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A Seattle Fire Department ladder unit responds to an emergency in the Belltown neighborhood last week. The state is getting kudos for its overall emergency and disaster response efforts in protecting public health.

State ranks high in disaster response - for now

Washington gets a top grade for being ready to handle disasters. A new study ranks the state among the most adept a wide variety of public health threats,…

The scene at Denny Creek along I-90 in east King County late Monday afternoon. Snow has been falling at a rate of 3 inches per hour.

Avalanche, heavy snow close I-90 across Snoqualmie Pass for hours

Updated 9: 21 p.m.Avalanche danger, heavy snowfall and spun-out vehicles have kept Interstate 90 over Snoqualmie Pass closed for hours as a winter storm…

Seattle rental vacancies about as low as they can go

Seattle area landlords are breathing a sigh of relief these days due to dropping rental vacancies. Real estate appraiser Richard Hagar tells KPLU's John…

Study: more arid future for Northwest?

A remarkable piece of scientific detective work has constructed a 6,000 year climate history of the Pacific Northwest. The record reveals a pattern of…

Time for a correction?

The market has had a phenomenal run up in the past two years, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average gaining nearly 6,000 points. Recent volatility…

The Salishan development in Tacoma has been maligned in a YouTube video that has gone viral.

Video of Tacoma housing project goes viral, gets it wrong

An attack video claiming to expose a housing development in Tacoma "built for illegal immigrants!" has been played more than 300,000 times on YouTube.…

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