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Betsy Ross Hall, Pierce County's first residence for homeless female veterans, held an open house at the Washington State Soldiers' Home in Orting recently. Friends, family, and local Lakewood community members rally to support Jose Robles at Lakewood Police Department and City Hall in getting an official signature on his U visa form that would stall his deportation that is currently set for Thursday.
Washington may shift many of its mental health services from aging state hospitals in Spokane and Pierce counties to smaller facilities across the state. Gov. Jay Inslee called Friday for a five-year "major transformation" of the state system, in order that patients who are committed involuntarily for treatment by the courts can get those services closer to home.
A spokesman for the local sheriff's office told reporters at the scene there were "multiple" deaths but did not have a specific number to report. A still image from a video camera shows an Amtrak train that derailed on a bridge over a highway in Pierce County WASHINGTON: An Amtrak passenger train derailed on a bridge over a major highway in Washington state on Monday morning, sending part of the train crashing down onto Interstate 5 and killing several passengers, authorities said.
Election night 2016 may go down as one of the most bewildering of our lifetimes, as slippery as a banana peel and fruitless for anyone trying to draw a singular message from it. But if one lesson can be gleaned, it is this: The unrest in our country runs deeper than most observers thought.