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Mitch Borden/KNKXNorth Helpline and Hunger Intervention Program have worked to address food insecurity for decades. Now, they are joining to form a new organization. -
Mitch Borden/KNKXA coordinated effort to address the opioid crisis in the South Sound is shutting down. Public health officials say overdose deaths are down, but addiction specialists worry.
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The Seattle Indian Health Board’s new rehab facility, which opens later this year on Vashon Island, will provide dozens of treatment beds for low-income individuals. -
The deadly implosion at a pulp and paper mill spilled a toxic mix of chemicals and killed 11 workers. Federal and state entities are investigating what went wrong. -
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A homemade tool for fighting food insecurity is getting some high-tech assistance. Dozens of little free food pantries are being linked together by an app. -
The University of Washington announced a $25 million endowed gift will help fund tuition costs for students who want to become rural doctors. -
Washington state researchers are joining an international drug trial that is testing a new GLP-1 medication as a treatment for moderate to severe alcohol addiction. -
The Allen Institute in Seattle says scientists have now learned enough about how the brain works to start fixing it when it breaks. -
About 600,000 women are currently navigating peri-menopause, menopause, or post-menopause in the workforce, according to the Washington State Women’s Commission. -
Washington’s rural counties saw the largest drops in insurance coverage under the Affordable Care Act after the Republican-controlled Congress failed to extend subsidies. -
The confirmed death toll climbed to two people Wednesday, with nine others presumed dead, after a tank of corrosive chemicals ruptured.
