Gig Harbor is the best place to retire in Washington, according to a nationwide study. For its sixth annual “Best Places to Retire in the U.S.,” SmartAsset, a New York-based financial technology company, measured tax friendliness, the availability of medical care, recreation and social opportunities, and senior populations in each location. Gig Harbor came out
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Many people are of the opinion that when dieting for weight loss, it is all about counting calories. If you want to lose weight, you just eat fewer calories or do extra exercise to burn more calories. That’s it, just one of those two options. But that isn’t true. The idea is, all diets are
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King County will spend $7 million to create two high-volume COVID-19 community vaccination sites, plus multiple mobile teams to serve people at the highest risk of severe illness and death from the virus. That group of high-risk people, classified by the state Department of Health as group B-1 for a phase of vaccinations, includes people
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Tacoma and Seattle are two of the three Washington cities whose residents rank among the most generous in the United States, according to a survey. Vancouver also is in the top 10 most-giving cities based on 12 indicators of 12 key indicators of philanthropy, including from charitable donations, volunteering, and number of food banks. In
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