Frog-killing fungus found to have origins on Korean Peninsula
Researchers think the virulent, global strain emerged within the past century coinciding with rapid development in global technology, commerce and trade, which facilitated the travel of species.
View ArticleWildfire study: Heart risk may surpass respiratory issues
The finding of elevated cardiovascular risk, as much as 40 percent higher when dense smoke is present, provides not only one more reason to steer clear of ash-filled air but another thing for...
View ArticleFood as medicine gets a test-drive in California
The Ceres Community Project is part of an ambitious, state-funded study to test whether providing daily nutritious meals to chronically ill, low-income people on California’s version of Medicaid will...
View ArticleFree land up for grabs as Canada tackles housing woes
Canada is embarking on an ambitious plan to create moderately-priced rental units with one group hoping to bring 50,000 affordable apartments to Toronto and Vancouver in just 10 years.
View ArticleBlood donations from ‘man with the golden arm’ has saved millions of babies...
James Harrison’s blood contains a rare antibody used in a medication that officials say has helped save the lives of more than 2 million babies.
View ArticleFormer State Republican Party chair Susan Hutchison challenging Sen. Maria...
Former state Republican Party chair Susan Hutchison is challenging Democratic U.S. Sen. Maria Cantwell’s bid for a fourth term in 2018. Hutchison filed late Friday afternoon, just before the...
View ArticleSeattle businesses strike back against head tax with campaign for referendum
The effort by employers to undo the city’s newly passed business tax opens a new phase in the contentious battle over Seattle’s response to the homelessness crisis. Deadline for 17,632 signatures is...
View Article‘Stay Elevated’: How homeless youth and Seattle Symphony Orchestra built a score
For the past several weeks, as part of a Seattle Symphony project, composer Alexandra Gardner has been working with young people at New Horizons youth shelter and the YMCA, cooking up a score to be...
View ArticleAbandoning a generation in the land of the gun
I don’t know what to say to my kids anymore about the school shootings. Sorry that we’re letting you be massacred?
View ArticleU.S. agents raid 17 homes across Puget Sound in black-market weed investigation
Investigators believe at least three people used money wired from China to pay for some of the homes to build a complex, illegal marijuana organization and ship pot to the East Coast.
View ArticleHawaii officials airlift 4 residents after lava crosses road
PAHOA, Hawaii (AP) — Fast-moving lava crossed a road and isolated about 40 homes Friday in a rural subdivision below Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano, forcing at least four people to be evacuated by county and...
View ArticleHawaii officials warn residents about latest lava flow
VOLCANO, Hawaii (AP) — Hawaii officials warned residents that fast-moving lava was approaching an area near homes that were previously destroyed by eruptions from Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano. Hawaii...
View ArticleWashington state finds virus in Cooke Atlantic salmon, plans expanded testing
Washington state tested smolt in a Cooke Aquaculture incubator and found the Atlantic salmon had a strain of Icelandic virus. The state denied permission for the company to move the 800,000 fish to an...
View ArticlePolice arrest two suspects accused in robbery, shooting in downtown Seattle
Police have arrested two suspects accused in a shooting in Downtown Seattle earlier this week.
View Article1 bicyclist dead, 1 hurt in cougar attack near Snoqualmie
The first victim saw his friend being pulled by the cougar. He got on his bike and pedaled away to reach cellphone service and call 911.
View Article1 dead, 1 injured in cougar attack in North Bend area
Agents with the Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife went to the scene in Snoqualmie-North Bend area to look for the cougar.
View Article1 dead, 1 injured in cougar attack near Snoqualmie
The first victim saw his friend being pulled by the cougar. He got on his bike and pedaled away to reach cell-phone service and call 911.
View Article1 dead, 1 injured in cougar attack on Eastside
Agents with the Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife were heading to the scene in Snoqualmie-North Bend area to look for the cougar.
View ArticleNorovirus sickens 56 at 4 Seattle-area restaurants
An outbreak of norovirus affected 56 people who had eaten or worked at four area restaurants. No one was hospitalized. The establishments were ordered to clean and disinfect.
View ArticleWestern State patient releases can be delayed years for lack of outside beds
Not enough beds in community-based facilities means longer stays at Western State Hospital, where the median time spent on the discharge list at Western State Hospital is 104 days. Some people have...
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