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New state rules could expand public broadband in rural WA
A proposal from Washington's Public Works Board would limit the power of private companies' objections to stall public broadband projects.
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Culture
How Washington gave the world flying saucers and 'men in black'
On this episode of Mossback's Northwest [https://crosscut.com/mossbacks-northwest], a look at what happened on June 24, 1947, when a pilot flew near Mount Rainier.
Mossback
Mossback's Northwest: Before the Kraken, what lurked in the Salish Sea?
Area waters have a history of monster sightings, many of them way stranger than Bigfoot.
Environment
Climate change takes a toll on Seattleites' mental health
Some residents are experiencing a new kind of distress in response to flooding, air pollution and other ecological events linked to climate change.
Politics
Gov. Inslee declares end to COVID emergency in Washington state
More than two years after the order took effect, the governor's special authority to combat the pandemic is over — even as the virus remains.