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Deal reached on what to do about 3rd tank leaking radioactive waste in Eastern WA

Nov. 20—The Department of Energy and Washington state have reached an agreement on steps to address radioactive waste suspected of leaking into the ground from a third storage tank at the Hanford nuclear site in Eastern Washington. Similar to the agreement on the first two huge underground tanks known to be leaking at the nuclear reservation, DOE is not required to immediately empty the tank. ...
News >  Pacific NW

National retailer closing dozens of stores nationwide. 8 in Washington and Oregon

Nov. 20—Virginia-based LL Flooring Holdings is closing its Lumber Liquidators stores nationwide after filing for protection from creditors in U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware in August. That includes four stores in Washington — Kennewick, Seattle, Tukwila and Shoreline — and four in Oregon. LL Stores filed under Chapter 11, listing assets between $500 million and $1 billion, ...
News >  Pacific NW

Senate confirms Rebecca Pennell of Yakima as federal judge

Nov. 20—The U.S. Senate confirmed Judge Rebecca Pennell, a Yakima resident, as a U.S. District Court judge in Washington's Eastern District Wednesday. Pennell has served as a judge in the state Court of Appeals in Spokane since 2016, and is a former federal public defender. Pennell was recommended for the position by Sen. Patty Murray and nominated by President Joe Biden. The appointment is a ...
News >  Nation/World

Speaker Johnson restricts use of Capitol bathrooms by transgender people

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) said Wednesday that transgender individuals would not be allowed into restrooms in the Capitol and House office buildings that do not correspond with their sex assigned at birth, after Democrat Sarah McBride of Delaware became the first openly transgender individual elected to Congress.
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After election, here’s what crisis hotlines in Washington saw

Nov. 20—In the early hours of Nov. 6, as it became clear that Donald Trump was poised to win his reelection bid for the presidency, the LGBTQ+ youth chat and text line for crisis line operator Volunteers of America began lighting up with calls and texts from teenagers. The chat line saw nearly double the number of messages it normally gets during an eight-hour shift. "The queue was backed up, ...
News >  Real Estate

Mortgage rates tick up

The average mortgage interest rate for a standard 30-year fixed mortgage is 6.92%, increasing 0.04 percentage points from last week’s 6.88%, according to Bankrate.
News >  Nation/World

Medicaid may face big cuts and work requirements

With Republicans set to control Washington, conservative lawmakers and policy experts who could advise the next Trump administration are discussing long-sought cuts to Medicaid, the government health program that covers roughly a fifth of all Americans and makes up about 10% of the federal budget.
News >  Pacific NW

Boise area saw its 9th police shooting last week. Officer, suspect identified

The Boise Police Department on Wednesday identified the corporal who shot and injured a suspect last week as Steven Martinez, who joined the department in 2008. Boise police also identified the man who was shot and injured as Gabriel Pope, a 22-year-old who charged at police with a knife, according to a Boise police news release Wednesday. Around 3 p.m. on Nov. 13, a Boise officer stopped a ...
News >  Pacific NW

Judge rules on defense effort to drop death penalty in Bryan Kohberger’s Idaho murder case

Bryan Kohberger, who is charged with murdering four University of Idaho students, can face the death penalty at his trial next summer, the judge in the case ruled. Despite a slew of legal arguments made by Kohberger’s defense team to toss out a death sentence as an option, none moved Judge Steven Hippler to strike it as a possible sentence if a jury finds him guilty. Prosecutors issued their ...
News >  Pacific NW

WA DOH recommends holiday vaccinations

Nov. 20—OLYMPIA — Thanksgiving is a little over a week away, winter holidays will follow closely behind, and the Washington State Department of Health issued a press release reminding residents to get the updated COVID-19, influenza and respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV, vaccines. The vaccines are usually covered by insurance or are available for little to no cost via programs such as ...
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