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Are Seattle’s Arsonists High on Pyro?
The Stranger - Washington State
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August 13, 2025
Everywhere I look, I see Octavia Butler. For example, not too long ago, a prominent funeral home in my part of town, Columbia City, was almost completely destroyed by an arsonist who was caught in the act by a video camera that was monitoring...
Seattle is seeing fewer homicides, catching up with national trend
The Columbian - Washington State
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SEATTLE — When other major cities across the country suddenly experienced a stunning drop in homicides two years ago, Seattle and King County were left out of the loop, with 2023 ending up being the most lethally violent in decades. After finally...
Judge rules federal government must restore parts of UCLA's suspended research grants
CBS Los Angeles - California
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A federal judge ordered the Trump administration to restore a portion of research grants it had suspended from UCLA earlier this month, after the U.S. Department of Justice alleged civil rights violations. In a court order Tuesday, U.S. District...
Washington State braces for ‘inevitable’ megafire. Climate change may bring it sooner
Hawaii Tribune Herald
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August 7, 2025
Western Washington state is one of the wettest places in the country. In the North Cascade mountains and on the Olympic Peninsula, lush cedars, ferns and mosses form classic Pacific Northwest rainforests. But even here, climate change is making...
Slog AM: The National Guard Is in DC, Seattle Eyes More Cop Cameras, and Laura Loomer Explains the Roast Beef Euphemism
The Stranger - Washington State
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August 13, 2025
The National Guard Has Landed: US troops arrived in Washington DC last night on Trump’s orders to put a stop to “crime, bloodshed, bedlam and squalor and worse” in a city where crime is at a 30-year low. According to known liar Karoline Leavitt,...
Washington State Patrol works to clear firearms forensic testing backlog
Apple Valley News Now (KAPP) - Washington State
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• Washington State Patrol faces a backlog of more than 1,000 firearms cases, with some taking over a year to process • Eight new forensic firearms scientists have been hired, with four already working cases and the rest expected to be ready by...
Washington state and the federal government are in alignment on the development and adoption of an alternative to jet fuel
The Pacific Northwest Inlander - Washington State
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click to enlarge Adobe Stock photo The aviation industry has a goal of being carbon-neutral by 2050; adopting Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) is the only way that will happen. You fly across the country to visit your grandma. The owner of a small...
Washington state braces for ‘Inevitable’ Megafire. Climate change may bring it sooner.
The Spokesman-Review - Washington State
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Western Washington state is one of the wettest places in the country. In the North Cascade mountains and on the Olympic Peninsula, lush cedars, ferns and mosses form classic Pacific Northwest rainforests. But even here, climate change is making...
Jordan Cade: Disqualified by gender: Female firefighters in Washington state not covered under presumptive laws
The Spokesman-Review - Washington State
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The Federal Employees’ Compensation Act recently expanded presumptive coverage for firefighters to include female-specific cancers, yet these laws only apply to federal employees. From the total firefighting workforce in the U.S., women make up...
New Library Exhibit Connects Seattle’s Black History With The Voices Of Today
The Seattle Medium - Washington State
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August 13, 2025
Imani Sims By Kiara Doyal, The Seattle Medium “Rooted & Rising: Stories from the African American Archive,” a new exhibit at the Seattle Public Library, is now open to the public. The exhibit, which runs from Aug. 11 to Oct. 5 at the...
It’s Peak Season to Shop The Rolling Pin on Olympia’s West Side
Thurston Talk - Washington State
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August 13, 2025
Summer is the ideal time to spoil yourself. Bask in the sun, enjoy alfresco evening cookouts or simply stroll in the sunshine. Between barbecues, camping trips and lounging at the waterfront, make sure to swing by The Rolling Pin on Olympia’s West...
Washington state braces for ‘inevitable’ megafire
The Boston Globe - Massachusetts
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“It used to be that it really wasn’t until mid-August that fuels dried out in western Washington,” said Derek Churchill, a forest health scientist at the Washington Department of Natural Resources. “Now it’s July or earlier.” Last month, human...
Meet the man crawling across Bayview mudflats at 5 a.m. — for science
Mission Local - California
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August 13, 2025
Read Mission Local often? Help grow our newsroom, joining the hundreds of San Franciscans who support us by giving below. For much of the year, the oyster reef at Bayview’s Heron’s Head Park is hidden from sight below the waves, or under cover of...
Miami Dade College’s role pivotal in Olympia Theater sale
Miami Today - Florida
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August 13, 2025
Written by Genevieve Bowen on August 13, 2025 The planned sale of the historic Olympia Theater in downtown to a charter school is contingent on Miami Dade College’s (MDC) role in the institution being ironed out before the deal comes back for...
NSF and NVIDIA Partner to Enable Fully Open AI Models
Government Technology
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August 17, 2025
On Aug. 14, 2025, the National Science Foundation (NSF) announced that a new NSF and NVIDIA partnership will enable Ai2 to develop fully open AI models to fuel U.S. scientific innovation. Here’s how the story begins: “The U.S. National Science...
CCTV expansion bills head to Seattle City Council for final vote
FOX 13 Seattle - Washington State
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Seattle is one step closer to getting more CCTV cameras installed across the city. SEATTLE - Seattle City Council's Public Safety Committee passed a pair of bills on Tuesday that propose installing more CCTV surveillance across Seattle. This is an...
Washington State Patrol to tackle firearm case backlog with new scientists
KNDU - Washington State
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August 5, 2025
Olympia, WA – The Washington State Patrol (WSP) is addressing a growing backlog of firearms cases at its crime labs in Vancouver, Tacoma, Seattle and Spokane. The backlog reached 955 cases as of July 1, 2025, with a current wait time of 379 days,...
Hospitals in Washington state
The Business Journals
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August 8, 2025
The 29 hospitals on this list have 5,245 staffed beds (adult and pediatric) in Washington state. The online version of this ranking expands beyond what appears in print; another nine hospitals are included in our digital rankings, in addition to...
Washington State Veterans Cemetery at Medical Lake to hold Forgotten Heroes burial Aug. 7
Walla Walla Union-Bulletin - Washington State
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A Forgotten Heroes burial will be at 1 p.m. Aug. 7 in the Washington State Veterans Cemetery, 21702 W Espanola Road, at Medical Lake. Agencies and individuals strive to identify unclaimed veterans to ensure a dignified burial. A Forgotten Heroes...
Mariners vs Mets Prediction, Picks & Odds — Sunday Night Baseball, August 17
Covers
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Photo By - Imagn Images. Mariners SP George Kirby fires a pitch. The Seattle Mariners and New York Mets have split the first two of their three-game set, and the rubber match will be on full display for Sunday Night Baseball. Seattle righty George...