Opioid deaths surge in Midwest and East, while West sees declines
Deaths from opiates, cocaine and methamphetamines shot up by 35 percent in the United States between the year ending in May 2015 and that ending in May 2017, from about 49,000 to about 66,000,...
View ArticleHousing for homeless veterans threatened if state lawmakers don’t pass...
State lawmakers’ failure to pass a capital budget could threaten some affordable-housing projects across the state.
View ArticleHousing for homeless veterans threatened if Washington state lawmakers don’t...
State lawmakers’ failure to pass a capital budget could threaten some affordable-housing projects across the state.
View ArticleBody found in Bellevue condo fire
No further details on the deceased, such as gender, age or cause of death, were immediately known.
View ArticleStudy: Warming puts millions more at risk from river floods
BERLIN (AP) — Scientists say millions more people around the world are threatened by river floods in coming decades due to climate change. Researchers in Germany say greater flood defenses are...
View ArticleSomeone Turned Mario Batali’s Gross Cinnamon Rolls into a Shrewd,...
The project of making the "half-written recipe" is just a delivery device for DeRuiter's shrewd observations about the current moment.by Sean Nelson"And while I have you here, I thought you might like...
View ArticleMore than 10,000 arrest warrants currently active in Spokane County
The bulk of the warrants are for failure to appear in court on a misdemeanor charge, including drunken driving and fourth-degree domestic violence.
View ArticleWashington state regularly gives drivers’ info to immigration authorities;...
Despite vowing not to cooperate with President Trump’s immigration agenda, Washington state has regularly been giving out personal information used by ICE to arrest and deport people. After The Seattle...
View ArticleFeel Like Crying? Boy Have I Found the Tonya Harding Profile For You!
by Megan Burbank Getty / w-ings Today, in Tonya Harding news: Taffy Brodesser-Akner has written a wonderful profile of Harding for the New York Times, and it's a good read if you feel like crying. It...
View ArticleJim Acosta: POTUS "Harbors Racist Feelings" About People of Color
by Dan SavageVia Josh at TPM: CNN's Jim Acosta "goes there." He says out loud — he says into an open mic, he says while looking into a camera — what everyone already knows:Remarkable worlds from CNN's...
View ArticleDoes My Landlord Really Not Have to Provide a Working Mailbox?
And more reader questions about renting.by Heidi GrooverWhat does the law say about mailboxes? brytta / GETTY Welcome back to Maintenance Request, a regular column where you email me with your...
View Article2 charged in death of Pierce County deputy
Pierce County prosecutors filed murder charges Thursday against a pair involved in the death of Deputy Daniel McCartney, who was fatally shot at the scene of a burglary in Frederickson Sunday night.
View ArticleCulture News: VERA’s New Leader, Protest Fest Sticks It to Trump, and Paul...
Plus: "Straight White Men" visits Seattle this weekend, MOHAI's Al Smith photo collection, and RIP to "One of the Best Bookmen in the Northwest"by Amber CortesAshraf Hasham COURTESY VERA PROJECT Meet...
View ArticleMichigan State effort to help low-income science students
EAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan State University says it’s rolling out scholarships over the next several years for low-income students who studied natural science at community colleges. The East...
View Article2 charged with murder in shooting death of Washington deputy
One of the suspects, alleged getaway driver Brenda Troyer, was charged with kidnapping in addition to murder. Her bail was set at $2 million.
View ArticleCharges: Kentwood High teacher sent naked Snapchats to student
A 45-year-old Kentwood High School teacher was charged this week with sending explicit Snapchat messages to a student during the course of two years.
View ArticleOf the 21 Winter Olympics cities, many may soon be too warm to host the Games
Temperatures were above freezing the past two Games, in Sochi, Russia, and Vancouver, B.C., forcing organizers to turn to extreme measures.
View ArticleConnelly: State leaders slam Zinke for letting Florida off hook on drilling
Washington leaders slam U.S. Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke for letting Florida off the hook on oil drilling, which planning oil and gas lease sales in sensitive marine waters of the West Coast, East...
View ArticleCanada lynx no longer need special protection, says federal agency
The Fish and Wildlife Service said it will begin drafting a rule to revoke the lynx’s threatened listing across the Lower 48 states under the Endangered Species Act.
View ArticleRat poison from pot farms is harming threatened northern spotted owls, study...
Seven of 10 spotted owls and 34 of 84 barred owls collected between 2009 and 2013 tested positive for anticoagulant rodenticides, the study published Thursday in the journal Avian Conservation and...
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