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A federal official has issued his recommendation regarding the Makah whale hunt. Judge George G. Jordan, administrative law judge with the U.S. Coast Guard, says he recommends granting the waiver the tribe has requested under the Marine Mammal Protection Act.

Doctors and physician's assistants who spread misinformation about COVID-19 in Washington could face disciplinary measures. That’s after action taken this week by the Washington Medical Commission, which monitors and enforces licenses of about 34,000 physicians and physician assistants here.

A federal jury has awarded two men who live in the small city of Roy a total of $3.26 million for injuries suffered when they were shot by one of the town's two police officers during a drunken joyride in a 2019 snowstorm.

Concerns about safety and legal action have led to the temporary closure of all Northwest Carpenters Union picket activities just a week into the strike.

The University of Washington football team plays Cal Saturday evening at Husky Stadium. Both teams are 1-2 and desperate for a win.

KNKX and the Washington State History Museum present "Challenging History with KNKX: Crossing Boundaries — Trans History, Then and Now," an online conversation on October 14 with KNKX All Things Considered host Ed Ronco and Morning Edition producer Vivian McCall, in conjunction with the museum's Crossing Boundaries: Portraits of a Transgender West exhibit. Ed and Vivian will talk with exhibit curators Gwen Whiting and Peter Boag.

In the latest installment of FOOD, KNKX's Ed Ronco shares an old family recipe with food commentator Nancy Leson. Meet "Irish Spaghetti."

Jazz host Abe Beeson reviews new jazz albums honoring classic rock and reggae groups. Dave McMurray plays the Grateful Dead; Led Zeppelin's rock meets the Bob Franceschini, Kevin Hays, Orlando LeFleming, Obed Calvaire quartet; organ trio 2B3 digs into Jimi Hendrix, and the duo Acute Inflections interprets the music of Bob Marley and the Wailers.

Democrats and Republicans have released competing maps for the state's 49 legislative districts as they move forward with the process of redrawing political boundaries. The proposals by the four voting members of the Washington State Redistricting Commission will kick-start negotiations. The bipartisan panel has a Nov. 15 deadline to finalize the maps.

The Center for Whale Research has declared an orca in one of the Puget Sound’s endangered southern resident killer whale pods “missing and likely dead.” L47, a mother and grandmother, was missing from the center’s 2021 census, and she hasn’t been spotted since Feb. 27.

An immigrant rights activist who had been facing deportation says she can now remain in the U.S., after the Department of Homeland Security agreed to drop her case. Maru Mora Villalpando, a Mexico City native who has been in the U.S. since 1996, said Tuesday that an immigration judge last week approved the decision.

At Tacoma General Hospital in Pierce County, the surge in COVID cases has a cascading effect across all departments. It's pushing patient care into the emergency room lobby. Meanwhile, health-care workers are dealing with feelings of isolation as unvaccinated patients express regret on their deathbeds.