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People, belongings at Bellingham homeless camp must move by Friday

A tent encampment in front of Bellingham City Hall that started in mid-November has been given notice that all people and belongings must move by Friday.
6 years ago

Coast Guard suspends search for missing plane, pilot near Port Angeles

The U.S. Coast Guard and its Canadian partners are searching for an plane and pilot that went down in the waters off Port Angeles on Tuesday.
6 years ago

Gov. Inslee: Asking educators to return isn’t ‘asking more than we’ve asked for our grocery clerks’

Gov. Inslee believes schools in Washington state can open safely right now, and should, even before all educators and staff are able to be vaccinated.
6 years ago

Head of Washington State Department of Corrections to retire in May

Stephen Sinclair, Washington State Department of Corrections Secretary, announced he will retire this spring after more than three decades of service. 
6 years ago

Gov. Inslee: Fed’s increased vaccine supply will help WA reach goal

Governor Jay Inslee said the new measures to accelerate the COVID-19 vaccine distribution statewide are working, though there's still a long way to go.
6 years ago

David Fahrenthold: Fact-checking in post-Trump era ‘won’t be all-consuming’

With Donald Trump out of office, the future of fact-checking will change. What will that look like in practice? David Fahrenthold weighs in.
6 years ago

COVID vaccine site prepares to launch at Microsoft campus in Redmond

The Microsoft campus in Redmond is expected to soft launch as a COVID-19 vaccine site as early as next week with help from two eastside clinics.
6 years ago

Seattle City Councilmember shares plan to boost emergency shelter with tiny houses

Seattle City Councilmember Andrew Lewis has a plan to increase the city's emergency shelter capacity by adding hundreds of new tiny houses.
6 years ago

‘This is outrageous’: Oversight group reacts in wake of Tacoma officer driving through crowd

Tacoma's police chief joined a special city council meeting Monday to explain why one of his officers ran over a person at an illegal street race Saturday. 
6 years ago

Is the vaccine effective against the new strain of COVID?

Mercer Island MD Dr. Gordon Cohen joins Seattle's Morning News to discuss the new, more contagious strain of COVID that's now been detected in Washington.
6 years ago

Ballard restaurant owner: Thankfully surviving due to ‘very loyal customers’

Mike Stewart of the Ballard Alliance and beer hall owner Adam McQueen on how businesses in Ballard are faring in the pandemic.
6 years ago

Where to get vaccinated for COVID-19 in Washington state

Trying to find a location to get the COVID-19 vaccine? Use this map made by the state Department of Health to start your search.
6 years ago

COVID-19 updates: 1.1% of Washington population vaccinated

The state Department of Health says there have been more than 295,861 confirmed coronavirus cases in Washington, and 4,285 people have died.
6 years ago

Protest over Tacoma police officer driving through crowd culminates in property damage

On Sunday night, about 100 people were at the intersection of 9th and Pacific in downtown Tacoma where a police officer drove through a crowd Saturday night.
6 years ago

Dave discovers three instances of ‘free money’ while preparing 2020 taxes

Just in time for tax season, tax expert Don DeSantis shares his insights into a few of the filing changes to expect this year from the IRS.
6 years ago

Tacoma police car seen driving into crowd at street race downtown

According to video shared on social media Saturday night, a Tacoma police officer drove into a crowd of people gathered for a street race downtown.
6 years ago

First cases of UK COVID-19 variant found in Washington

The Washington State Department of Health has found the first cases of the B.1.1.7 variant of COVID in testing samples from the state.
6 years ago

Why the pandemic has Puget Sound residents leaving cities for the suburbs

Over the last year, the pandemic has had people fleeing city centers and moving to the suburbs. Windermere economist Matthew Gardner explains why.
6 years ago

Seattle introduces legislation to give hazard pay to grocery store employees

Grocery store workers in Seattle could soon see a boost in pay to recognize the risks these essential workers are facing during the pandemic. 
6 years ago

Head of WA unemployment office leaving to join Biden administration

Suzi LeVine, the head of Washington state's unemployment office, is leaving at the end of January for a job with the Biden-Harris administration.
6 years ago

Gov. Inslee, Amazon announce pop-up vaccine clinic in Seattle on Jan. 24

Gov. Inslee provided an update on the state's COVID-19 response, including Amazon's upcoming pop-up vaccination clinic to be held in Seattle on Sunday. 
6 years ago

On one year anniversary of first COVID case, WA remains short of vaccine goal

Jan. 21 marks one year since the first confirmed case of COVID in the United States, in Snohomish County. The state's vaccination effort is now underway.
6 years ago

Bellevue students return to classroom, teachers push to wait until vaccination

Some teachers in the Bellevue School District say they will not return to the classroom until they have been vaccinated against COVID-19.
6 years ago

Former Washington AG: ‘Not impossible’ for Senate to bar Trump from holding office again

Why have an impeachment trial in the Senate after Trump has left office? Former Washington AG Rob McKenna explains why there's far more at stake.
6 years ago