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Feds loosen virus rules to let essential workers return

Feds loosen virus rules to let essential workers return

In a first, small step toward reopening the country, the Trump administration… Continue reading

Feds loosen virus rules to let essential workers return
Wall Street caps best week since 1974 on latest Fed stunner

Wall Street caps best week since 1974 on latest Fed stunner

Wall Street closed out its best week in 45 years on Thursday… Continue reading

Wall Street caps best week since 1974 on latest Fed stunner
Pandemic has set the number of air travelers back decades

Pandemic has set the number of air travelers back decades

By David Koenig | AP Airlines Writer The number of Americans getting on airplanes has sunk to a level not seen in more than 60… Continue reading

Pandemic has set the number of air travelers back decades

Economy unlikely to recover as fast as it collapsed

President Donald Trump has been telling voters that the U.S. economy will leap back to life “like… Continue reading

Heck joins crowded field for lieutenant governor

Heck joins crowded field for lieutenant governor

SEATTLE— U.S. Rep. Denny Heck said Thursday he is running for Washington lieutenant governor following last month’s surprise announcement by incumbent Cyrus Habib that he… Continue reading

Heck joins crowded field for lieutenant governor
Virus sparks prison riot, hits more WA long-term care homes

Virus sparks prison riot, hits more WA long-term care homes

Inmates at a Washington state prison staged a large protest following new coronavirus diagnoses at the facility… Continue reading

Virus sparks prison riot, hits more WA long-term care homes

Have you been finding it more difficult to shop at locally owned businesses during Gov. Jay Inslee’s stay-home order?

Have you been finding it more difficult to shop at locally owned businesses during Gov. Jay Inslee's stay-home order?… Continue reading

  • Apr 9, 2020
Pandemic deals blow to plastic bag bans, plastic reduction

Pandemic deals blow to plastic bag bans, plastic reduction

Just weeks ago, cities and even states across the U.S. were busy banning straws, limiting takeout… Continue reading

Pandemic deals blow to plastic bag bans, plastic reduction
Supermoon on the rise

Supermoon on the rise

Dozens of cars and families went to Ediz Hook on Tuesday, April 7, 2020, to view the Supermoon, which was only 210,000… Continue reading

Supermoon on the rise

Do you think Sen. Bernie Sanders made the right choice to end his presidential campaign?

Do you think Sen. Bernie Sanders made the right choice to end his presidential campaign?… Continue reading

  • Apr 8, 2020

Inslee sending back DOD field hospital

Facility was expected to have at least 250 beds

Bernie Sanders drops 2020 bid

Bernie Sanders drops 2020 bid

Joe Biden left as likely Democratic nominee

Bernie Sanders drops 2020 bid
Boeing continues production shutdown due to coronavirus

Boeing continues production shutdown due to coronavirus

Boeing will continue its shutdown of production indefinitely at its Seattle-area facilities due to the spread of the coronavirus. The company said in… Continue reading

Boeing continues production shutdown due to coronavirus

Inslee: Special session likely because of virus outbreak

State Legislature isn’t scheduled to return until next January but may be called back

PAT NEAL: The quarantine chronicles continued

SOMETIMES IT SEEMS like living in today’s modern world is a lot like having a flock of woodpeckers live in your head. Many choose to… Continue reading

Celebrated singer-songwriter John Prine has died at 73

Celebrated singer-songwriter John Prine has died at 73

By Michael Warren | Associated Press John Prine, the ingenious singer-songwriter who explored the heartbreaks, indignities and absurdities of everyday life in “Angel from Montgomery,”… Continue reading

Celebrated singer-songwriter John Prine has died at 73

PAT NEAL: The quarantine chronicles

IT WAS GOING to be one of those days. More precisely, day one of the coronavirus self-isolation quarantine. Or maybe it was day two or… Continue reading

Do you think a special session of the state Legislature will be necessary to deal with the budget due to COVID-19?

Do you think a special session of the state Legislature will be necessary to deal with the budget due to COVID-19?… Continue reading

  • Apr 7, 2020
Trump removes watchdog tapped for $2T virus rescue oversight

Trump removes watchdog tapped for $2T virus rescue oversight

President Donald Trump has removed the inspector general tapped to chair… Continue reading

Trump removes watchdog tapped for $2T virus rescue oversight

Man who broke into cars at national parks gets prison

A man who broke into dozens of vehicles at Mount Rainier and Olympic national parks has been sentenced to two years… Continue reading