SPOKANE – United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Washington Vanessa R. Waldref announced Thursday in a press release a Department of Justice grant award for the Washington State Department of Commerce. The grant allocates more than $1 million for programs that address sexual assault. The grant was awarded Aug. 22 by the Office on Violence Against Women 2023 Sexual Assault Services Formula Program, which was created by the Violence Against Women and Department of Justice Reauthorization Act of 2005, said the release. “It is critical that we work together – with our federal, st...