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Small ship cruising getting ready to resume in Pacific Northwest and Alaska
Small ship cruise lines are pressing ahead with plans to restart overnight cruises on the Columbia and Snake rivers, around Puget Sound and in Alaska. They aim to cast off in April and May while the big cruise ships remain laid up by a red light from the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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Vaccination eligibility will soon expand big time. Will Washington state have a supply issue?
‘If you are not eligible now, but becoming eligible on Wednesday, you can actually start looking for an appointment as long as it's for a date after you become eligible.’
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Seattle Colleges hoping to raise millions to boost equity and support students of color
‘…we are serving those students who are most in need.’
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'Phase Finder' no longer needed to verify vaccine eligibility in Washington state
Starting Wednesday, March 31, vaccine providers in Washington state will no longer have to use Phase Finder to verify whether vaccine recipients are eligible or not.
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Seattle students to start returning to schools: 58% families say they will go back
Seattle Public Schools will reopen in phases beginning Monday after its teachers union approved a tentative agreement with the district. It will be the first time a significant number of students have been invited back to classrooms since the start of the pandemic more than a year ago.
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House Democrats hope to head off mass evictions with more than $1B spending in next state budget
Washington House Democrats on Friday unveiled a proposed two-year state budget that seeks, among other things, to head off a wave of mass evictions once...
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'The love of a neighborhood:' how the pandemic has strengthened community on Tacoma's MLK Jr. Way
For businesses along in MLK Jr. Way in Tacoma's Hilltop neighborhood, the pandemic has brought struggle. But it's also introduced new opportunities for building community among neighbors.
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Gary Locke is probably not running for Seattle mayor. For starters, he lives in Bellevue
This week gave us some insight into where the Seattle mayor's race might be heading. In addition to two high profile candidates who joined the race last week - former Council President Bruce Harrell and former state lawmaker Jessyn Farrell - speculation grew about former Washington Gov. Gary Locke jumping into the mix.
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Washington state loosens classroom distancing rules to speed up school reopening
Washington Governor Jay Inslee announced Thursday that the state is loosening a social distance requirement for children in school to 3 feet apart, rather than 6 feet. The change, which reflects recent CDC guidance, would enable many schools to reopen to significantly more students at a time.
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Homelessness went up in the U.S. last year, and in Washington state
‘People are very resourceful, but when you've got that many more people at risk, even with lots of assistance, it's going to be difficult to not have an increase in homelessness.’
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Environmental justice moves to mainstream as governments embrace cause
Washington state’s oil refineries all sit near, or on, Indian reservations. Advocates say that fits a national pattern of pollution disproportionately hitting people of color.
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This hotline gave immigrants a lifeline as Covid ripped through the Seattle area
One year ago, Monserrat Padilla and her colleagues posted a phone number to Facebook. “We told people, you can call us for rental assistance, access to food,” said Padilla, a co-director of Washington Immigrant Solidary Network. They also helped connect folks with Covid testing and legal help.