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Governor Bob Ferguson appointed Haley Wolcott Sebens as a Skagit County Superior Court judge, effective January 1. She fills a new position created by a law Ferguson signed this year, the first added to the court since 2006. Sebens has served as a Skagit County Superior Court commissioner since January 2025 and previously spent more than 10 years in the county prosecutor's office.
Governor Bob Ferguson nominated 99 low-income and rural communities in Washington for the federal Opportunity Zones 2.0 program, which gives tax incentives for private investment. The areas span 27 counties and 17 tribal lands and were chosen from 152 applications, with 36 in rural communities. The nominations went to the U.S. Treasury Department, and the designations take effect on January 1, 2027.
Governor Bob Ferguson asked FEMA for additional Public Assistance, projected at up to $13.2 million, to repair roads, bridges, utilities and other public infrastructure damaged by this summer’s record wildfires in Central and Eastern Washington. The request covers 11 counties and the Spokane Tribe of Indians and brings Washington’s total Public Assistance request for the disaster to more than $133 million. Ferguson requested a federal Major Disaster Declaration on September 28.
WALLA WALLA - Governor Bob Ferguson today declared a state of emergency in Walla Walla County due to wildfire impacts to the Mill Creek Watershed, which tens of thousands of Walla Walla residents rely on for their drinking water.
