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A peaceful protest in Bellevue alongside looting and destruction
Sirens and helicopters surrounded protesters. Then tear gas was shot into the crowd.
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WA adult family homes fear being forgotten during pandemic
Imagine caring for three sick, elderly people on your own for a month. While having Covid-19 yourself.“I literally took it one hour at a time.”
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In Seattle, a protest for George Floyd, and for Black America
Thunder, be damned, and the pandemic, too.
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'Some human connection': WA families plead for access to nursing homes
Families fear coronavirus isolation is harming their loved ones; they hope rules can be adjusted.
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Half of new Covid-19 cases are among people 40 and younger
While the coronavirus can more harshly impact people ages 60 and above, a new report show that nearly half of new Covid-19 cases are happening among people age 40 and under.
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Friday politics: Politicians dance toward reopening Washington
Washington's move toward statewide reopening after the coronavirus shutdown carries some political peril.
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Hunger is way up in Washington state. One in four people
One in four people in Washington are going hungry, according to a new report by the hunger relief agency Northwest Harvest. The state’s hunger rate is much higher than originally expected.
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Traffic congestion returns to Seattle area
As more people get out from their homes and behind the wheel, traffic volumes are bouncing back in the Seattle area. That means the nemesis of the Seattle commuter is returning as well. Congestion.
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After 30 years, it's time for last call at Seattle's venerable Re-bar
Over the past three months, we’ve become accustomed to loss: the loss of lives, of livelihoods, and the loss of the way we used to go about everything from grocery shopping to educating our kids. Now we’re looking at the loss of Seattle cultural institutions.
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Unemployment in Washington state expected to peak by September
By the end of September, the unemployment rate in Washington state is expected peak at 19.2%. That’s according to the state's Economic and Revenue Forecast Council.
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Washington state economic recovery will take years. Think 2025
Washington state’s economic forecast council released its first look at the potential for an end to our pandemic recession. It says a jobs recovery could happen by 2025.
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Crime didn't pay: State zeroes in on unemployment fraudsters
Paige Browning talks to Kim Malcolm about the main coronavirus related news of the day, including unemployment fraud, the latest jobless numbers, and new Covid-19 regulations for agriculture.