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Details: Written by CARLA K. JOHNSON AP Medical Writer; Published: 04 February 2020

In this photo taken Jan. 23, 2020, Robin Addison, a nurse in the Emergency Department and co-lead of the Biocontainment Evaluation and Specialty Treatment Team at Providence Regional Medical Center, poses for a photo with a protective helmet and face shield in Everett, Wash.

The unidentified man fell sick after returning home from a visit to China and was admitted to an Everett, Wash. hospital on Jan. 20

Details: Written by ANDREW SELSKY Associated Press; Published: 03 February 2020

Opponents of the cap and trade bill plan to rally at the Oregon State Capitol on Thursday

Details: Written by The Skanner News; Published: 02 February 2020

A study from the nonprofit Go Safe Labs found 124 accidents last year at I-205 Glenn L. Jackson Memorial Bridge over the Columbia River

Details: Written by Saundra Sorenson; Published: 30 January 2020

Kymberly Horner, executive director PCRI sits at the head table at The Skanner Foundation MLK Breakfast on Jan. 20, 2020 (photo by Julie Keefe)

The Skanner speaks with Kymberly Horner who succeeds Maxine Fitzpatrick’s 25-year tenure at housing nonprofit

Details: Written by The Skanner News; Published: 29 January 2020

Funds from the EPA grants will help states create or expand programs to test for lead in drinking water at schools and child care facilities

Details: Written by The Skanner News; Published: 29 January 2020

The amendment would allow for real estate transfer taxes, which are assessed when property changes ownership with the money raised going to fund affordable housing

Details: Written by Saundra Sorenson; Published: 24 January 2020

PCC campuses each have a Panther Pantry to combat food insecurity for their students, and to help students apply for SNAP.  (photo by Saundra Sorenson)

The majority of PCC students are food insecure, with up to 15% homeless

Details: Written by Nicholas K. Geranios Associated Press; Published: 23 January 2020

Republican Rep. Matt Shea speaks at a gun-rights rally, Friday, Jan. 17, 2020, in Olympia, Wash. (AP Photo/Rachel La Corte)

Republican Rep. Matt Shea was suspended from the Republican caucus in the wake of a December report that found he was involved in anti-government activities and several lawmakers have called on him to resign, something he says he will not do

Details: Written by The Skanner News; Published: 22 January 2020

Toksook Bay, AK (photo census.gov)

Census takers begin counting remainder of 220 remote Alaska villages as part of national headcount

Details: Written by By Martha Gies; Published: 21 January 2020

Master of Ceremony Tony Jones (photo by Kenyon Wolfe)

The awards are given to people whose service embodies the values of Dr. King, who used nonviolence, civil disobedience, and Christian teaching to advance the cause of civil rights in America