The Public Counsel Section of the Washington State Attorney General's Office today filed an appeal challenging the Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission's approval of Avista's last electric and gas rate general rate increases that took effect on Jan. 1. "Public Counsel believes there are key legal errors ....

Grant funds are now available for Seattle organizations working to close the digital divide. The City of Seattle is offering grants to support the growth of a technology-healthy city through the Bill Wright Technology Matching Fund. Grants of up to $20,000 are available ...

After a nearly six-year hiatus, hip hop artist Luck-One is back. Working with producer Dekk for the first time, the duo's releasing their new EP "Beautiful Music" on Feb. 15. The album's release comes a day shy of the sixth month anniversary of the hip-hop artist's own release from prison on July 16, 2008. He's been wasting no time since. "Rap is the only thing I felt I was really, really good at ...

The Grammy-nominated rapper from New Orleans, Lil' Wayne, exploded onto the stage in a burst of fire and smoke at Seattle's Key Arena on Jan. 25 for his "I Am Music" tour, which also featured T-Pain, Gym Class Heroes and Keri Hilson.
The whirlwind tour, which hit more than 24 cities in a six-week period from December to January, culminated a record-breaking year for the veteran rapper.

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ATLANTA (AP) _ An influential Georgia lawmaker said Wednesday that the state's funding of historically Black public colleges is illegal. Seth Harp, chairman of the Senate Higher Education Committee, introduced a resolution Wednesday urging the state Board of Regents to save money by merging Black colleges in Savannah and Albany with nearby schools that are predominantly white. Harp, a Midland Republican, said the schools are a vestige of the Jim Crow era and "perpetuate segregation in our state." ...

The Elliot Bay Book Company of Seattle will be bringing in a variety of influential Black writers and history makers for Black History Month. Speakers include Music Mogul Quincy Jones, Comedy writer Larry Wilmore, Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson and Novelist E. Lynn Harris, among others...

King County's alternatives to incarceration programs might have helped contribute to a 5.7 percent reduction in the number of inmates held in secure detention by King County last year – the first actual decline in average daily population since 2003. Alternatives to incarceration have helped contain the high costs of secure detention.
"After only a few years, our policy direction to focus on recovery rather than incarceration is starting to pay off in a very tangible way," said King County Councilmember Kathy Lambert ...

The Harriet Tubman Leadership Academy for Young Women in Portland will be showing a series of films as a part of Community Cinema, a free monthly preview of the Emmy® Award-Winning PBS Series, Independent Lens. Offered in 50 cities throughout the country, this event includes a one hour film screening followed by a panel discussion that encourages dialogue and action around important social issues. ...

Come experience the opening of the fourth annual Black Heritage City Hall Art Show on Feb. 5 from 5 to 7 p.m. at Portland City Hall, 1221 SW 4^th Ave.
The annual art exhibit titled "Seeds of Hope: Living to Leave a Legacy" will feature entertainment by the De La Salle Choir and DJ Ricky Pettiford. The Urban League of Portland-sponsored event is free and open to the public. Refreshments provided. It features artwork by ...