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Mutilated, injected and forced to kill or be killed: Roosters raised for the blood sport of cockfighting face a hellish life.
"Usually after a fight, they just throw them away. I've seen …
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Questen Inghram / Yakima Herald-Republic (TNS)
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5/15/24
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A fire swept through the beach grass at Pacific Beach State Park on Saturday, destroying about two acres, after a campfire on the beach spread.
Grays Harbor Fire District 8, with assistance from …
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5/15/24
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Gov. Jay Inslee visited a forested site above the south end of Lake Whatcom on Tuesday, praising state and local officials for their efforts to fight climate change through land preservation.
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Robert Mittendorf / The Bellingham Herald (TNS)
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5/15/24
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Once the Billy Frank Jr. statue is installed in the National Statuary Hall in the United States Capitol in Washington D.C., in 2025, sculptor Haiying Wu will be the first Chinese-American to have a …
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By Dylan Reubenking/dylan@yelmonline.com
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5/14/24
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A man accused of plying his daughter’s sleep-over friends with sedative-laced smoothies must be monitored by GPS tracking, a Clackamas County judge ruled Monday.
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Noelle Crombie / oregonlive.com (TNS)
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5/14/24
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Killer in Oregon beat, strangled girlfriend’s father and then went on family vacation; gets 19 years
Zachary Hackman jogged down the Seaside beach, scooping up sand dollars and tossing them into the waves on a vacation with his girlfriend’s family in October 2022.
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5/14/24
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SEATTLE — As Darcy Batura often wanders Cle Elum Ridge, she cherishes the ponderosa pine bark glowing red in the sunshine, releasing a sweet aroma that permeates the forest. A blanket of lupine …
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Isabella Breda / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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5/14/24
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A Riverside Elementary School paraeducator and high school coach admitted to recording himself engaging in sex acts with underage boys and sending the videos to other children, court records say.
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Alexandra Duggan and Elena Perry / The Spokesman-Review (TNS)
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5/14/24
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OLYMPIA — Drama that ensued last week when three people named Bob Ferguson all filed to run for Washington's governorship appeared to have settled down Monday when two of the trio of Bobs …
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Ellen Dennis / The Spokesman-Review (TNS)
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5/14/24
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Yakima police are investigating the shooting death of a 71-year-old man during a dispute Saturday afternoon.
The accused shooter, a 27-year-old man, is not in custody, according to a YPD news …
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Donald W. Meyers / Yakima Herald-Republic (TNS)
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5/14/24
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Washington recorded another grim milestone this week, with numbers from the Washington Traffic Safety Commission showing yet another year of increasing fatalities on the state's roads.
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Nicholas Deshais / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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5/14/24
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SEATTLE — The evening of May 31, 2019, a troubled 26-year-old man and an Auburn police officer with a violent history came together in a fateful, fatal 67-second encounter outside a …
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Mike Carter / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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5/14/24
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Like a thief in the night, the aurora borealis arrived suddenly — and seemingly unannounced, if you weren't paying close attention — across the upper half of the globe this past weekend.
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5/14/24
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Friday marks the sixth day of Boeing firefighters being locked out by the aerospace company in a contract dispute.
Negotiations between Boeing and the International Association of Fire Fighters …
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By Carleen Johnson / The Center Square
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5/14/24
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At a Monday morning press conference regarding the results of the state’s Climate Commitment Act, Gov. Jay Inslee sought to make a thinly veiled case for why voters should reject an initiative …
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By TJ Martinell / The Center Square
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5/14/24
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Gun crime trends in unincorporated Pierce County have officials worried.
According to data presented to the Pierce County Public Safety Committee, in 2024, there have been 58 crimes …
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By Spencer Pauley / The Center Square
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5/14/24
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Liv Osthus came to Portland in 1996 because she didn’t know where else to go.
After graduating from Williams College in Massachusetts, the aspiring writer and musician couldn’t …
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Douglas Perry / oregonlive.com (TNS)
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5/13/24
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Rainiers fans rejoice: Cheney Stadium, home of Tacoma's Minor League Baseball team, is getting a major cash infusion thanks to a state grant.
The City Council adopted a resolution May 7 …
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Simone Carter / The News Tribune (TNS)
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5/13/24
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Melinda French Gates announced Monday she is resigning from her role as co-chair of the Seattle-based Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
“This is not a decision I came to lightly,” …
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Vonnai Phair / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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5/13/24
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A former probation officer in Pierce County is accused of having a sexual relationship with a client who was assigned to him.
Prosecutors have charged Mario Joseph Tropiano, 39, with three …
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Puneet Bsanti / The News Tribune (TNS)
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5/13/24
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