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‘Emergency’ or Not, Covid Is Still Killing People. Here’s What Doctors Advise to Stay Safe.

KFF Health News Jan. 19 2024 9 minutes read

Thousands of people are still dying of covid, but government has mostly handed over responsibility to the people to weather the seasonal surges with their own strategies.

Prisoners would get to vote under bill backed by formerly incarcerated WA lawmaker

Washington State Standard Jan. 18 2024 7 minutes read

“We’re not all Gary Ridgway,” one prisoner told legislators after a Republican skeptic of the bill brought up the infamous serial killer.

Why did Alaska Airlines Flight 1282 have a sealed-off emergency exit in the first place? The answer comes down to money

The Conversation Jan. 18 2024 5 minutes read

A commercial pilot turned management expert and author of ‘The Next Crash: How Short-Term Profit Seeking Trumps Airline Safety,’ explains the economics behind the near-deadly disaster.

Snow or 'wintry mix' forces cancellations

Anacortes Now Jan. 17 2024 1 minute read

The school district has cancelled classes and the city cancelled trash pickup today.

Washington’s latest daylight saving time proposal would mean earlier summer sunsets

Washington State Standard Jan. 17 2024 5 minutes read

A bill up for debate in Olympia calls for clocks to no longer “spring ahead” in March and for Pacific Standard Time to remain in effect year-round.

Police Blotter, January 5 - 11, 2024

Anacortes Police Jan. 16 2024 4 minutes read

Anacortes Police and Medics attended to a motorist apparently passed out in his vehicle on Commercial Ave.

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