Washington News Links by Subject

Health

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• Council bans smoking in Tacoma’s public parks (Tacoma News Tribune, October 22, 2009)
• New Benton City Food Bank provides dignity (Tri-City Herald, September 27, 2009)
• Local governments can aid in obesity fight, report says (Seattle Times, September 1, 2009)
• Mid-Columbia domestic violence agency gets boost from stimulus grant (Tri-City Herald, June 21, 2009)
• Puyallup looks to improve walkability in city (Tacoma News Tribune, June 1, 2009)
• Health district says flu outbreak teaches good lesson (Tri-City Herald, May 24, 2009)
• Tri-City food bank hit with higher demand (Tri-City Herald, February 16, 2009)
• Social services face losing critical funding as cuts loom (The Olympian, November 12, 2008)
• Human services: Supply vs. demand in Federal Way (Federal Way Mirror, November 4, 2008)
• County ponders center for homeless (The Daily News, August 11, 2008)
• County commissioners get ball rolling on health services consolidation (Tri-City Herald, March 25, 2008)
• Kennewick cracks down on neighborhood blight (Tri-City Herald, February 17, 2008)
• Clark County plan will boost drug treatment (Seattle Times, January 31, 2008)
• County puts bigger morgue on ice for now (The Daily News, December 31, 2007)
• County to create new department for mental health programs (South Whidbey Record, December 19, 2007)
• Plans set for fighting killer flu epidemic (Everett Herald, November 25, 2007)
• Hospital asks cities, counties to consider ambulance district (Tri-City Herald, November 19, 2007)
• City is taking on trashy yards (Seattle PI, September 16, 2007)
• Cities aim to foster active lives (The Olympian, September 10, 2007)
• Poulsbo health district office faces closure from funding cuts (North Kitsap Herald, August 25, 2007)
• Teaspoon of sewage is whole city's drug test (Seattle Times, August 22, 2007)
• Kennewick City Council to tackle ambulance tax again (Tri-City Herald, August 21, 2007)
• Commissioners approve tax increase for mental health spending (South Whidbey Record, August 8, 2007)
• Young Professionals Say Quality of Life Lacking in Tri-Cities (Tri-City Herald, July 29, 2007)
• Trans Fats May Soon Be Coming Off Local Menus (Seattle Times, July 10, 2007)
• County concerned about possible pandemic (The Columbian, May 24, 2007)
• Stop selling boosted beer, Everett asks (Everett Herald, May 21, 2007)
• Olympia pays workers to shed unhealthy excess pounds (The Olympian, May 17, 2007)
• City, county chip in to expand homeless women's center (Seattle Post Intelligencer, May 8, 2007)
• 4 Eastside cities increase human-services funding (Seattle Times, Jan 27, 2007)