Evergreen State College has a budget shortfall of $2.1 million and their campus enrollment is down 5% – most notably from out-of-state students. The staff is also expected to face layoffs in the wake of the budget shortfall and lowered enrollment.

Seattle’s bike share program continues to find its bikes left in unusual places… as people taking advantage of the program have been leaving their bikes all over the city – including in the water and in the middle of streets. “We are aware,” LimeBike spokesman Jack Song said to KIRO. He added, “Our operations team retrieves these illegally placed bikes immediately.”

Mukilteo ferry terminal is now undergoing construction to renovate the terminal so that it is both more modern and safer should an earthquake strike the region. The terminal has not been updated since the 1980s.

Spokane has set up free medication disposal sites throughout the city so citizens can dispose of their expired or unwanted drugs. The hope is that removing the unused drugs from the home will help to reduce medication misuse or accidental consumption of the drugs by children.

Over 70 volunteers on motorcycles brought the remains of military veterans to Spokane yesterday so they can be settled in the Washington State Veterans Cemetery in Medical Lake. The urns brought into the city were ones recovered by the Missing in America Project.

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