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Communities Kidney connection: A new chance of life from 8-year-old boy Kidney connection: A new chance of life from 8-year-old boy (Video)
By Emily Sinovic, KATU News and KATU.com Staff Published: May 11, 2013 at 4:18 PM PDT Last Updated: May 12, 2013 at 9:20 AM PDT
After 8-year-old Noah Waite-Brown died in a car crash along with his father last month, his family decided to donate his organs. Tammie Mattison, who works at Noah’s school, Columbia Heights Elementary School in Longview, was the recipient of the little boy’s kidney – a gift that overwhelms her.
Communities No more gas masks on Earth Day, just a message No more gas masks on Earth Day, just a message
By KATU.com Staff and Associated Press Published: Apr 19, 2013 at 10:11 PM PDT Last Updated: Apr 26, 2013 at 2:05 PM PDT
Monday is a work day for a lot of folks but it's also a day to appreciate the natural environment we live in and take some time to think about what we, as humans, can do to preserve it for future generations.
Communities Wash. March unemployment rate drops to 7.3 percent
By RACHEL LA CORTE Associated Press Published: Apr 17, 2013 at 1:25 PM PDT Last Updated: Apr 26, 2013 at 2:05 PM PDT
Washington state's unemployment rate dropped to 7.3 percent in March, the lowest rate in more than four years, but the state still saw a net loss of 5,500 jobs from the prior month, according to numbers released Wednesday.
Communities Wash. program issued most fake IDs to CIA Wash. program issued most fake IDs to CIA
By Associated Press Published: Apr 16, 2013 at 9:59 AM PDT Last Updated: Apr 26, 2013 at 2:05 PM PDT
A Washington Department of Licensing program that supplied fake licenses for undercover officers issued the most fake IDs to the Central Intelligence Agency and Defense Department, the Kitsap Sun reported.