WASHINGTON—America's growing diversity has reached nearly every state.From South…

Keep children from kindergarten to high school safe this school year by making sure all immunizations are up to date.
"Immunizations are a very safe and effective way to keep children performing at their best and to prevent dangerous diseases, some of which cannot be cured," said Dorothy Teeter, interim director and health officer for Public Health-Seattle & King County.
Besides increasing the risk of getting a disease, a child who is not fully immunized may be excluded from attending school or day care during an outbreak of a vaccine-preventable disease, possibly lasting weeks. An infected child can also spread an illness to others, like those whose immune systems are suppressed, pregnant women or infants.
"In recent years, we've had outbreaks involving schools that could have been prevented with vaccines," said Betsy Hubbard, Public Health's immunization supervisor. "In one measles outbreak, half of the cases involved school age children who were not appropriately immunized. These outbreaks are dangerous and disrupt the lives of local families."

Che'lon McLennan, 9, picks a book Aug. 12 at the fifth annual Educational Resource Street Fair, sponsored by the Peoples Institutional Baptist Church and many other community groups. The fair, which was held between East Yesler Way and East Spruce Street, distributed school supplies to more than 500 students.

The man accused of shooting six women, one fatally, at Seattle's Jewish Federation offices has indicated he wants to plead guilty, his attorney said last week, but a judge continued his arraignment a week to help the attorney determine whether he is competent to make such a plea.
Naveed Afzal Haq is charged with aggravated first-degree murder in the death of Pamela Waechter, 58, director of the Jewish charity's annual fund-raising campaign, and with five counts of attempted first-degree murder in the attack at the federation's downtown offices on July 28.

Akari Jack, 17 months, plays with a hula hoop at the Garfield Campus Field Day on Aug. 11. The…

The Puget Sound Blood Center is sponsoring a joint blood drive and bone-marrow registry on Friday,…

African Americans are twice as likely as Caucasians to suffer a first-time stroke, and the American…

The Washington Transportation Plan Update 2007-2026 is ready for public comment

A Public Open House is coming to Vancouver. Come plan Washington's transportation future!

DETROIT--U.S. District Judge Anna Diggs Taylor ruled Thursday that the U.S. government's warrantless domestic eavesdropping program is not only illegal, but unconstitutional, and ordered an immediate halt to it.

WASHINGTON--On a street once known as Murder Row, a teen center founded to steer youths away from drugs and crime has become an outpost in another crusade -- a nationwide push by anti-abortion activists to expand their foothold in heavily Black and Hispanic inner cities.