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More than 20,000 respirator masks sent for state residents dealing with heavy smoke, wildfires
Q13 FOX News reporterState health officials sent more than 20,000 respirator masks to areas where residents are dealing with heavy, hazardous smoke from wildfires in central and eastern Washington, the Department of Health said Friday. The Kittitas County Public Health...Tags: Disasters and Accidents, Fires, Conservation, Charity, Landforms
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Governor bans all outdoor burning east of Cascades; smoke remains a concern
Q13 Fox News reporterGov. Chris Gregoire on Friday night amended an emergency proclamation to include a ban on all outdoor and agricultural burning for all counties east of the Cascades until midnight Tuesday. “With more warm, dry weather expected – the potential...Tags: Fines, Government, Injuries and Wounds, Lungs and Airways, Punishment
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Wildfires a risk west of the Cascades, too
Q13 FOX News reporterAs fires rage near Wenatchee, a dry past couple of months have turned the possibility of wildfires into a reality on the west side of the Cascades. A section of grass adjacent to State Route 167 near Puyallup went up in flames Saturday. Authorities don't...Tags: Wildfires
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Gov. Gregoire declares State of Emergency after wildfires
Gov. Chris Gregoire signed an emergency proclamation on Thursday declaring a State of Emergency for all counties east of the crest of the Cascades. The move will deploy additional state resources, including air support from Washington’s National...
Tags: Regional Authority, Government, Natural Resource Industry, Conservation, Energy Resources
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Gov. Gregoire's tenants are McKenna supporters
Q13 FOX News OnlineWe're pretty sure that Gov. Chris Gregoire doesn't have a clause in her lease that specifies that you have to be aligned with one political party rather than another. But then, we're also guessing that the governor might have been a bit surprised at...Tags: Regional Authority, Government, Elections, Rental Service, Politics
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Federal judge issues preliminary injunction against Washington state law on online sex ads
Q13 Fox News OnlineU.S. District Court Judge Ricardo Martinez on Friday issued a preliminary injuction against a new Washington state law intended to force Backpage.com and other Web sites to verify the age of people who place online classified sex ads. On March 29, Gov....Tags: Social Media, Google Inc., Prostitution, Trials, Online Advertising
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Three minor girls file lawsuit against Backpage.com, allege site forced them into underage prostitution
Q13 FOX News OnlineA lawsuit was filed Monday in Pierce County Superior Court on behalf of three teenage girls against Backpage.com. The lawsuit contends the girls were advertised and sold as prostitutes for the website’s “escort” service. Two of the...Tags: Sex Crimes, Crime, Law and Justice, Justice System, Prostitution, Trials
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Feds Should Allow Medical Marijuana
Starting on Oct. 1, medical marijuana will be legal in Connecticut. Although our state's medical marijuana law was carefully designed to minimize the risk of federal invention, the legal reality is that the federal government can still prosecute anyone...
Tags: Lincoln Chafee, LSD, Food and Drug Administration, South Windsor, University of Connecticut
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Primary results: Inslee and McKenna to face off in November for governor
Q13 Fox News political analystFormer Democratic Congressman Jay Inslee and state Attorney General Rob McKenna won the top two spots in Washington's gubernatorial primary election Tuesday and will face off in November in what is expected to be one of the closest races for governor in...Tags: Government, Primaries, Republican Governors Association, Doc Hastings, Jaime Herrera
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Local politicians react to high court's healthcare ruling
Q13 FOX News OnlinePoliticians in Washington State got to work Thursday responding to the Supreme Court’s 5-4 decision upholding the constitutionality of President Obama’s Affordable Care Act (ACA). The high court ruled the individual mandate requiring people...Tags: Health, Crime, Law and Justice, Business, Justice System, Prescription Drugs
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Super Guppy arrives in Seattle with first piece of shuttle trainer
Q13 FOX News reporterNASA's oddly-shaped Super Guppy cargo plane landed in Seattle on Saturday afternoon, carrying the first section NASA's old full-scale space shuttle trainer, which was purchased recently by the Museum of Flight. It looked like something from the future,...Tags: Technology, Aerospace Manufacturing, Science and Technology, Museums, Arts and Culture
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Governor chastises Western Washington University for faculty pay increases
Q13 Fox News OnlineGov. Christine Gregoire sent a letter to the president of Western Washington University blasting the decision to give “significant” pay raises to the faculty at the same time the school is raising tuition 16% on students and parents. In...Tags: Government, Education, Career and Workplace, Teaching and Learning, Colleges and Universities
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