Articles from the March 7, 2024 edition


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  • Electric school buses may be coming

    Mary Murphy, Washington State Journal|Updated Mar 8, 2024

    OLYMPIA — The yellow school buses you grew up riding may become a thing of the past. Both the House and Senate approved a new "zero-emission" school measure — House Bill 1368 — during the Legislative session, making electric buses likely the only option for school districts in Washington. Rep. Tana Senn, D-Mercer Island, said he introduced the bill also on behalf of student health. “We as a student body are exposed to 5-15 times more air pollution than adults, as a result of school bus emissions alone,” said Moa Valentin,...

  • Police given more leeway to pursue suspects

    Mary Murphy, Washington State Journal|Updated Mar 8, 2024

    OLYMPIA — After voters submitted an initiative rolling back some police pursuit regulations, the Legislature approved the measure. As a result, new rules giving police more leeway to engage in high-speed pursuits become law June 5. “The people of the state are suffering increasing rates of crime, property, crime, violent crime,” said Rep. Jim Walsh, R-Aberdeen. “When I talked to cops and sheriff's deputies, they told me the one thing more than anything else that we need is the ability to chase bad people.” In 2021, the Legis...

  • Bill updates ballot signature verification rules

    Aspen Anderson, Washington State Journal|Updated Mar 8, 2024

    OLYMPIA — A bill written to reduce the number of rejected ballots in elections is on its way to Gov. Jay Inslee's desk. Signature verification is done to curtail fraud in mail-in ballots. But, state officials say, too often people change the way they sign their name or they don’t sign their ballot at all. That results in a rejection of their ballot. Sen. Javier Valdez, D-Seattle, introduced Senate Bill 5890 after reviewing statistics on ballot rejection rates. The bill received unanimous approval in both the House and Sen...

  • Initiative approved preventing a state income tax

    Aspen Anderson, Washington State Journal|Updated Mar 8, 2024

    OLYMPIA - An initiative prohibiting the imposition of a state income tax was approved March 5 by the Legislature. "This is a great day for everyone in Washington," said Rep. Jim Walsh, R-Aberdeen. "Codifying Washington's long-standing tradition of opposing any state tax on personal income will help working families and local economies...When common-sense conservative policies lead the way, things get better for everyone." At the hearing on the initiative, every chair in the jo...

  • Man arrested for trespassing after crawling through dog door

    Cheney Free Press|Updated Mar 8, 2024

    DENISON — A hitchhiker was arrested in the early morning hours of March 6 after allegedly crawling through a dog door into a house. Russell D. Dahlen, 53, was arrested for first-degree trespassing and booked into the Spokane County Jail, records show. He was also charged with second-degree burglary and third-degree theft in connection with an unrelated crime. According to a Spokane County Sheriff’s Office report, Dahlen was arrested after being found inside the basement of a north Spokane County (southwest of the Denison com...

  • Stabbing suspect held on $125,000 bail

    Spokane Valley News Herald|Updated Mar 8, 2024

    SPOKANE VALLEY — A local man remains in the Spokane County Jail after being arrested in connection with a Feb. 29 stabbing of another man. David R. Yeager, 31, of Spokane Valley, is being held on $125,000 bail on charges of possession of a controlled substance, obstructing a public servant and first-degree assault. Yeager was arrested Feb. 29 after deputies responded to the stabbing in the 12400 block of East Valleyway at about 2:30 a.m., records show. He had fled the scene, but was located after noon and arrested the same d...

  • Investigators seek information on snowboard thief

    Cheney Free Press|Updated Mar 8, 2024

    MOUNT SPOKANE - Spokane County investigators are asking for the public's help in identifying a man believed to have stolen a snowboard outside Mount Spokane Ski Lodge last month. The snowboard is a GNU Billy Goat X-Temple Cummins. It has a purple and blue wolf and lightning bolt graphic, and a Flow NX2 Hyrbid bindings, white in color. It is valued at approxiamtely $800. Anyone with information on the theft or who can identify the man in the photos is asked to call Detective...

  • Valley man arrested after standoff

    Spokane Valley News Herald|Updated Mar 7, 2024

    SPOKANE VALLEY — Spokane County Sheriff’s Office deputies arrested a local man following a standoff that lasted more than two hours March 1. Shawn D. Shuster, 44, was arrested and booked into the Spokane County Jail on charges of harassment-threats to kill, fourth-degree assault-domestic violence and intimidating/threatening a public servant. Deputies were called to a home in the 4600 block of North Larch Road at about 5:30 a.m. March 1 after dispatchers answering a 911 call heard a man and woman yelling at each other, rec...