Pentagon takes $89M from Naval Base Kitsap for border wall
The Defense Department is diverting funding for an $89 million pier project at Naval Base Kitsap in Bangor to help build $3.6 billion in fencing and barriers along the U.S. border with Mexico. Read more in the Everett Herald
WATCH: Western Washington University to honor Holocaust survivor with genocide studies minor
Students at Western Washington University can minor in Holocaust and Genocide Studies with a new program being offered starting this fall quarter, the university announced Wednesday, Sept. 4. Read and watch more in the News Tribune
WATCH: Thousands of Washington students start school without stable housing
Tens of thousands of students from kindergarten to 12th grade across Washington struggle with the hardships of being homeless. Many students started school on Wednesday. For both parents and students, this alone can be stressful, but for thousands in our area, they also deal with the difficulties of not having a stable place to live. Read and watch more on Q13 News
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Pentagon takes $89 million from Navy pier project at Bangor to help fund border wall
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KING5 TV (NBC)
Parents protest new uniform policy at Everett elementary school
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KIRO7 TV (CBS)
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King County, Seattle leaders propose regional authority to fight homelessness
KOMO4 TV (ABC)
Sound Transit: No tickets for students on first day of school
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Federal Interior Department official who pushed Arctic drilling joins oil company in Alaska
Congress promised student borrowers a break. Education Department rejected 99% of them
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Seattle teachers making starting salary spend 75% of income on rent, study finds
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