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Tacoma grapples with rollback to Phase 2 of reopening
"I'm an optimist. I live by hoping that we will do everything we can as a community to get those numbers back in line."
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Washington state halts Johnson & Johnson vaccinations amid blood clot investigation
Washingtonians scheduled to get the single shot may have to wait or accept other vaccine options in the meantime.
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Amazon faces opposition to possible warehouse near Seattle light rail station
Amazon faces opposition to a new warehouse it appears interested in building on Rainier Avenue. The site is a short walk from the Mt. Baker light rail station.
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A robot wrote a Nirvana song. Does it smell like droid spirit?
‘27 Club’ project highlights music industry losses, mental health, and substance abuse
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Social distancing to retighten in Pierce, Cowlitz, and Whitman counties amid rising Covid cases
Pierce, Whitman, and Cowlitz counties have been moved back to Phase 2 under Washington state’s reopening guidelines, Governor Jay Inslee's office announced on Monday. The three counties all currently have Covid case counts above the state’s threshold for remaining in Phase 3.
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Pottery and grandbabies: A pandemic story
Around the beginning of the pandemic, Bryan Ohno closed the Seattle art gallery he’d been running for 17 years and radically simplified his life to focus on family and his love of making art. A year later, he looks back on how it changed him.
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Washington State Patrol sexual misconduct case tests state oversight as police reforms near passage
The son-in-law of the Washington State Patrol chief resigned as a trooper after investigations into allegations of on-the-job sex and sexual assault. He...
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People living outside struggle to get on Seattle's housing waitlist as homelessness rises
More people than ever are living outside around Seattle. A recent survey shows a 50% increase in tents since the coronavirus pandemic began. Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan’s office says the city is rapidly expanding shelter bed space, as community groups take on their own efforts to get people inside.
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One-third of Covid cases are 'variants of concern' in Washington state
About one-third of recent Covid-19 cases (35.9%) in Washington state are "variants of concern."
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This week in head scratchers: Bezos supports a rise in the corporate tax rate?
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos announced support for President Biden’s focus “on making bold investments in American infrastructure.” And here was the surprising part: Bezos added “we’re supportive of a rise in the corporate tax rate” to help pay for it.
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How a little island drug store became one of the biggest vaccination sites in Washington state
The first thing to know about getting the coronavirus vaccine at Island Drug in Oak Harbor is that Fran Castro is in charge, and she is a goddamn hero.
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Seattle-based clinical trial tweaks mRNA vaccines to fight Covid variants
‘People who are infected with this variant are at least 50% more infectious to others.’