Puyallup police ask voters for new building How a fallen redwood became a symbol that will soon sit on the Gig Harbor waterfrontĮast Pierce Fire responded to 2,500 additional calls this year, asks for levy lid lift Pierce County allocates all COVID-19 funds, but less than a quarter has been spent Navy’Īs staffing woes plague Washington State Ferries, what can be done to right the ship? Shipyards’ commander: ‘…If you are not vaccinated, you will not work for the U.S. Opinion: Why should the threat to Taiwan concern us in WA? | Brunell State ferry temporary schedule changes starting Saturday, Oct. New Sound Transit program helps South King County students learn through the artsĪs pandemic rages on, Spokane health district employees say poor leadership is driving dozens to leave agencyĭrive-up weekday COVID testing opens Monday, Oct.
WaPo Comment: Pastors in ‘Blacked-Robed Regiment’ get history wrongĬomment: Computer model shows lives saved by covid vaccinesĬomment: Aiding child care businesses key to jobs, recoveryĬomment: Domestic violence, abuse is everyone’s concernĬomment: Meager SNAP increase an insult to our nation WaPo Comment: What climate science can learn from forecasters Some Boeing workers protest in Everett over vaccine mandate What we know: Washington coronavirus outbreak at a glanceĪlaska Airlines stalls plan for extra flights in Everett Get ready for La Niña and a soggy winter in Snohomish CountyĪnother housing unit at Monroe prison targeted for closure Union: Community Transit vaccine mandate puts jobs in ‘jeopardy’ Opinion: Cheers & Jeers: Welcome home don’t meddle Opinion: In Our View: Inslee should suspend WA Cares program law
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Washougal physician assistant’s license suspended over COVID actions Inslee, Murray to assess Snake River dam breaching Nooksack Indian Tribe, Whatcom County environmental leaders discuss Tribe’s climate plan Why did thousands of Chinook salmon die this month in the Nooksack River’s South Fork?
expected to loosen border travel restrictions with Canada on Nov. Whatcom County sees 2 more COVID-related deaths, 58 more cases reported Friday Vaccination rates in 2 Whatcom regions under 50%, but health department’s not giving up How Whatcom stands as state vaccination deadline looms Roadside debris is more than litter in Washington state, it’s deadly Here’s what the global supply chain woes will mean for Whatcom holiday shoppers State AG Ferguson leads effort supporting local journalism $500 incentive approved for county employees who received vaccine King County councilmember proposes program to aid transition of Afghan interpreters who served the U.S.
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Seattle schools suspending 142 bus routes because of driver shortageĢ0 federal health care workers to help with COVID in SpokaneĮPA unveils strategy to regulate toxic ‘forever chemicals’ While the coronavirus has killed more than 700,000 in the United States in nearly two years, a more invisible casualty has been the nation’s public health system. State and local public health departments across the country have endured not only the public’s fury, but widespread staff defections, burnout, firings, unpredictable funding and a significant erosion in their authority to impose the health orders that were critical to America’s early response to the pandemic. Why Public Health Faces a Crisis Across the U.S. Continue reading at The Spokesman Review. Care for a 4-year-old costs a yearly average of $11,051 in Washington and $6,454 in Idaho. In Idaho, with the nation’s lowest minimum wage, infant care still costs about as much as college tuition, an average of $7,474 a year. In Washington, child care for an infant under age 1 costs an average of $14,554 a year while college costs $6,830, according to the Economic Policy Institute, a Washington, D.C., think tank. Democrats in Congress want to change that.
(Steve Ringman)Ĭhild care costs more than college in Washington. Jay Inslee’s vaccine mandate for government workers. Last week, Washington’s public universities rushed to reconcile the vaccination statuses of their workers, and got ready to cut ties with those who miss Monday’s deadline to comply with Gov. Employee vaccination rates are high at Washington state’s public universitiesĪt WSU and the state’s five other institutions of higher learning, the vaccination rate for employees as of midweek last week was high - ranging from 88% (at least partially vaccinated) on the low end at WSU to 98% on the high end at the University of Washington and The Evergreen State College.
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