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University food pantries aim to provide food assistance to students
Jennie Cecil Moore
The College and University Food Bank Alliance fights student hunger. Since 2014, its membership has doubled, with almost 400 campuses participating.
Tech CEOs, most of whom opposed Trump, will meet with president-elect
Spencer Platt/Getty Images
President-elect Trump has invited the chief executives of the nation’s largest tech companies to meet on Wednesday in Trump Tower. Silicon Valley was overwhelmingly opposed to Trump’s candidacy, but it’s dependent on Washington on several key issues. Click the above audio player to hear the full story.
Washington race puts a spotlight on state’s future: coal or timber?
Eilis O'Neil
Candidates debate how to bring jobs back to a local port facility.
Battling frost in Washington’s blueberry heartland
Anna King/Northwest News Network
Blueberries are budding in a warm spring, but frosty nights can take a hefty toll
Local Money: The high costs of a crumbling bridge
Why Washington state and Oregon paid a steep price to fix a bridge that remains in serious disrepair.
In Northwest, fire officials are accepting volunteers
The experiment could be a model for managing disasters with limited resources.
The case for calling wildfires natural disasters
Washington's governor, U.S. Forest Service are asking for some federal relief.
Toxic algae bloom endangers Washington livelihoods
State's Dungeness fishery has kept its crab pots idle for weeks.
There are 14,000 lobbying groups in Washington
Thirty-five of them focus on dairy. Why? “We have to tell our story."
High times in Washington and Colorado
As of today, both states offer retail marijuana sales. But how do they differ?

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