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Seattle needs fishmongers. Could this be the solution?
Apprenticeships have long helped construction workers learn advanced skills – and earn higher pay. Now unionized grocery workers in Western Washington are following that example. They’re teaming up with employers like Kroger and PCC to create more advanced training and career paths.
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Too verbose? Seattle Council approves 10 minute speech rule
You could call it the blowhard rule. This week, the Seattle City Council banned its members from droning on too long.
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Health officials pin Covid outbreaks on high school wrestling tourneys
High school wrestling tournaments have led to multiple Covid outbreaks in western Washington, according to state officials, including at least 115 cases in King and Snohomish counties alone.
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He’s 13-years-old, autistic and stuck in the hospital for the holidays. He’s not the only one
It's a growing problem in Washington: kids with developmental disabilities and complex behaviors who are stuck in the hospital with no reason for being there. Usually, they end up in the hospital after a crisis or an incident. But once the child is medically cleared to leave, their parents or their group home won't come get them citing inadequate supports to manage the youth's needs. While the state searches for alternative placements, the child waits.
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Omicron is spreading in King County. Health officials expect a 'rapid increase' over the holidays
As the holidays approach and indoor gatherings increase, so does the risk of Covid spread. Officials are urging people to get vaccinated, wear masks, and avoid poorly ventilated spaces – especially as omicron begins to make its rounds. Signs point toward community spread of the strain being underway.
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Washington's floodwaters revived a Canadian lake wiped out 100 years ago.
At the bottom of that old lake bed are farms that supply British Columbia with a lot of its milk and butter and cheese. The damage could cost hundreds of millions of dollars and raises complex questions about which country is responsible.
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A cautionary tale of teen fentanyl abuse prompts advice for parents and friends
'They were telling her, essentially, to hold the line, to cut off their son, and she didn't.'
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Natural gas furnaces, water heaters in crosshairs of some Northwest policymakers
Fossil fuel use in buildings looks to be the next frontier for climate activists at the state and local level. There's a convergence of activity in the Pacific Northwest right now aimed at phasing out natural gas furnaces and water heaters. Cities from Eugene to Bellingham have teed up bans on natural gas in new commercial buildings. But natural gas has its defenders, too, who have beaten back proposed phaseouts before.
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Battered ship finds a port. 105 of its cargo containers presumed sunk
The ship that spilled more than a hundred cargo containers off the Washington coast, then caught fire has made it safely into port. The same cannot be said for much of the Zim Kingston’s cargo.
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A Seattle teen quit smoking fentanyl. Every morning he thanks God he’s alive
“I spent a lot of time thinking that I was the cool guy,” he says, sitting on his parents’ couch in northwest Seattle. “But now I go get a shot in my butt every month and I go to AA, you know what I mean? It's humbling.”
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Fatal police encounters in Washington fall to 5-year low
There’s intriguing new data about police interactions in Washington State. The number of people who died in police encounters in the first 11 months of the year declined more than 60 percent from the year before.
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The night the 'Nirvana rocket ship' took off in Seattle
‘In some ways, this is trying to put lightning back in a bottle to bring this film back to the place that it was shot, but there is something special about being in that same place once again.’
