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Exploiting the aged and frail in Washington's adult family homes

Part 1: The Owners | Part 2: The Homes | Part 3: The Exodus

"It just breaks my heart that he had to go through that."

STEVE RINGMAN / THE SEATTLE TIMES

At twice-a-day milkings, Jeff Brown uses an iodine solution and a cloth to clean and sterilize his Jersey cows' udders. But cows produce a lot of waste, and central to the raw-milk debate is whether dairy farmers can keep dangerous bacteria under control. Read story

Is raw, unpasteurized milk safe?

Raw milk's supporters are at once modern-day rebels and throwbacks to an older, simpler time. They are health-food aficionados who dismiss the health authorities. There's long been a libertarian streak running through the raw-milk crowd. A Christian one, too. Now it's attracting another demographic entirely: advocates of local food. Dairymen are seizing that opportunity. Five years ago, there were six licensed raw-milk dairies in Washington; today there are 28.

New book dives into the underworld of giant-clam poaching

Proposal to boost oil tax draws foes to Olympia

Bellevue man identified as pilot killed in Morton plane crash

Archive | 1 dead, 1 hurt as plane crashes in front yard of Lewis County house

Free to have health care for all | Danny Westneat

Sidewalk signs in Pioneer Square put businesses, city at odds

State House passes budget without sales-tax increase

Rep. Lynn Kessler wants governor to weigh in on sales tax

Hugs bloom into a behavioral virus at Portland school

nytimes.com | For teenagers, hello means 'how about a hug?' (2009)

Armed robber linked to 2 Seattle heists

Bothell 5th-grader gets big screen role

Hispanic Chamber founder Ernest I.J. Aguilar dies at 90

Interstate 5 bridge retrofits finished early

The King County Health Department wins grant to study tobacco use, obesity

Twisp chief seeks to ban verbal abuse

2nd vessel bought for Kingston passenger run

Rep. Baird remains undecided before health-care vote

How your U.S. lawmaker voted this week

Lewis-McChord Ranger killed in Afghanistan

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Teen arrested after gunshots exchanged near Seattle Center

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USAID Administrator Rajiv Shah outlines priorities, role for business

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Aurora Avenue draws attention to art

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8 teenage girls escape fire at sleepover

5-year-old boy dies after falling into canal

Late run pushes Gonzaga to wild 82-76 win over UNC

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