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Nearly 1,000 people from law enforcement, gun rights groups, gun violence prevention groups, veterans, and Washington State residents signed in to support or oppose contested firearm bills heard on Monday Jan. 15. Hundreds lined up along the corridors of the Capitol’s Cherberg Building, where Senate bills are heard, and along exterior sidewalks to get into the hearing. Packed into three filled hearing rooms, activists, lawmakers, and citizens heard five bills. Those under consideration included banning bump stocks and high capacity m...
Washington State University Extension in Cowlitz County is offering Master Gardener Volunteer training starting in January in Longview. Participants receive over 90 hours of training covering in-depth community gardening topics from edible and ornamental plants to composting and environmental issues, from plant health care to problem identification and management. Training sessions, held in Longview, start January 19, and continue on the first and third Fridays of every month (9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.) through the end of June. The WSU Master G...
The Wahkiakum Mules boys basketball team added to their win column, beating Onalaska and Rainier this week. They are 4-5 in league play, and 4-6 overall. Last Wednesday, the Mules had a great run in the first quarter but had to fight to maintain their lead in what turned out to be a close 44-42 game in Onalaska. "I thought the boys played really well against Onalaska," Coach Todd Souvenir said. "It's always good to get a win in Onalaska. It's a tough place to play. Offensively, I think we...
The Wahkiakum Mules girls basketball team split games on the road this week against Rainier and Napavine, bringing their record to 9-1 in league, and 11-3 overall. Rainier proved to be no match for the Lady Mules on Thursday. Wahkiakum won 63-12. Five players hit double digits. Ellie Leitz led the team with 14 points, nine rebounds, five steals and two blocks. Mckensi Fluckiger had 10 points and six steals. Macie Elliott had 10 points and six assists. Charlie Ashe and Maddy Mace added 10 points...
Comet Boys Basketball January 18 WA School for the Deaf 3:30/7:00 23 at Columbia Adventist 3:30/7:00 25 Firm Foundation 7:00 30 Wash. School for the Deaf 7:00 31 at Willapa Valley 5:00/7:30 February 2 at Three Rivers Christian 3:30/7:00 Home games in bold face. NHS Girls Basketball January 18 at WA School for the Deaf 5:30 23 at Columbia Adventist 5:30 27 Lake Quinault TBA 30 WSD 5:30 31 Willapa Valley at Menlo 4:00/6:15 February 2 at Three Rivers Christian 5:30 Home games in bold face. NMS Boys Basketball January 18 Ocosta 5:45/7:00 22 North B...
OLYMPIA (Jan. 18) -- A bill giving people at risk of suicide the option to voluntarily give up their right to keep a firearm passed the Senate Law and Justice Committee unanimously. The next step for the bill is the Rules Committee before it gets a hearing in the House of Representatives. Senate Bill 5553, sponsored by Senator Jamie Pedersen, D-Seattle, was introduced and heard last year. Pedersen is now chair of the Law and Justice Committee starting this session. “While we know not any one policy will solve all gun violence or prevent all g...
OLYMPIA (Jan. 18) -- A bill passed in the State House of Representatives last year offers some hope for people who were sexually assaulted years ago and want to see the one who harmed them prosecuted. But that hope faces some difficult challenges in the Senate. House Bill 1155 would eliminate the statute of limitations for the most serious rape and sexual assault offenses. The Law and Justice committee in the Senate is the next step for the bill. Committee chair Senator Jamie Pedersen, D-Seattle, who has discretion on legislation the committee...
OLYMPIA (Jan. 19) -- A bill to expand birth control choices for women is before the Legislature for the fifth year in a row. Senate Bill 6219, also called the Reproductive Parity Act, would require health plans that offer maternity coverage to also offer abortion coverage as well as coverage for contraceptive drugs and devices such as IUDs. “I’m feeling hopeful this year,” Senator Steve Hobbs, D-Snohomish, the bill’s prime sponsor said at a hearing on Tuesday, Jan. 16. The bill would provide state funding for birth control and abortion service...
OLYMPIA (Jan. 19) -- One of the year’s most important legislative battles in Washington state came to a surprisingly quick conclusion last Thursday evening when a water-use bill passed both chambers and went to the desk of Gov. Jay Inslee, who signed it into law the next day. In 2016, the state Supreme Court’s Hirst decision essentially halted development across the state when it determined that counties were not adequately examining impacts on stream and river flow levels. The decision weighed heavily on last year’s legislative session when...
OLYMPIA (Jan. 19) --With environmental activists threatening a carbon tax ballot initiative, some manufacturing and energy companies are opting to work with lawmakers on Democratic Gov. Jay Inslee’s recently proposed tax rather than flat out oppose it. On Jan. 9, Gov. Inslee rolled out a sweeping proposal to tax carbon emissions from power plants and transportation fuels at a rate of $20 per ton starting in July, 2019. The tax is estimated to raise $3.3 billion over three years, which would be reinvested in sustainable energy infrastructure, f...
OLYMPIA (Jan. 19) --The state Legislature passed a capital budget on Jan. 18—a day late for affordable housing projects across the state to receive crucial funding. Affordable housing developers had until 5 p.m. on Jan. 17 to apply for federal low income housing tax credits from the Washington State Housing Finance Commission. But in order for projects to qualify for the tax credits, developers must show that they have enough funding lined up. And without a capital budget funding the crucial Housing Trust Fund before the Jan. 17 deadline, p...
