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Episodes
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'Dead tree after dead tree.' The case of Washington's dying foliage
When Jim and Judy Davis moved to their property in Granite Falls two and a half years ago, the trees in their 25-acre forest were healthy. Then the hemlocks started to turn brown.
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How climate change can affect your mental health
Kim Malcolm talks with Dr. Lise Van Susteren about the emotional toll of climate change.
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'She did what she had to do.' A school board finalist reckons with a complicated past
On Thursday morning last week, a mom asked Emijah Smith for help.
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Washington state confirms third vaping-related lung disease
Health officials have confirmed two more cases of vaping-related lung disease in Washington state.
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Preaching for more diversity at the Washington State Fair
Jordan Dove was facing four other kids in showmanship - all of them white. In fact she was the only person of color in the room.
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Want a peek at our hotter future? Go to Alaska
Alaska, heating up twice as fast as the rest of the world, is the next best/worst thing to a climate-change time machine.
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Developmentally disabled patients stuck in WA psychiatric hospitals with nowhere to go
This January, Carolyn Guinotte took her son Alan to the emergency room because he was unable to go to the bathroom. Alan is 30 years old, autistic and mostly non-verbal. But when it was time for Alan to get out of the hospital, Guinotte and her husband said they couldn’t take him back. “It feels really horrible to say you can’t take your own son back home,” Guinotte said. “But if you can’t provide the care he needs, what’s the point?”
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Proposed golf course near Rainier drives controversy
A decades-old plan to build a resort 11 miles from Mount Rainier’s Longmire entrance has resurfaced. The proposed resort would include a hotel, a conference center and a golf course.
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Man dies in King County holding cell
The King County Sheriff’s Office is investigating how man died after less than an hour in a holding cell.
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Small businesses clash with Seattle Council over health care funding
Some hotel and hospitality companies that would need to pay more for employee health care under a city proposal are saying the Seattle City Council doesn't care about small businesses. The council will vote Monday afternoon on the proposal.
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Utilities get early access to earthquake warning system
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Friday the 13th: Autumn comes knocking