‘Where does it stop?’ Workers speak out about cuts to VA services in Puget Sound region
Sen. Patty Murray heard from federal workers and contractors affected by recent Department of Veterans Affairs funding freezes and staff cuts.
'Undue stress and devastation' at Washington's VA facilities due to federal firings
Future Zhou is a U.S. Army veteran and a former inventory management specialist at VA Puget Sound before he found out he had ...
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Puget Sound Naval Shipyard workers fear morale drop as Trump's order ends DEI initiatives
An image of the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard (PSNS) in Bremerton. (KOMO News) TOPICS: PUGET SOUND, Wash. — One of President Donald Trump's executive orders is expected to have a large impact on ...
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Former and current VA staffers in Washington state are stunned and angry about the mass firings that continue to sweep through federal agencies. The pod of Bigg’s killer whales visited Elliott ...
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Google to exit Fremont offices, consolidate Seattle workforce in South Lake Union
It was not immediately clear when Google plans exit Fremont, nor what its future plans are in Kirkland, where it restarted construction last fall at its Kirkland Urban campus after pausing the ...
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Snow flurries prompt early dismissals and virtual meetings in south Puget Sound schools
PUGET SOUND, Wash. — It wasn't a full snow day, but a shortened day for some school students in south Puget Sound. The snow started falling in Oregon and moved right up the I-5 corridor through ...
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Return of the hydrofoil: Puget Sound passenger ferries in the works
A flying ferry sounds like a flight of fancy, but it may soon be the way some waterborne commuters get across Puget Sound. Two local endeavors are aiming to build passenger-only boats with ...
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Full ferry service returning to Puget Sound for summer 2025, Washington Gov. Ferguson says
RELATED: 'Mosquito Fleet Act' could bring small ferries to more Puget Sound communities Bringing the ferry system to pre-pandemic levels will come at the sacrifice of upgrading two of the state's ...
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As the VA celebrates 100 years of medical research, the very people doing that job are being fired
At the VA Puget Sound Health Care System in Seattle, Washington, eight researchers were recently let go, prompting a fiery response from Sen. Murray who blamed Trump and Elon Musk for deciding to ...
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Plan for moving VA hospital to UNR campus still a go, although with smaller footprint
UNR had already identified 40 acres north of campus that it would sell to the VA. The smaller amount of land is an even better scenario for UNR, Sandoval said. Last year, UNR confirmed it is the ...
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VA to lay off more than 76,000 employees, leaked memo says, amid 2nd wave of Trump firings
The memo, sent by VA Chief of Staff Christopher Syrek to undersecretaries, assistant secretaries, and other top officials at the apartment, sets out a goal to return its staffing to 2019 levels of ...
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New housing, pedestrian bridge, sports fields and more approved for SPSCC campus
The main campus of South Puget Sound Community College in Olympia will see a number of improvements in the coming years. That’s because on Monday the city’s Hearing Examiner Mark Scheibmeir approved a ...