Communities in Washington, California and Maine will receive $755,000 under the Infrastructure Act to build climate resilience This month, three Indigenous American tribes on the west and east coasts will collectively receive nearly $755,000 in federal funding to manage ocean and coastal problems, as well as engage in partnerships to offset the effects of the climate crisis in their regions. The tribes’ projects will blend together Indigenous knowledge and scientific data to build innovative strategies around coastal resilience. On Monday, the federal agency National Oceanic and Atmospheric Ad ..read more

A government proposal to cull half a million owls, in order to save a related species, has raised complicated questions It sounds like a set-up for an ecological horror film – to save one species of owl, US wildlife officials want to shoot down half a million of its cousins. The federal government’s latest proposal to save the endangered spotted owls has raised complicated questions about the ethics of killing one species to save another, and the role of humans to intervene in the cascading ecological conundrums that they have caused ..read more

Taylor James Johnatakis ‘barked commands’ and shouted step-by-step directions for overpowering police officers A Washington state man who used a megaphone to orchestrate a mob’s attack on police officers guarding the US Capitol was sentenced on Wednesday to more than seven years in prison. Royce Lamberth, the US district judge, said videos captured Taylor James Johnatakis playing a leadership role during the January 6 riot ..read more

Ellis, a Black man, was shocked, beaten and restrained face down as he pleaded for breath in Tacoma, Washington, in 2020 A former Tacoma, Washington, officer acquitted of murder in the 2020 homicide of Manuel Ellis – a Black man who was shocked, beaten and restrained face down on a sidewalk as he pleaded for breath – has been hired by a neighboring sheriff’s office. The Thurston county sheriff’s office, based in Olympia, Washington, announced on its Facebook page on Monday that it had hired the former Tacoma officer Christopher Burbank as a patrol deputy, despite an ongoing federal investigati ..read more

Keri Bergere suffered severe head and neck injuries from attack on 17 February while group were on a biking trip A group of Washington state women wrestled their friend out of the jaws of a cougar after the animal encountered and attacked them while they were on a biking trip. The women recently shared details of the cougar’s attack and their friend’s dramatic rescue for the first time in an interview with the Seattle NBC affiliate KING-TV ..read more

Christian R Basham spent his life as Mark Clemens, a building maintenance man, after police presumed he was dead A man suspected of child sexual abuse feigned his death by jumping off a Seattle-area bridge nearly two decades earlier – then spent the final years of his life under an alias and working as a Los Angeles apartment building maintenance man, according to authorities. The stunning truth about Christian R Basham surfaced after the Los Angeles county medical examiner’s office investigated his 26 February death ..read more

Seven people who allegedly suffered injuries after a door-sized panel blew off mid-air file suit against airline and manufacturer Seven passengers of the harrowing Alaska Airlines flight that had to make an emergency landing after a door-sized panel blew off the plane are suing the airline and the aircraft’s manufacturer Boeing. One of the plaintiffs is Cuong Tran, a passenger who was seated in a window seat right behind the door plug that blew out mid-air, causing rapid depressurization in the cabin of the Boeing 737 Max 9 jet. He was saved by his seatbelt as air rushed out of the hole, teari ..read more

Thousands of voters in latest states to hold primaries sent message that support depends on ceasefire in Israel-Gaza war The protest vote against President Joe Biden’s stance on Gaza continued in Washington and Georgia this week, where thousands of voters chose no one, sending a message to the president that their votes depend on a ceasefire. Washington, a reliably blue state, saw support from local elected officials and major unions in its multi-faith push for “uncommitted” delegates. They spent about $20,000 and began organizing on 24 February. More than 56,000 voters selected uncommitted de ..read more

President and ex-president capture nearly all votes in Georgia, Mississippi, Washington and Hawaii Both Joe Biden and Donald Trump won primary elections in Georgia, Mississippi and Washington state on Tuesday, solidifying a rematch a majority of voters aren’t looking forward to. Both men captured nearly all the votes cast so far in what had become token state primaries, along with the primary for Democrats abroad and the Republican caucus in Hawaii. Biden also won the Northern Mariana Islands primary on Tuesday morning, earning 11 delegates ..read more

Full state-by-state results as well as votes of Democrats abroad and in the Northern Mariana territory Key dates for the 2024 election Who’s running for president? Georgia, Mississippi, and Washington will choose their presidential candidate on Tuesday in contests that come as both Joe Biden and Donald Trump are already their parties’ presumptive nominees. Hawaii will also hold its Republican caucuses on Tuesday and Democrats abroad and in the Northern Mariana territory will vote as well ..read more