Sometime in 1987, I think, I accidentally got to hear Toni Morrison read at a private gathering.
I was a neophyte assistant at a large publisher in New York City. A sympathetic editor had offered …
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7/30/20
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As the second quarter of 2020 came to a close, scientists and economists surveyed the impact of SARS-CoV-2, the coronavirus that causes COVID-19, on the health and economy of the United …
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7/30/20
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A June 17 Washington State revenue forecast projected an $8.8 billion drop in tax collections over the next three years. Gov. Jay Inslee canceled pay raises the same day for some state employees and …
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7/30/20
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Firefighters discovered the bodies of Ted Ralston, 71, and Joanna Gormly, 73, in the basement of their burning home on Vaughn Bay the evening of May 17. They also discovered evidence the two had been murdered and that accelerants were used to start the fire and cover the crime.
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6/26/20
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I was already in southern Turkey on my way to Syria when the Gulf War began in earnest in January 1991. I’d been unsuccessfully …
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6/26/20
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Father, husband, coach and a driving force behind the enduring …
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5/29/20
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When this whole thing started, the family indulged in these long, elaborate breakfasts since there was no place anyone had to be, …
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5/29/20
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It’s not taxable, it’s not a loan, and it’s not an advance on a future refund. And if your income drops this year, you might get more next year. President Donald …
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5/1/20
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As people struggle to make ends meet in a shattered economy, leaders and researchers look for a way out. At a press briefing April 14, state Secretary of Health John …
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5/1/20
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Although the 2020 regular session just adjourned, a special session to address the damaged state economy may be coming soon. The Washington State Legislature adjourned its …
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5/1/20
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While most consumers search for scarce necessities, others buy up everything they can find to …
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3/27/20
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All but three Democratic candidates dropped out of the race before the election deadline, but the total vote spread between them and President Trump was narrow.
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3/27/20
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In August 1984, I was in the summer term of my junior year at college in New York City, working part-time and starting chemotherapy for lymphoma. …
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3/27/20
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The exponential rise of coronavirus cases in Washington has experts worried. Slowing the spread means “flattening the curve” to reduce a …
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3/26/20
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You know you don’t like it, but do you know how it works? Washington state property tax is one of the most complicated in the nation…
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3/1/20
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I don’t remember what time it was, if I ever knew, but I do remember sitting at the bar holding up a guy I’d never seen before who’d draped his …
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3/1/20
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After successfully lobbying for a change in state law, KPFD 16 is exploring options to expand healthcare and save money.
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3/1/20
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Sailor, salvage officer and 100-ton master’s license captain Katy Stewart of Wauna will compete in her fifth consecutive race to Alaska, known as the R2AK,
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2/1/20
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The Key Center Library will host an exhibit in February of photographs from Yemen taken by the late photojournalist Luke Somers. Somers, who lived in Palmer Lake from 2009 to 2011, was abducted by al-Qaida …
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2/1/20
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I don’t like talking to strangers. You never know what they’re going to say. I can do it if I have to — it’s part of being a writer, after all …
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1/2/20
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