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![Spokane Bank Manager Gets 24 Months in Embezzlement Case](http://townsquare.media/site/136/files/2024/07/attachment-bank-of-idaho-spokane-new-google.jpg?w=980&q=75)
Spokane Bank Manager Gets 24 Months in Embezzlement Case
2 years and supervised probation to follow
![Rep. Newhouse To Host Forum On Washington's Snake River Dams](http://townsquare.media/site/1130/files/2024/07/attachment-new-feature.jpg?w=980&q=75)
Rep. Newhouse To Host Forum On Washington's Snake River Dams
The four Lower Snake River Dams may be the most fought over entities since the 13 Colonies and Great Britain battled over America's future.
![Kroger-Albertsons-Safeway Store Sales Hit Yakima, Spokane](http://townsquare.media/site/136/files/2024/07/attachment-yakima-safeway.jpg?w=980&q=75)
Kroger-Albertsons-Safeway Store Sales Hit Yakima, Spokane
The majority of locations are in the west side, especially in King County.
![Boeing Plea Deal Instead of Criminal Trial in 737 Crashes](http://townsquare.media/site/136/files/2024/07/attachment-GettyImages-2159466432.jpg?w=980&q=75)
Boeing Plea Deal Instead of Criminal Trial in 737 Crashes
deal will avoid a criminal trial, but not get them out of hot water.
![On-the-Job College Degrees? Walmart, McDonalds Testing Program](http://townsquare.media/site/136/files/2024/07/attachment-GettyImages-1491329068.jpg?w=980&q=75)
On-the-Job College Degrees? Walmart, McDonalds Testing Program
Some businesses are establishing programs to give credit for work experience.
![WA State Loses Nearly 32,000 Taxpayers Since 2021, Says IRS](http://townsquare.media/site/136/files/2024/07/attachment-cash-us-new-GettyImages-664508582-1.jpg?w=980&q=75)
WA State Loses Nearly 32,000 Taxpayers Since 2021, Says IRS
Thousands of employed taxpayers left the state.
![WA I-2066 Gets 431,000 Signatures to Protect Natural Gas](http://townsquare.media/site/136/files/2024/07/attachment-GettyImages-1456022784.jpg?w=980&q=75)
WA I-2066 Gets 431,000 Signatures to Protect Natural Gas
The initiative would push back the efforts being forced on utility companies to phase out natural gas.
![WSDA Awards Grants for WA Food Infrastructure System](http://townsquare.media/site/136/files/2024/07/attachment-GettyImages-1343905187-1.jpg?w=980&q=75)
WSDA Awards Grants for WA Food Infrastructure System
grants will help improve food distribution systems
![Tri-Cities...Your Natural Gas Bill Is Going To Skyrocket!](http://townsquare.media/site/1130/files/2024/07/attachment-ng-feature.jpg?w=980&q=75)
Tri-Cities...Your Natural Gas Bill Is Going To Skyrocket!
Over the weekend I received a form letter from Cascade Natural Gas, maybe you got one too, that laid out the coming rate increase...and what an increase it is. In some ways it came across as an apology...in other ways, a warning.
![WA Worker 'Pays Themselves' $878K, Biggest Internal Fraud'](http://townsquare.media/site/136/files/2024/07/attachment-US-cash-GettyImages-840633622.jpg?w=980&q=75)
WA Worker 'Pays Themselves' $878K, Biggest Internal Fraud'
Worker paid themselves 'extra'