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caption: Xerces Society biologist Molly Martin holds a western bumblebee, with its distinctive white tail, in a glass vial in Washington's Wenatchee Mountains on July 19, 2025.

Environment

Keeping the Northwest’s buzz alive: saving the western bumblebee

caption: The Seattle Fire Department respond to a fire in the early hours of July 30, 2025, at a funeral home in the 4500 block of Rainier Avenue South in Seattle's Mt. Baker neighborhood. It's one of a series of arsons that is currently under investigation by the Seattle Police Department.

Crime

A string of arsons has hit south Seattle. What we know about the fires

caption: Corporation for Public Broadcasting President and CEO Patricia de Stacy Harrison, shown here in 2017, announced on Friday that CPB would wind down operations by Sept. 30 after losing all federal funding.

Politics

Corporation for Public Broadcasting says it's shutting down

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Immigration

High school theater manager to bond out of Tacoma immigrant lockup
Immigration

Under Trump’s ICE, people without criminal history increasingly targeted in WA
Immigration

WA sues contractor to prevent sharing of food stamp data with feds
Immigration

Immigration officials release Portland children detained near border

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Economy

What are your rights as a renter in Seattle? Here are the basics

Rent control has come to Washington state — state lawmakers capped rent hikes at 10% this year — while Seattle councilmembers look to change local tenant laws, so now is a good time for Seattle renters to get a refresher on their rental rights.

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Friday Evening Headlines

ICE detainees in Tacoma treated for tuberculosis, education non-profit says WA owes it millions, and local food banks are bracing for a wave of new clients.

August 01, 2025

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