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Sen. Honeyford looks back on 28 years in Legislature, 60 years of service

UPDATED: Wed., Dec. 28, 2022

Dec. 28—The classic car glistening in Sen. Jim Honeyford's garage could be seen as a metaphor for the career of this longtime lawmaker. The 1930 Ford Model A Coupe with its slick green paint and original — and operational — engine and brakes is the product of much behind-the-scenes work: Not budgets and bills, but restoration. It has traveled all over Central Washington carrying Jim, his wife, ...
News >  Pacific NW

After wild weather day in Western WA, coastal flood warning remains

UPDATED: Wed., Dec. 28, 2022

Dec. 28—On the heels of another wild weather day in Western Washington, a coastal flood warning remains in effect in the Puget Sound region, including Seattle, Tacoma and Olympia. Significant coastal flooding is expected until 1 p.m. Wednesday, according to the National Weather Service. Low-lying property "will be inundated," the weather service said, and tides will likely come within 6 inches ...
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WA sees big shift in who moves to the state

UPDATED: Wed., Dec. 28, 2022

Dec. 28—Through much of the 2010s, Washington was among the top states for drawing newcomers from other parts of the nation. Those days seem to be over. Data released last week by the U.S. Census Bureau shows Washington now has more people leaving than moving here. From July 1, 2021 to July 1, 2022, Washington had a net loss of about 3,600 people to other states. The decline in Washington's ...
News >  Pacific NW

King County prosecutors charge 6 men after large fentanyl, meth bust

UPDATED: Wed., Dec. 28, 2022

Dec. 28—Six men were charged Tuesday for their alleged roles in a major drug organization that has brought large quantities of meth, fentanyl, heroin and cocaine from California into Western Washington, according to King County prosecutors. Though the Sinaloa cartel isn't named in charging documents, Burien police and King County sheriff's detectives said last week that the men arrested in ...
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Longview educators use empathy, technology to teach English learners

Dec. 28—Northlake Elementary School teacher Maria Bueno said growing up speaking Spanish, she had to work much harder to learn at school. Bueno grew up in a Hispanic household and said she benefited from the English Language Learner, or ELL, program at the time. Now Bueno, who teaches third and fourth grade, said she tries to incorporate Spanish and English into her everyday class so students ...
News >  Pacific NW

Vancouver runner finds her path after injury from random bullet

UPDATED: Wed., Dec. 28, 2022

Dec. 27—In August, Vancouver's Alicia Nilo ran her first half-marathon in a year. Just six months earlier, she didn't know if she'd be able to walk again without the assistance of a cane. Nilo, 27, was struck in her left hip by a seemingly random bullet Oct. 21, 2021, while running along the Padden Parkway Trail — less than a mile from her home. At the time, she was training for the Columbia ...
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Leavenworth Reindeer Farm becomes a hit attraction, plans 360-degree dome

UPDATED: Tue., Dec. 27, 2022

Dec. 27—LEAVENWORTH — "Up on the the house top click, click, click," goes a classic, written by Benjamin Hanby, Christmas song. But that isn't Saint Nick making the clicking noises, said Erika Bowie, general manager of the Leavenworth Reindeer Farm, to a group of 50 on Christmas Eve. It's reindeer alerting the rest of the herd to their location. Locals and tourists from Washington and all over ...
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WA Clean energy project clashes with important Yakama site

UPDATED: Tue., Dec. 27, 2022

Dec. 27—Each spring Yakama Nation families head to Pushpum, a towering ridge above John Day Dam in Klickitat County. There, on the south-facing slope dotted with juniper bushes, grasses and shrubs, they gather Indian celery, one of the first food plants of the season. "It's a really important First Food gathering area," said Elaine Harvey, environmental coordinator with Yakama Nation Fisheries ...
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Cost is a major barrier to college, new survey of Washingtonians finds

UPDATED: Tue., Dec. 27, 2022

Dec. 27—It's been clear for some time that Washington needs to increase the number of students it sends to get an education beyond high school. More than two-thirds of the state's new jobs over the next five years will require some schooling beyond high school, according to projections from consulting firm Kinetic West. Yet 53% of Washington's high school graduates do not acquire additional ...
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WA schools want more students to be bilingual; is that goal possible?

UPDATED: Tue., Dec. 27, 2022

Dec. 27—SEATAC — In Hector Farias' first period Spanish Language Arts class at Tyee High School, English isn't entirely prohibited, but nearly all of what happens in this classroom is in Spanish. The group of freshmen Farias is teaching are part of the SeaTac high school's first group of dual-language students and, in some ways, could represent the future of education. Highline Public Schools ...
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