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Flouride safety questions still remain
Healthy teeth are an important part of an overall wellness plan for all families. For many cities, adding fluoride to the municipal water supply has been a way to combat...
Hey! Banner year forecast for hay harvest
Hay isn’t just a city in New South Wales, Australia, you know. “Hay is grass, legumes or other herbaceous plants that have been cut, dried, and stored for use as...
Preventing bullying? There’s an app for that!
On top of having to deal with the usual growing pains of developing brains and bodies, many kids and teens also have to cope with repeated aggressive behavior from their...
It’s almost autumn, but fire season not over
Though the Evergreen State is known for lots of rain, summer still means wildfires. This year has seen an unusual number of big wildfires, especially in central Washington. Many residents...
ACT participation and scores keep rising
The Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI) is reporting that Washington’s Class of 2014 have the right to brag about their American College Test scores (ACT). Our state’s...
Inmates pursue GED in hopes of turning lives around
What purpose, jail and prison? Any conversation about incarceration must inevitably morph into the long-standing debate pitting “rehabilitation versus punishment.” One generally accepted truth is that the vast majority of...
Chronic absenteeism: not your father’s hooky
How time flies. Seems like only yesterday, but it’s been a few weeks since the last time we ran across a major study that confirmed what House Democrats have long...
Cannabis legalization, the smart way
Washington state’s legal recreational marijuana system has been somewhat slow to get off the ground. But a new study from the Brookings Institute argues that Washington’s careful, thoughtful, and calculated...
Should every police officer wear a body camera?
The Bremerton Police Department is the latest to consider what’s becoming a trend: police officers on patrol wearing small video cameras. The idea is that cameras protect citizens and officers...
Health care reform in Washington: more care, less money
Sometimes, getting more means paying less. The state Insurance Commissioner’s Office reports that part of health care reform – the 80 / 20 rule – means more money in your...