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The Newsfeed: What drug diversion looks like in downtown Seattle
The Law Enforcement Assisted Diversion (LEAD) team takes to the streets as part of an effort to direct drug users to treatment instead of jail.
Jaelynn Grisso
Jaelynn Grisso is Cascade PBS’s investigative multimedia journalist. Prior to Cascade PBS, Grisso founded a nonprofit news outlet and worked for Mother Jones, Honolulu Civil Beat and Scripps.
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The Newsfeed
The Newsfeed: Inside Seattle's opioid addiction treatment centers
Evergreen Treatment Services helps about 3,000 people a day, and works with the City of Seattle and law enforcement to connect people with care.
The Newsfeed
The Newsfeed: Report casts doubt on Seattle drug diversion ordinance
Two years into an ordinance intended to push folks to treatment, King County Department of Public Defense data shows hundreds have been prosecuted instead.
Investigations
Whistleblower alleges abuse and retaliation at Seattle City Light
A longtime employee says she experienced sexual harassment and assault from co-workers. Cascade PBS found SCL has already paid millions for misconduct.
News
The Newsfeed: 5 years after wildfire, Malden is still rebuilding
After a utility-sparked fire decimated the area in 2020, delayed disaster funds and legal battles leave some in the rural Washington town in limbo.