But not long after the COVID-19 vaccine arrived in Washington state in December, when high-risk nurses, doctors and first responders received the very first shots with great fanfare, the days were …
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Nicole Brodeur / The Seattle Times
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4/1/21
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Perhaps you are reading this and you are young(ish) and healthy and have the luxury of being able to work from home. Maybe you should count your blessings.
But perhaps you've also been working …
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David Gutman / The Seattle Times
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4/1/21
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A legal-aid group is suing the state Department of Corrections, demanding COVID-19 vaccines be made immediately available for all people incarcerated in Washington prisons.
The class-action …
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Jim Brunner / The Seattle Times
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3/31/21
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Truman O'Brien and Craig Beles were about 1 1/2 hours into their flight and 8,000 feet up Monday afternoon when their small plane started to lose power in the skies near Yacolt.
O'Brien, a …
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Jessica Prokop / The Columbian
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3/31/21
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As many college students return to campus for their spring term, some Washington schools are reporting another surge in COVID-19 cases, and are urging their communities to stay …
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Elise Takahama / The Seattle Times
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3/31/21
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Among the more than 1 million Washingtonians who have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19, 102 people have tested positive for COVID-19 more than two weeks after their vaccinations, the state …
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Sara Jean Green / The Seattle Times
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3/31/21
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The Washington state Legislature took action Tuesday to shut down the Northwest detention center in Tacoma, one of the largest facilities in the country holding people the government is seeking to …
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Nina Shapiro / The Seattle Times
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3/31/21
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For months, Janelle Pfeifer has felt a tinge of fear whenever a customer comes into the busy Pike Place Market restaurant where she works. Sometimes she feels more like a babysitter than a restaurant …
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Paige Cornwell / The Seattle Times
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3/31/21
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Investigation Finds More Deadly Delays in Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment at Washington State Prisons
The cracked, bleeding lesion on Michael Boswell's back started out the size of the end of a Q-tip, his sister recalls, but rapidly grew to the size of a half dollar, and then a silver dollar …
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Jim Brunner / The Seattle Times
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3/30/21
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A woman was seriously injured Monday afternoon when she reportedly jumped out of a moving Clark County deputy's patrol vehicle on Interstate 5 near Ridgefield.
The woman's identity was not …
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Jessica Prokop / The Columbian
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3/30/21
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Starting Monday, many small businesses in Washington that have been financially hurt by COVID-19 restrictions can apply for grants of up to $25,000 from the state Department of Commerce.
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Paul Roberts / The Seattle Times
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3/30/21
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Esther Taylor remembers everyone tensing up. She was 8, and didn't understand everything going on. But she knew a social worker had confronted her mom about the way Taylor and her siblings were …
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Nina Shapiro / The Seattle Times
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3/30/21
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A Thurston County Superior Court commissioner set bail at $150,000 each for two active-duty soldiers accused of robbing and kidnapping a Domino’s Pizza delivery driver last weekend.
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By Martin Bilbao / The Olympian
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3/30/21
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This month, the Navy has been hard at work fighting a war against an infestation of bedbugs aboard a nuclear-powered submarine, the U.S.S. Connecticut, at its homeport in Bremerton.
Navy …
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Abbie Shull / The News Tribune
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3/30/21
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Washington Gov. Jay Inslee promoted two bills advancing through the Legislature that would address the increasing effects of climate change while adding family-wage jobs.
In a speech at a …
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Robert Mittendorf / The Bellingham Herald
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3/30/21
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A 19-year-old Domino’s Pizza delivery driver was kidnapped at gunpoint over the weekend, according to Olympia police.
The two male suspects, 19 and 20, were arrested on suspicion of …
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By Rolf Boone / The Olympian
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3/29/21
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Washington state education officials are seeking a waiver from federal requirements to conduct wide-scale standardized testing of public school students this spring, proposing instead to test a …
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Dahlia Bazzaz / The Seattle Times
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3/29/21
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Laboratories in Washington state have identified more than 600 cases of COVID-19 caused by coronavirus variants that state and federal officials are tracking closely, according to a report released …
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Evan Bush and Sandi Doughton / The Seattle Times
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3/29/21
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KENNEWICK — A man was arrested at the Mexico border this month, more than 12 years after kidnapping a Kennewick girl.
Police have hunted for Enrique Diaz since July 2008 when he took off …
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Cameron Probert / Tri-City Herald
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3/28/21
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WASHINGTON — Amid mounting frustration among congressional Democrats over a rule that requires a 60-vote majority to pass most Senate legislation, Sen. Patty Murray said Friday she is open to …
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