had to fail two key metrics in order to revert backward.

An activist with the Yakima Immigrant Response Network holds a sign quoting Governor Jay Inslee as 88 federal detainees held by Immigration and Customs Enforcement board a plane headed south to El Paso, Texas, likely to be deported. CREDIT: ENRIQUE PÉREZ DE LA ROSA/NWPB

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Private Prison Ban Could Limit Federal Immigration Detention In The Northwest

Originally published March 2, 2021, on Crosscut.comAfter years of pressure from activists, the detention of adults and teens by U.S. Immigration and…

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UPDATE: Suspect Identified In Fatal Shooting Of Cowlitz County Sheriff's Deputy Justin DeRosier

Authorities identified the Cowlitz County Sheriff’s deputy who was fatally shot while responding to a parking incident on a rural roadway Saturday night as 29-year-old Justin DeRosier. Late Sunday night, the sheriff’s department reported that officers had engaged near Spencer Creek Road in Kalama, Washington, with a person referred to as a suspect in the DeRosier shooting.