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'An egregious violation': WA sues Navy for dumping toxic paint into Puget Sound
The copper-based paint repels barnacles — but it could add up to a larger environmental cost.
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Challenging the "new normal" in the wildfire-ravaged Methow Valley
Summers of fire and smoke are forcing some Eastern Washington families to live with disaster. But local students are marching for a future when they won't have to.
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Youth suicides are up in WA. Can the state help?
In the two-plus decades since teen suicide prevention made a major impact, a new wave of deaths is prompting new approaches to the problem.
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Same-day voter registration is coming to WA. Can the state's new system cope?
An upgrade hasn't gone perfectly, but a new law allowing voters to register as late as Election Day will take hold regardless.
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These very hungry caterpillars are eating WA forests — and fueling wildfires
Tussock moth caterpillars are stripping fir trees throughout the state. To keep our trees healthy, the U.S. Forest Service is fighting back with a spray-on virus straight out of sci-fi.