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Washington is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States of America. The state is named after George Washington, the first President of the United States. It is the only U.S. state named after a U.S. citizen.
Washington was carved out of the western part of Washington Territory and admitted to the Union as the 42nd state in 1889. In 2006, the Census Bureau estimated the state's population at 6,395,798. Residents are called "Washingtonians" (emphasis on the third syllable, pronounced as tone). Washington is sometimes called Washington state to distinguish it from Washington, D.C., the US capital.
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Staying Safe in a Scary World
Many of today's seniors enjoyed an era where they weren't overly concerned about locking their doors and windows. They were even farther away from a time where they had to exercise genuine caution when talking on the phone or reading their email. Even the Read more...
News for Tacoma Washington from The News Tribune
Getting up close to the underwater world
Mar 21, 2010 5:32 pm
snorkeling: It’s cheap, easy and doesn’t need much gear | ST. JOHN, U.S. Virgin Islands – Let’s call it Diving Lite.
Spring break: You're free, and most of this fun is too
Mar 21, 2010 10:09 am
| With spring break for schools coming in the next few weeks, South Sound families will be looking for some opportunities to get outdoors and play. We’ve got five suggestions for a quic...
Gig Harbor graduate finds niche in an animated world
Mar 21, 2010 8:05 am
Movies: Passion for animation led to career | Greg Brentin realized he had a passion for storytelling while attending Gig Harbor High School in the early 1990s.
Writer explores search for longevity
Mar 21, 2010 8:05 am
greg critser: Book follows look at obesity and prescription drugs | PASADENA, Calif. – “My American pathology trilogy,” Greg Critser calls it: “Fat Land: Ho...
Jodi Picoult considers her writing success ‘a bit of a miracle'
Mar 21, 2010 8:05 am
Novelist: Characters, plots focus on real concerns | She takes none of it for granted. Not the sales figures, the fame, the fortune, the fact that her name pops up on best-seller lists with the fr...
Mar 21, 2010 8:05 am
T.W. Smith brings his ruckus – and his one-of-a-kind bicycles – to Tacoma | Strange things have been happening since T.W. Smith moved to Tacoma last spring: erotically themed H...
Latest news for Seattle Washington from Puget Sound Business Journal
Russians to bid for U.S. air tanker work
Mar 21, 2010 2:52 am
A Russian government-owned aerospace company will enter the bidding for the U.S. Air Forces refueling tanker contract, The Seattle Times reported Saturday. (BA) (NOC)
PeaceHealth may merge with Vancouver nonprofit
Mar 20, 2010 12:31 am
Southwest Washington Health System could become part of the PeaceHealth family of hospitals in as little as six months, depending on the outcome of negotiations now under way between the two medical g...
FAA to expand big in south Seattle; cities drool
Mar 19, 2010 7:13 pm
Dozens of property owners in five small cities south of Seattle are competing for the largest leasing deal in the Puget Sound regions office market in recent months.
Vancouver (USA) combats mistaken identity
Mar 19, 2010 6:17 pm
Vancouver, the fourth-largest city in Washington, is busting out of the shadow of its Canadian twin with a new branding campaign and tourism slogan.
Puget Sound officials ask for fed help for Howard Hanson Dam
Mar 19, 2010 5:17 pm
Puget Sound elected leaders are asking the federal government for $44 million to repair Howard Hanson Dam in King County.
Murray on possible tanker deadline delay: More games
Mar 19, 2010 4:58 pm
U.S. Patty Murray said the U.S. Department of Defense should not extend the bid deadline for tanker refueling airplanes, calling any consideration of an extension more games from a foreign competitor....
Employment slips in 100 biggest markets
Mar 19, 2010 3:58 pm
Private-sector employment declined in January in all of Americas 100 biggest labor markets, according to figures released Friday by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Boeing ramps up 777, 747 production
Mar 19, 2010 3:45 pm
Boeing Co. said it will speed up production of its Everett-built 777s and 747s, citing increasing customer demand in the recovering airplane market. (BA)
REC says Moses Lake suit mostly about money
Mar 19, 2010 3:30 pm
A lawsuit filed by a Moses Lake property owner asking to halt construction of a $688 million expansion to an REC Silicon chemical plant is mostly about money, according to REC officials.
Green jobs in Washington up by a third
Mar 18, 2010 9:45 pm
According to state statistics, the number of green jobs in Washington states private sector grew to about 62,000 last year from slightly more than 47,000 a year earlier.
News for Washington from The Seattle Times
Partial results show French left wins regions vote
Mar 21, 2010 7:49 pm
Partial official results show that France's opposition left handily beat President Nicolas Sarkozy's conservatives in regional elections.
Mar 21, 2010 7:49 pm
Alabama rapper Yelawolf is riding high off the strength of his recent "Trunk Muzik" mixtape (easily Googleable, freely downloadable), and in the middle of a string of firecracker SXSW perfor...
A look at the health care overhaul bill
Mar 21, 2010 7:48 pm
Congressional Democrats have released a final version of President Barack Obama's health care overhaul bill in advance of a House vote planned for Sunday. Some features of the legislation, which makes...
Rep. Baird to vote yes on massive health care bill
Mar 21, 2010 7:46 pm
Democratic Rep. Brian Baird says he will vote yes on his party's massive health care overhaul bill, changing his stance from last fall, when he voted no on the health care proposal.
Giant bluestone sculpture for sale in Catskills
Mar 21, 2010 7:46 pm
Harvey Fite spent 37 years turning an abandoned bluestone quarry in the Catskill Mountains into a strange and striking landscape sculpture. Visitors to Opus 40 walk through rock-wall mazes that swirl ...
Modified health-care bill such a stunning departure
Mar 21, 2010 7:46 pm
Nice to see that while we were gone for about eight weeks, covering the Olympics, our Certified Pre-Owned Congress finally woke up and wrote a radically modified health-care bill that works for everyb...
Johnson and Triche lead Syracuse over Zags, 87-65
Mar 21, 2010 7:45 pm
Wes Johnson wasn't so selfish for a change, and Gonzaga paid dearly.
Israel: No building restrictions in east Jerusalem
Mar 21, 2010 7:43 pm
Israel will not restrict construction in east Jerusalem, Israel's prime minister said Sunday hours before leaving for Washington, despite a clear U.S. demand that building there must stop and a crisis...
Democrats grow confident ahead of health care vote
Mar 21, 2010 7:43 pm
Democratic House leaders predicted Sunday the final tally on President Barack Obama's historic health care bill will meet or exceed the 216 votes required for passage. Still at issue were the votes of...
Mar 21, 2010 7:41 pm
A city inspector sent warnings this month to Cherry Street Coffee House and three other Pioneer Square businesses, saying their sidewalk boards were illegally placed. Two shops said they lost sales af...
