Washington state's Premera Blue Cross members have two weeks until a contract with MultiCare Health Systems expires, removing their access to around 1,000 health care providers statewide.
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Tim Clouser / The Center Square
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5/17/24
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Efforts to convince Washington state voters to reject three initiatives on the ballot this fall are in full swing.
Initiative 2117 would repeal the state’s Climate Commitment Act, …
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By Carleen Johnson / The Center Square
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5/17/24
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Last month, Washington state Gov. Jay Inslee announced a $50 million electric vehicle rebate program through the state Department of Commerce to be implemented later this year and early next year …
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By TJ Martinell / The Center Square
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5/17/24
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Jesse Lee Calhoun, identified last year as a person of interest in a series of suspicious deaths of women in Oregon, has been indicted in three of the killings as detectives continue to investigate …
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Zane Sparling, Maxine Bernstein / oregonlive.com (TNS)
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5/17/24
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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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