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When a police officer needs to question someone in Spanish, or any other language, they can no longer use US Border Patrol agents as interpreters. This change in federal policy comes after a group of attorneys and the Northwest Immigrant Rights Project (NWIRP) in Seattle filed a complaint earlier this year. 

Tragedies like the school shooting in Newtown, Connecticut, can be difficult to discuss with children of all ages. KUOW has assembled advice from health care professionals and child advocates on how to manage the many emotions that may arise.

More than 2,000 people showed up Thursday to tell regulators what they think should be considered in the environmental review of a proposed coal export terminal near Bellingham, Wash. If built, it could be the largest such facility on the West Coast.

Medical marijuana providers are challenging Seattle’s licensing rules in court. They say having to obtain business licenses forces them to incriminate themselves under federal law.

Washington’s chief of K-12 education says the state’s high school students are required to take too many exit exams in order to graduate.

The Seattle City Council is debating a plan that would transform a huge swath of the city’s center, and that for the first time would allow developers to build residential high rises just a block from Lake Union.

A public memorial service is planned Thursday for Bob Quinn. Quinn was a public health maverick. He died last month.