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Masks are still king in combating new COVID strains

New variants of the coronavirus are circulating in King County, but health experts say the same measures that have proven effective in stopping the...

Treehouse awarded $1.3 million in CARES Act to help fund foster care tutoring

Seattle-based Treehouse has been awarded $1.345 million in federal CARES Act funding to provide tutoring and academic remediation while also eliminating financial barriers to...

Everett online heroin and meth dealer sentenced for mailing drugs nationwide

On the dark web service Dream Market, people could review their illicit drug dealers, like on eBay or Etsy. Todd Peterman-Dishion, a former Boeing...

Judge fines Tim Eyman $2.6 million for campaign law violations

State Attorney General Bob Ferguson’s four-year legal pursuit of initiative promoter Tim Eyman ended Wednesday, Feb. 10, in a resounding win as a Thurston...

New state law averts big spike in unemployment taxes on businesses

By Jerry Cornfield and Rachel Riley Gov. Jay Inslee signed into law Monday legislation that cancels most of a massive hike in unemployment insurance...

Report: Washington salmon are in hot water

Puget Sound salmon are in dire straights, with at least 10 federally endangered species in danger of going extinct. An update to the State...

State bill seeks independent investigations of police uses of deadly force

State Rep. Debra Entenman, D-Kent, introduced legislation in Olympia to mandate the independent investigation of deadly uses of force, custodial deaths and other officer-involved...

House Democrats lay out massive $26B transportation package funded by gas tax hike

Washington State House Democrats on Jan. 19 unveiled an ambitious 16-year, $25.8 billion package of transportation improvements statewide paid for with an 18-cent hike...

Human-caused ‘dead zones’ threaten health of Puget Sound

During the summer of 2015, thousands of dead eels washed up on the beaches of the Hood Canal. These eels suffered a familiar fate...

Residents 65 and older eligible under new COVID-19 vaccination phase

By Everett Herald staff The state is ready for Phase 1b of the coronavirus vaccine distribution plan, making more than a million Washingtonians eligible...

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