Governor Inslee names current DSHS Secretary Cheryl Strange as new DOC secretary Sydney Kurle | May 3, 2021
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Strange is currently the secretary of the Department of Social and Health Services (DSHS) in the state. She has been in this position since her appointment by Inslee in 2017.
From 2008 to 2011 she had previously served as DOC deputy secretary, and has also served as vice president for Pioneer Human Services where she worked on the important issues of reentry, work release, and behavioral health. Prior to serving as DSHS secretary, she served as CEO of Western State Hospital, and director of Health Benefits Trust for SEIU 775.
Washington Department of Corrections to allow in-person visits starting May 9
Visits must be scheduled ahead of time and visitors must pass a health screening and undergo a temperature check at the facility.
Credit: Taylor Mirfendereski | KING 5
The visitation room at the Washington Corrections Center for Women in Gig Harbor. Author: KING 5 Staff Updated: 11:05 AM PDT May 3, 2021
TUMWATER, Wash. The Washington State Department of Corrections (DOC) will allow in-person visits to inmates for the first time in over a year starting May 9.
The DOC discontinued visits in March 2020 due to the COVID-19 outbreak. With the number of vaccinations rising, the department was able to finalize plans to re-open structured in-person visitation, according to a release.
Summer-long, citywide arts collab starts this weekend: A lot of the heavy-hitters in town the Frye Art Museum, Henry Art Gallery, Jacob Lawrence Gallery, Northwest Film Forum, On the Boards, and Velocity Dance Center joined forces to present Murmurations, a series of exhibitions, performances, screenings, community conversations, artist talks, and other programs on race, place, and, of course, the problems with tropes of linear narrative and apparatuses of visual capture.
The programs that begin this weekend include a drive-in screening of five short films at On the Boards. I m particularly drawn to
No history in a room filled with people with funny names 5, a 30-minute film from Korakrit Arunanondchai and Alex Gvojic, wherein a fictional Thai painter communicates with a drone spirit named Chantri about the consequences of globalization in contemporary Thailand.
Washington Department of Corrections gets first female secretary
For the first time in its 40-year history, the Washington Department of Corrections (DOC) will be led by a woman.
On Thursday, Gov. Jay Inslee named Cheryl Strange as the agencyâs next secretary.
From 2008 to 2011, Strange was DOCâs deputy secretary. Currently, sheâs the secretary of the Department of Social and Health Services (DSHS). Previously, she was CEO of Western State Hospital (WSH).
âI didnât have to look far to know that we have the right leader, right here, already on our team,â Inslee said in a statement. âI canât think of anyone more qualified than Cheryl to lead DOC into its new future.â
I know sorry is not enough : Man sentenced to 30 years in prison for Spokane murder of Makayla Young
Makayla Young said she was afraid Anthony Fuerte would kill her because he believed she had set him up to be arrested, according to court records. Author: Megan Carroll Updated: 8:40 AM PDT May 25, 2021
SPOKANE, Wash.
WARNING: This story contains graphic information.
A judge sentenced Anthony Fuerte to 30 years in prison for the murder of Makayla Young, 24, at a Spokane motel in February 2020.
Fuerte plead guilty to first-degree murder as part of a plea deal. The sentencing is exactly what was recommended in the deal.