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The latest news, stories and more from in and around the Seattle and Tacoma region.
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After months of debate over the future of the regional rail system, Sound Transit Board members voted on Thursday to approve a sweeping new strategy to balance the budget.
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Researchers spent years developing pitches for World Cup stadiums across the U.S., Mexico and Canada. The fields are mostly natural grass reinforced with artificial blades.
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Representatives with Washington businesses and government agencies recently visited Texas for a closer look at how the Lone Star state has become a leader in clean energy.
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The confirmed death toll climbed to two people Wednesday, with nine others presumed dead, after a tank of corrosive chemicals ruptured.
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As the Seattle area prepares for the World Cup to kick off in June, the City of SeaTac is trying to ensure hotel staff are ready to respond to opioid overdoses.
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Journalists at McClatchy-owned papers in Washington and Idaho are calling for higher wages.
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Others were being treated for injuries after a chemical vat imploded at Southwest Washington paper mill Tuesday morning.
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Fremont's George and Dragon Pub has been around for more than 30 years. It stopped serving alcohol on May 1, after one of its permits expired. The timing couldn't be worse.
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For decades, Yakama Nation gatherers say it's been really hard to find huckleberries in a southwest Washington national forest. But tribal gatherers say things are changing.
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Ben Shuldiner began as superintendent of Seattle Public Schools facing a projected $100 million deficit and a performance disparity among students around the district.
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Since December, renters in six apartment buildings in Tacoma have voted to form unions in an effort to negotiate better leases with their landlords.
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Officials are boosting training for employees at the airport and shipping terminals, as well as at local hospitality businesses, to recognize and report cases of human trafficking.