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  Food bank, meal program visits in Seattle soar following SNAP cuts

  The supplemental food assistance program, also known as SNAP, ran out of funding on Nov. 1, after the Trump administration said it paused the program due to the government shutdown. In response to the court orders, the administration said the program will be partially funded. Meanwhile, Seattle-area food banks are seeing a jump in visits, as SNAP recipients scramble for ways to cover the loss.

  • Noel Gasca
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  WA voters might say yes to amending the state constitution this fall. Here's why

  There might be only one thing the socialist alt-weekly The Stranger and the libertarian think tank the Washington Policy Center agree on this election season, and it’s at the very beginning of your Nov. 4 ballot.

  • Scott Greenstone
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  A life-saving machine developed in the 1970s is finding renewed purpose post-pandemic

  Heart and lung bypass machines have been around for more than 50 years. For much of that time they were used primarily to help patients survive while they waited for an organ transplant. But in the last 10-15 years, and especially since Covid, they are being used as a last-ditch effort to stabilize patients whose lungs or hearts are failing.

  • Stephen Howie
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  Abortion by mail is on the rise, even in states like Washington where it remains legal

  In Washington and 17 other states where abortion is still legal, telehealth orders for abortion medication have doubled since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in 2022.

  • Eilís O'Neill
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  'I don’t sleep well at night.' Washington’s rural hospitals brace for Medicaid cuts, possible closures

  When changes to the federal Medicaid program take effect in about a year, rural hospitals could face closures, leaving people to drive an hour or more to the next closest options.

  • Eilís O'Neill
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  This outdoor fight club in Gig Harbor delivers more than punches

  Hidden deep in the woods near Gig Harbor is a makeshift cage lined with plywood topped by chain-link fence, where fighters and boxers face off on a square of worn artificial turf. Welcome to The Scrapyard, a backyard fight club that attracts local fighters and millions of fans online.

  • Casey Martin
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  Washington won’t have any free Covid shots for the uninsured until mid-October

  Washington state has a program for uninsured people to get free vaccines. But that program doesn’t yet have any of the latest Covid boosters, and they’re not expected until mid-October.

  • Eilís O'Neill
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  'Vaccines are the best protection we have.' West Coast states issue their own guidance ahead of feds

  The alliance released its recommendations just ahead of the CDC’s vaccine advisory committee meeting this week; that committee plans to discuss and vote on new Covid vaccine guidelines on Friday.

  • Eilís O'Neill
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  Seattle’s Fred Hutch marks 50 years of groundbreaking cancer research

  The Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center is celebrating a big birthday Friday. The center opened its doors 50 years ago, on Sept. 5, 1975. Since then it has evolved from a scrappy lab doing what some considered risky science into one of the top cancer centers in the world.

  • Gabriel Spitzer
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  Confused about your eligibility for the Covid shot? In Washington state, you’re covered

  Thanks to a standing order signed by the state health officer Thursday, anyone in Washington state can get the Covid-19 vaccine without consulting their doctor.

  • Eilís O'Neill

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