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The Washington Department of Ecology said it has no inspection records for the failed tank.

“Other than the spill control and stormwater pollution prevention plans noted previously, the agency does not regulate white liquor tanks,” Andrew Wineke, the agency’s deputy communications director, wrote in an email.

The Washington Department of Labor and Industries, the state’s workplace-safety agency, said prior inspections at Nippon Dynawave, going back to 2016, focused on other safety issues.

Reviewing structural inspection, maintenance, engineering or hazard-assessment records for the failed tank “would have been outside the scope of what we were there to look at,” L&I spokesperson Matt Ross wrote.

Ross said Nippon Dynawave still had a legal duty to address tank risks.

“State law in Washington requires every employer, including pulp and paper mills, to assess the unique hazards on their job site and make sure they are taking steps to address them to keep their workers safe on the job,” Ross wrote. “That includes tanks like this one.”

For those OOTL, this is in response to the real-world complaint letter from Bellevue owners

Won't someone think of the beachfront property boat owners!

Elected officials unanimously approved a yearlong moratorium on new data centers within Seattle city limits effective immediately at the city council meeting Tuesday, with a potential extension of about six months.

Seattle joins cities like Denver, CO, Baltimore, MD, Atlanta, GA and Minneapolis, MN, and at least three jurisdictions around the Puget Sound region that have passed similar legislation.

This summer, residents of Redmond, Bellevue, and Issaquah can apply to receive up to $2,000 off the purchase of a new e-bike.

https://www.redmond.gov/2537/E-Bike-Rebate-Program

https://bellevuewa.gov/city-government/departments/community-development/environmental-stewardship/transportation-electric-vehicles/pedal-forward-eastside

People from all three cities can apply from June 15 to June 29.

Recipients will be randomly selected.

To be notified when the application period opens, fill out this form

Notice the Utah plates.

"Each surveillance technology in our field guide includes the following categories to help you “spot” surveillance technology in the wild: Address, Appearance, What it does, How the tech works, Social importance, Discussion and finally, References"

Learning to spot these things might be useful anywhere they're used ?

Porchfest is a free, walkable music festival that takes place on porches. Come meet your neighbors and find your new favorite band!

“Women are suffering in silence and stigma because their organizations don’t have policies and structures in place so they can be supported. They’re suffering in silence for fear of losing their jobs,” said April Haberman, CEO and founder of Midovia.

Haberman offered some suggestions on policy changes, such as allowing women more flexibility to work from home when menopause symptoms are flaring, providing more breathable work uniforms, and offering peer support groups. She added companies that have implemented these changes have seen a higher rate of retention in mid-career women.

The Women’s Commission will submit a report to the governor’s office by the end of April next year on how to enact new guidelines and best practices.

This free event in Woodland Park is a great way to kick off Pride month and meet other members of Seattle's queer community.

Hundreds of Seattleites turned out Saturday to celebrate the start of the 2026 Bicycle Weekend schedule, scaled back up by Mayor Katie Wilson after being stifled under the previous administration.

Mutual aid networks are stressed and breaking, with no sign the influx of internal refugees is slowing.

Seattle’s Community Assisted Response & Engagement (CARE) department is expanding, but it’s being blocked from doing its job by the conditions laid out in the new Seattle Police Officers Guild contract. CARE is looking to circumvent these obstacles.

Direct service between light rail stations in Seattle and Bellevue and several major Eastside trailheads starts Saturday, and runs on weekends and holidays through August 30. Seattle's transit funding measure provides a big source of the dollars to operate the shuttles.

Since December, renters in six apartment buildings in Tacoma have voted to form unions in an effort to negotiate better leases with their landlords.

These tenants represent just a small fraction of all renters in the city. But organizers say the movement is growing and that plans are underway to unionize more buildings and create an organized tenant movement in Tacoma.

“The end goal, and what we’re really striving towards, is showing landlords that Tacoma is a tenant union town,” said Isaac Galvon, who lives in the Marguerite Apartments in Tacoma, which recently voted to unionize along with two other buildings in the neighborhood. “If they want to be here, they’re going to have to deal with tenant unions.”

Of the six Tacoma buildings that have voted to unionize this year, five are owned by a couple that lives in California. The tenants cite numerous grievances related to maintenance and fees — many of which stem from what they describe as a sense of apathy from their "absentee landlords.”

“They only view us as a source of income, as a money pit,” Galvon said. “And we’re people. We live here, we work.”

The renters are demanding that their landlords standardize rent across all units; allow pets at no additional cost; freeze rent increases in all units for two years; respond to maintenance requests in a more timely manner; respect tenants’ right to organize; stop posting notices with renters’ private information on doors; and cease the collection of “extraneous management service fees and fines.”

The landlords have thus far refused to meet the tenants at the bargaining table.