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Washington Legislature OKs missing Indigenous women alert

By Associated Press
Published: March 7, 2022, 5:53pm

OLYMPIA — The Washington Legislature on Monday approved an alert system to help identify and locate missing Indigenous people.

The system, which Attorney General Bob Ferguson said is the first of its kind in the nation, will be similar to so-called “silver alerts” that are currently in place for missing vulnerable adults.

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