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The approved programming places the jail’s size at about 150,000 square feet with between 450 and 460 beds.
The site will be logged in an effort to prevent people from returning.
Minimum parking requirements for new developments have been suspended since January 2025.
The $10.5 million contribution from Peter and Judith Hallson will establish an endowed deanship in the College of Science and Engineering.
The ban is for unincorporated Skagit County and mirrors what Whatcom County implemented last month.
The council has a chance to accept initial programming for the jail, including the building size and bed count.
The Border 2 and Luna fires are each burning several thousand acres in the North Cascades while 0% contained.
The winner between the two Democrats will join Republican Erika Creydt on the general election ballot in November.
Farinacci, 37, is charged with starting the Old Trails fire, one of three blazes in the Spokane area that have burned more than 850 buildings, destroying whole neighborhoods and streets. No deaths or serious injuries have been reported.
One of the fires has since been extinguished, while the other is burning on mountainous slope.