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 Sara Seelmeyer, food security program manager at United Way of King County, said hunger was an issue before COVID-19, but the pandemic exacerbated the food insecurity that continues today. The crisis has disproportionately increased food insecurity of Black, Indigenous and other people of color. "Kids in low-income families benefit from and rely on free and reduced-price school meals program during the school year," said Seelmeyer. "Summer can be an... Continues... Friends don't let friends rely on social media.
Coronavirus COVID-19 Review
Larger news organizations are better equipped than we to follow the coronavirus-COVID-19 emergency; here are just a few:
• Seattle Times
• Washington Post
• Safe Food Handling
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News & Commentary PreviewOLYMPIA – Washington’s economy added 8,300 jobs in May and the state’s preliminary seasonally adjusted monthly unemployment rate fell slightly to 5.3 percent from April to... Continues...
OLYMPIA – Washington’s economy added 11,200 jobs in April and the state’s preliminary seasonally adjusted monthly unemployment rate stayed constant at 5.5 percent from... Continues...
OLYMPIA – Washington’s economy added 23,100 jobs in March and the state’s preliminary seasonally adjusted monthly unemployment rate decreased from 5.6 percent in February to... Continues...
Oregon Public Broadcasting has produced an easily understood explanation of the concept and how it could help return us all to a normal routine. Follow the link to view the video.
OLYMPIA – Washington’s economy added 1,000 jobs in October and the state’s preliminary seasonally adjusted monthly unemployment rate for October decreased from 8.3 percent... Continues...
Reader PerspectivesRees Clark 30-Mar-2021 Kindly share...
 Site Admin 09-Mar-2020 Stay informed about COVID-19 with the latest from King-Seattle Health Department. www.kingcounty.gov Frank Alexander 12-Jul-2019 ? for the HR dept.: If Dir. of Nat'l. Intelligence Dan Coats leaves and Tr*mp replaces him with yet another acting director, can there be any hope that that person will truly act intelligently? Edson Romero 13-Mar-2019 Just brought my company LER Web Services to Seattle from Miami Lakes. We hope you welcome us with questions. Sasha McGuire 15-Jul-2013 Getting excited to travel to Woodinville Lavender and seeing and smelling a field of lavender!
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The ConversationComments on news articles, commentaries and other features. Click Forums above for more. rees - Mar 28, 2020, 7:08 PM I don't often agree with Kim Jung-un, but the past few days the word "dotard" has been bouncing around in my mind.
The idea of picking and choosing "safe" counties is so ludicrous... rees - Mar 28, 2020, 6:17 PM It seems pretty clear our response capability has been allowed to atrophy. IMHO the Ds slacked off, but the Rs just don't care. rees - Mar 28, 2020, 6:14 PM Tr*mp Grandstanding Again. This time it was at the departure of the hospital ship Comfort enroute New York. No need for his presence; it just delayed the departure. I'm guessing he... rees - Mar 28, 2020, 6:11 PM Pres. Tr*mp has from the start made this too much about himself. Agree or Disagree? rees - Mar 27, 2019, 12:10 PM South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg seems very rational so far, but should he be elected, I'm a little concerned about the danger from flying bone shards as the heads of some of my... Inside...Directory Preview
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Mauna Loa CO2 Count
The graphic below shows the long term trend in CO2 concentrations 1958 to the present at Mauna Loa on the island of Hawaii. The dispersion of red dots shows monthly deviations from the long term trend. CO2 concentration is thought to be an indicator of global climate change.
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