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Olympia approves hazard pay for some grocery workers

OLYMPIA — Starting next month, large grocery stores in Olympia will be required to pay workers an additional…

FILE - In this March 3, 2021, file photo, a vial of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine is displayed at South Shore University Hospital in Bay Shore, N.Y. With the U.S. pause of the vaccine, authorities are weighing whether to resume the shots the way European regulators decided to -- with warnings of a “very rare” risk. New guidance is expected late Friday, April 23, after a government advisory panel deliberates a link between the shot and a handful of vaccine recipients who developed highly unusual blood clots. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)

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US to resume JJ COVID vaccinations

Advisers decided benefits outweigh a rare risk of blood clot.

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LETTER: Turn signals

I think the roundabout that the Jamestown S’Klallam tribe is proposing on U.S. Highway 101 by the Longhouse…

In this file photo from Jan. 11, 2021, state Rep. Jesse Johnson, D-Federal Way, stands with other members at the beginning of the House session during which legislators were spaced at a social distance in Olympia. Johnson hopes to see the Legislature end qualified immunity for police officers, which would allow them to be sued in state court, and to see it authorize community oversight boards that could have input on local policies and receive complaints about officers. (Steve Ringman/The Seattle Times via The Associated Press)

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Slew of police reform bills head to governor’s desk

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Gray whale could be sick from tracking tag

SEATTLE — Marine mammal biologists and veterinarians are treating and monitoring a gray whale that appears to have…

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Are you planting or planning to plant a summer garden?

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Lummi Nation lead carver Jewell James works on the final details on Monday of a nearly 25-foot totem pole to be gifted to the Biden administration from the Lummi Reservation near Bellingham. The pole, carved from a 400-year-old red cedar, will make a journey from the reservation past sacred indigenous sites before arriving in Washington, D.C., in early June. Organizers said the totem pole is a reminder to leaders to honor the rights of Indigenous people and their sacred sites. (Elaine Thompson/The Associated Press)

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Lummi Nation totem pole making journey to Biden

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Legislature approves Juneteenth as state holiday

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Officials seek new tools to combat invasive giant hornets

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Legislature passes bill to curb lead in school drinking water

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Should more states pass legislation with an eye toward police reform?

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American troops should return from Afghanistan by Sept. 11, President Joe Biden announced. Do you agree, or should U.S. forces remain in the region?

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Are the state’s metrics fair for rolling back Roadmap to Recovery restrictions to Phase 2 for certain counties?

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Three counties face tighter coronavirus restrictions

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This illustration, created at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), reveals ultrastructural morphology exhibited by coronaviruses. Note the spikes that adorn the outer surface of the virus, which impart the look of a corona surrounding the virion, when viewed electron microscopically. A novel coronavirus, named Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), was identified as the cause of an outbreak of respiratory illness first detected in Wuhan, China in 2019. The illness caused by this virus has been named coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).

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WHAT WE KNOW: Coronavirus outbreak at a glance

The latest news on the pandemic, plus symptom information and prevention tips

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LETTER:Opposes dam removal

As a retired native of southeast Alaska who has been active in the fishing industry, I question the…

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LETTER:End violence against women

The month of April is National Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month.

A great client, Karen, has planted numerous types of brassica this last week. Due to her active pet Corgies— who root out any new scent, such as various slug baits, as food — copper mesh has been installed around the border to deter slugs who feast on brassica. (Andrew May/For Peninsula Daily News)

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A GROWING CONCERN: Brassica a winning play for gardeners

THE NATIONAL COLLEGE basketball championship game went down to the final shot, and Baylor defeated the previously undefeated…

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Business groups ask governor not to roll some counties to Phase 2

By Nicholas K. Geranios

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Did you travel for Spring Break, or do you have plans to travel in the next few weeks?

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