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Mounting caseloads and lack of defense attorneys putting Bremerton's court at risk
When attorney Elizabeth Sweet walked out of Bremerton Municipal Court on May 23, she left the city without a safety net to accommodate the need for public defenders, a national issue that has arrived in Bremerton and will likely force the city to commit to unplanned spending this year. Until her resignation, Sweet was a contracted "conflict attorney," essentially an outside lawyer hired to share a portion of the criminal cases the city's contracted public defender...
Rare June tropical storm-fueled atmospheric river takes aim at Seattle, Portland this weekend
June 1 typically kicks off the start of the dry summer season in the Pacific Northwest. Yet not this year as a rare atmospheric river-type storm aims at the region, fueled by the remnants of a former tropical storm in the western Pacific.
City attorney requests default judgment against 'Belltown Hellcat' driver
SEATTLE — Seattle's legal battle with the driver of the controversial "Belltown Hellcat" took a new turn Friday. City Attorney Ann Davison filed a motion for default judgment against Miles Hudson, who has drawn the ire of many Seattleites over his vehicle's modifications to generate more noise. The city...
Seattle and Spokane are slated to get 25 electric school buses each
Federal funding is coming to 16 Washington state school districts to help pay for a total of 111 electric or propane-powered school buses. Seattle is slated to get 25 zero- or low-emission school buses, and another 25 will be rolling into Spokane now that federal funding for cleaner buses has opened to school districts across the United States.
Pride in the Park Seattle happening June 1
SEATTLE - Pride Month kicks off on June 1, and this year, Seattle is celebrating a special milestone: 50 years of Pride parades in the Emerald City. In 1974, a march of fewer than 200 people happened in Seattle. The city didn't officially recognize the march as a Pride march. Three years later, about 2,000 people gathered to march, and then-Mayor Wes Ulman declared the first "Gay Pride Week." Now, 50 years later, the event is recognized as one of the largest Pride Parades in the country, with hundreds of thousands of attendees every year.
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