The Eastside has waited a long time for this 6-mile Bellevue-Redmond line. It’s a first step toward joining the Seattle area’s fuller light rail universe. WATCH
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Everett police did not say whether anyone has been arrested or charged in connection with the cases, in which very young children were exposed to...
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The eight-station East Link Starter Line opens 11 a.m. Saturday and will run between the South Bellevue Station park-and-ride and Microsoft's headquarters campus.
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Lake City adds 120 new housing units to combat homelessness among Native people
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Russell Wilson-backed charter school agrees to enforcement plan with WA
Through June 2025, Why Not You Academy charter school will regularly show the state that it has the enrollment and recruitment chops to survive financially.
WA hospitals dread worse financial losses after Change Healthcare hack
A cyberattack on Change Healthcare in February continues to create distressing financial ripple effects among hospitals and health care systems in Washington.
In WA and beyond, a child care crisis is holding parents back VIEW
In Washington and across the U.S., child care programs can be prohibitively expensive, openings can be hard to find, and government assistance is limited.