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A homeless encampment in Fife, Wash., whose peak population was estimated to be 200-250, has been cleared, marking the end of a multi-jurisdictional operation that lasted several months from 2021 to January 2022.  By November 2021, the encampment on Eighth St. E. and 62nd Ave. E., whose origins on Washington State Department of Transportation property go back to 2015, had become a hotspot for crime. The Fife Police Department received frequent reports of shots fired, stolen vehicles and property, robbery, and trespassing.  Police onsite at the homeless encampment at Eighth St. E and 62nd Ave. E. in Fife, Wash., prior to clearing the property in November, 2021.  (Photo/Fife Digital Newsletter February 2022) Fife Assistant Chief of Police Aaron Gardner said the crimes were linked back to the camp by a nexus of geography and an increase in the area's crime rate. Police often came up empty-handed when attempting to investigate the reported crimes.  "We would have people...

The relationship between job seeker and email inbox bears all the hallmarks of toxicity - one day, the job seeker may be overwhelmed with praise, requests for their time, or template-based superlatives regarding their resume. The next, there could be rejection, or worse, abject silence. All the while, the perpetually-potential employee has little choice but to return to their inbox in the hopes of finding that one life-altering affirmation.      For Katherine Wessel, that relationship lasted for just under two years.  Check out these tips to help you network your way to a new job      Wessel, now 36, completed her Bachelor of Science in Business Human Resource Management in 2018 and her Master of Business Administration in May 2020. She received both degrees from Western Governors University, a non-profit, accredited online university based in Mill Creek, Utah. Along with her MBA, her resume boasted 20 years of increasingly complex customer service...