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2 Puyallup men arrested for Christmas attacks on Pierce County substations
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Washington's apex has a national park. Its low point doesn’t have a name
Thousands climb Mount Rainier, Washington's highest point, each year. No one, apparently, has ever been to the state’s lowest point.
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Washington needs 6k new nurses. This new program could help — a little
There are lots of jobs out there for registered nurses — in Washington state, about 6,000 of them. That nursing shortage can mean hospitals have to hire travel nurses at expensive rates, or sometimes they’re not able to staff all of their beds, which can lead to long wait times for patients.
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South Park begins recovery after Duwamish flood
Inches of water and debris still cover some streets and sidewalks in Seattle’s South Park neighborhood after the Duwamish River flooded Tuesday morning. Multiple families have been displaced while they try to clean and repair their water-damaged homes.
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'A Mother's Love': It's The Thought That Counts
You've probably heard the phrase, "It's the thought that counts." The time for tree-trimming and scrambling to find the perfect gift has come and gone, but the sentiment remains.
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Western Washington braces for another round of extreme weather
After surviving holiday snow, crawling up icy streets on ill-advised dog walks and enduring frigid temperatures, Western Washington faces a new wave of weather warnings Tuesday — winds gusting to 70 mph along the coast, gale warnings in Puget Sound and Hood Canal, heavy snow forecast in the mountains, significant rainfall in the lowlands and the threat of flooding and landslides.
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'Where the treetops glisten.' The sad story behind ‘White Christmas’
Irving Berlin’s “White Christmas” was first heard on a radio show sponsored by the Kraft Company on Christmas Day, 1941.
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'Holiday Entrapment': It's The Thought That Counts
You've probably heard the phrase, "It's the thought that counts." That's the theme of a holiday series we're bringing you this month from the KUOW staff.
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What will Washington state lawmakers tackle in 2023?
State lawmakers are getting ready for the new legislative session, which begins Jan. 9 — and it's a big one.
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A record year for homeless deaths in King County — again
2022 marked another grim year for people in Seattle and King County experiencing homelessness. More than 270 people died this year in the county without secure housing, the highest number in 20 years.
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Spinning through the best Northwest albums of 2022
Paige Browning talks with KEXP's Eva Walker about some of her favorite local albums of 2022
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Pacific NW 'hydrogen hub' pitch to federal government treated as top secret
The states of Washington and Oregon have submitted a joint bid to the U.S. Department of Energy to get a share of $8 billion that Congress set aside to launch "Regional Clean Hydrogen Hubs" around the nation. But good luck trying to learn what exactly the bi-state bid entails, other than the safe presumption that at least one industrial hydrogen production facility would be subsidized.