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OLYMPIA, Wash.-The State Legislature recently approved funding for genetic genealogy and DNA testing for the backlog of unidentified remains in Washington.

The Washington legislature has approved $500,000 for genetic testing to clear the state's backlog of unidentified remains in 2024, bringing closure to families and helping solve cold cases.

Task force focuses on cases involving indigenous people

Task force focuses on cases involving indigineous people

STEUBENVILLE — Representatives from the Steubenville North Choice Neighborhoods planning team unveiled three draft housing concepts for a redeveloped North En

In a historic move, Washington State Attorney General Bob Ferguson unveiled the nation’s first-ever Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and People Cold Case Unit earlier in November. Heading …

This editorial was published in the Yakima Herald-Republic.

It’s taken years — too many years — but the long struggle to break the curse that’s robbed so many Indigenous families of their loved ones is taking some encouraging

Nov. 14—To address the ongoing epidemic of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and People (MMIWP), Washington state has created a task force to determine systemic causes, and is currently staffing

To address the ongoing epidemic of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and People (MMIWP), Washington state has created a task force to determine systemic causes, and is currently staffing a cold …