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Washington state committee distances from drug use work group’s ‘buyers club’ suggestion
The Daily Chronicle - Washington State
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By Carleen Johnson / The Center Square Washington’s Substance Use Recovery Services Advisory Committee, or SURSAC, is distancing itself from recent recommendations made by a subset work group that included having the state set up a “buyers club”...
Washington state households can’t afford basics, even if they’re not poor, report says
The Daily Chronicle - Washington State
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Jessica Fu / The Seattle Times (TNS) Over a quarter of households in Washington earn more than the federal poverty threshold but still struggle to afford necessities like housing, child care, transportation and more, according to a recent report...
Katie Thurston Opens Up About Being in Menopause at 34 Amid Cancer Battle
Us Weekly
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July 20, 2025
Former Bachelorette Katie Thurston is opening up about a rarely discussed side effect of her stage IV breast cancer battle. “What it’s like to have hot flashes due to medically induced menopause,” Thurston, 34, wrote via her Instagram Stories on...
GOP Wrecking Ball Slams Through Medical System
The American Prospect
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July 15, 2025
Patients and medical centers are already feeling the pain as several provisions in the GOP’s deadly spending law take immediate effect, either as required or in practice. Hospitals are closing or actively considering doing so, cutting programs,...
Here’s how the mayor answered West Seattle Indivisible questions about ‘one of the most offensive gestures against human rights that we’ve ever witnessed’
West Seattle Blog - Washington State
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July 14, 2025
(WSB photo) By Tracy Record West Seattle Blog editor Steps away from the sun-splashed grounds of West Seattle Summer Fest, more than 60 people devoted the heart of their Sunday afternoon to a topic that was anything but festive. They were invited...
FOLLOWUP: West Seattle Saunter success!
West Seattle Blog - Washington State
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July 15, 2025
Last month, we noted that a Seattle walking fan named Holden was organizing “saunters” around the city and that his next one would be in West Seattle. Last Saturday was the big day, and it was a success! Holden sent this West Seattle Saunter...
Deadly ICE raid | Tree Top wage theft | Rural hospitals
The Stand - Washington State
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July 14, 2025
Monday, July 14, 2025 STRIKES ► From Truthout — Sanitation Workers Demand Higher Wages as Trash Pickup Strikes Spread Nationwide — The Teamsters said in an email on Friday that about 550 sanitation workers were on strike in multiple cities while...
Protein signatures may one day tell brain diseases apart before symptoms
Science News
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July 15, 2025
A large-scale study of proteins in blood and cerebrospinal fluid could pave the way for improved blood tests to diagnose multiple brain diseases — and potential early warning signs of disease risk — researchers report July 15 in several papers in...
Mountain biker uses helmet straps to slow bleeding after 500-foot fall, Washington state cops say
The Daily Chronicle - Washington State
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Helena Wegner / The Peninsula Gateway (TNS) A mountain biker used his helmet straps to slow his bleeding after falling 500 feet in Washington, deputies said. The 51-year-old man from Seattle texted 911 “HELP” at 11:39 a.m. July 6, the Kittitas...
Washington State Patrol High-Speed Chase Turned Deadly on SR-507
102.7 KORD - Washington
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July 8, 2025
A routine traffic stop late Sunday night turned into a tragic multi-vehicle crash that shut down SR 507 near 312th Street and left one driver dead. According to Washington State Patrol Trooper John Dattilo, the incident began around 9:00 PM on...
Slog AM: Washington State Has Lots of Old People, Ferguson Says He'll Fund Planned Parenthood After Federal Cuts, Whooping Cough Is Back
The Stranger - Washington State
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July 10, 2025
Silver Wave Alert: We hate kids in Washington. And we love old people. At least, that's what I'm inferring from this data about how older adults are outnumbering children in 24 Washington counties. While we still have more youths than elderly as a...
Mystery after human toe is found in a gift box that was left at a Washington state park
The Independent
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July 10, 2025
Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our...
Washington State University field day to cover latest tree fruit research
Capital Press - Oregon
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July 7, 2025
Published 2:15 pm Monday, July 7, 2025 The Sunrise Research Farm Field Day, hosted by Washington State University and the USDA Agricultural Research Service, is set for 8:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Thursday, July 24.The free event at the WSU site will...
Prescribed burns are an essential tool for forest health
Mercer Island Reporter - Washington State
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July 14, 2025
When I first moved to Seattle in the summer of 2003, I fell in love with the sunny, mild days splitting my life between vibrant city life and the great outdoors that the Cascade mountains offer. For years, there was a sense that Seattleites stayed...
Science Under Schedule I: Inside Washington State University’s Cannabis Research Program
Cannabis Science & Technology
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July 9, 2025
As cannabis education, interest, and innovation continues to gain traction in the country, research is still needed in a variety of avenues to keep up with the consumer demand. Institutions of higher education continue to prove to be instrumental...
Why Washington state faces huge fallout from the Medicaid cuts in Trump’s megabill
The Reflector - Washington State
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By Jake Goldstein-Street / The Washington State Standard A rural central Washington hospital is warning of devastating consequences from the Medicaid cuts the Republican-led Congress passed last week. For years, Astria Health has worked to find a...
1 million Lime rides in June sets Seattle record
The Columbian - Washington State
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More than a million rides were taken on Lime vehicles in Seattle in June, setting a record for the city and putting it on par with just a handful other cities when it comes to the popularity of the green electric scooters and bikes. The number —...
Medicaid cuts projected to heavily impact, strain local hospitals
Federal Way Mirror - Washington State
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July 15, 2025
84 hospitals across the state — including those in Renton, Federal Way, Auburn, Snoqualmie, Enumclaw and more — are expected to continually lose millions in Medicaid revenue. Data from the National Academy for State Health Policy shows that...
With $345 million in state’s ending fund balance, here’s why Idaho’s fiscal health remains strong
Idaho Capital Sun
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July 15, 2025
Is Idaho about to fall off the fiscal cliff due to irresponsible budgeting? No. The Gem State’s current budget has a decent ending fund balance, substantial budget reserves on hand, and many important fiscal tools available should the economic...
Severed Toe Found in Gift Box at a Washington State Park
Juan 92.5 - Washington
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July 10, 2025
A “TOE” was found gift-wrapped in a box, abandoned in a Washington State park last month. Was it a gift gone wrong? A type of ‘mob message’? What we know and what we can speculate below. The severed toe was found by Kevin Ewing at the Dash Point...