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The Washington Traffic Safety Commission is changing its messaging regarding its goal of reducing fatal and serious injury automobile crashes.
The change comes after Washington state in 2023 …
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By Carleen Johnson / The Center Square
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5/17/24
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With years of progressive programs and billions of dollars on the line, supporters and opponents of three Washington ballot measures prepare to bring their campaigns before voters.
After …
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By Carleen Johnson / The Center Square
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5/17/24
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A Cowlitz County jury found Heather Annette Hughes guilty of seven charges Thursday afternoon for her role in supplying a minor for sex in 2017 to a former Longview business owner.
Hughes, …
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Matt Esnayra / The Daily News
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5/17/24
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An impaired driver headed the wrong way on Interstate 5 Thursday night near Woodland died after hitting a Castle Rock driver head on.
All of the lanes in both directions near milepost 26 — …
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By Matt Esnayra / The Daily News
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5/17/24
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A man suspected of stabbing a Clark College employee in a random attack was arrested Thursday morning while sleeping in a stolen car parked about a half-mile from campus, police said.
Vancouver …
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Zane Sparling / oregonlive.com (TNS)
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5/17/24
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Portland police arrested a woman in Southeast Portland after she allegedly fired at her sister’s partner and instead shot her 15-year-old son as he sat in the back seat of her car on Wednesday.
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Tanner Todd / oregonlive.com (TNS)
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5/17/24
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State and federal authorities are asking for the public’s assistance in their investigation of an “unlawful poisoning” of wildlife in Wallowa County, the Oregon State Police said in …
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The Oregonian / oregonlive.com (TNS)
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5/17/24
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A bat captured in a Prosser home this week tested positive for rabies, according to the Benton Franklin Health District.
The district is providing guidance to the person who reported the bat on …
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Annette Cary / Tri-City Herald (TNS)
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5/17/24
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A former Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent has been found guilty of attempted online enticement of a minor after traveling to Othello, expecting to have sex with a 13-year-old girl.
Koby …
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Annette Cary / Tri-City Herald (TNS)
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5/17/24
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SEATTLE — The Washington state Supreme Court overturned a century-old conviction Thursday of a Yakama tribal member who had been prosecuted for hunting, repudiating the conviction and the body …
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David Gutman / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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5/17/24
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A former Spokane bull rider accused of killing his grandmother's nurse because he thought the nurse was responsible for the 9/11 terrorist attacks is unfit to stand trial, court records show.
A …
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Alexandra Duggan / The Spokesman-Review (TNS)
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5/17/24
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WENATCHEE — "Short" and "good."
That's how Washington fruit industry leaders described this year's upcoming northwest cherry harvest.
Northwest Cherries, the organization that …
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Gabriel Garcia / The Wenatchee World (TNS)
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5/17/24
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A 30-year-old Michigan man has been indicted by a federal grand jury on a charge of traveling with intent to engage in a sexual act with a minor after allegedly driving to Mount Vernon to take a …
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By The Skagit Valley Herald (TNS)
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5/17/24
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On a recent cloudy afternoon in Seattle's Sodo neighborhood, Baso Fibonacci dipped the slender tip of his brush into a glob of white gouache and painted the shape of a skull on a scrap of …
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Margo Vansynghel / The Seattle Times / (TNS)
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5/17/24
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A new commercial development is under construction in Tumwater, a city official told The Olympian this week.
Kingswood Commercial, which is under development at Kingswood Drive Southwest at …
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Rolf Boone / The Olympian (TNS)
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5/17/24
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Springtime typically sees increased buyer and seller activity when it comes to houses.
But in Washington state, “Sellers are on strike,” according to Jeff Smart, president of …
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By Carleen Johnson / The Center Square
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5/16/24
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A court challenge over the title of an initiative to the ballot concerning the natural gas phase out in Washington has ended.
Supporters of the measure to repeal House Bill 1589 have been …
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By Carleen Johnson / The Center Square
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5/16/24
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There’s a new list ranking the best state parks in the country and an Oregon coast destination snagged the No. 8 spot.
Time Out, an international travel website, compiled the list and …
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Mims Copeland / oregonlive.com (TNS)
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5/16/24
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The lower Columbia River will reopen for spring chinook salmon fishing this weekend and next, then for nearly a week in early June.
Oregon and Washington met by phone Wednesday and approved …
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Bill Monroe / oregonlive.com (TNS)
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5/16/24
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An unidentified person in Southeast Portland’s Sellwood neighborhood is lucky to be alive after they climbed a PGE tower to take a selfie, possibly touched a 57,000-volt power line and fell 40 …
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Beth Slovic / oregonlive.com (TNS)
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5/16/24
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