Environment
Cleaning up nuclear waste at Hanford: Secrecy, delays and budget debates
A plan to turn radioactive waste into glass logs has raised a lot of questions, many of which don’t appear to have public answers.
John Stang
John Stang is a freelance writer who often covers state government and the environment. He can be reached on email at johnstang_8@hotmail.com and on Twitter at @johnstang_8
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News
Seattle mental hospital — the third in WA — to begin construction soon
State dollars will take mental health services in a new direction with two projects: a psychiatric hospital near Northgate Mall and a proposed behavioral health center at Harborview.
News
Centralia pot lab may be the first in WA to lose its certification
State officials are investigating suspicious test results, with a focus on the lab’s numbers measuring the potency of marijuana.
Tech
After COVID, brain fog lingers. UW researchers are finding out why
How does a respiratory disease leave victims with brain issues like memory loss, confusion and ‘fogginess’?
Environment
Washington's latest plan to save its endangered orcas: hatch more salmon
With orcas barely hanging on, Republican state Sen. Ann Rivers hopes to determine the viability of a state-funded chinook salmon hatchery in Bellingham.