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The latest news, stories and more from in and around the Seattle and Tacoma region.
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Food is Free Washington fights food insecurity by through urban farming.
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Michael Sanchez was testing out his new camera when he happened upon a feathered subject. The blue rock-thrush he photographed on the coast of northern Oregon last week has excited the birding world.
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The Juice Box got an $80,000 grant in 2022 from Centralia's coal transition fund to help replace the roof and the failing heating system.
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Community leaders are hoping hydrogen can help replace some of the jobs lost from the coal industry.
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Under pressure from climate activists to close, the plant agreed to a deadline and put millions in a transition fund. Could Centralia’s plan hold lessons for an energy transition?
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Size is a strength, and the economic value of the industry rose in 2021 and 2022, but employment is declining and recent price collapses are worrisome, the report says.
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The American Lung Association’s annual report once again points to unhealthy air quality in Washington, with all measured counties getting F grades, because of wildfire smoke.
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Three government agencies made a plan public for how to move forward and clean up radioactive waste from large, underground tanks at the Hanford site in southeast Washington.
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With rivers across the West running low, utilities must get creative if they are to meet demand without increasing emissions.
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More than a dozen state lawmakers say they aren’t running for reelection this fall.
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One of the winners of a $1.3 billion Powerball jackpot this month is an immigrant from Laos who has had cancer for eight years and had his latest chemotherapy treatment last week.
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Washington’s immigrant population is jumping at the chance to apply for health insurance as coverage expands for those without a federally-recognized immigration status.