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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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The Washington Interscholastic Activities Association released the results of voting from its Representative Assembly on Monday morning, and girls flag football was not made a sanctioned sport in the …
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The Seattle Times (TNS)
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5/13/24
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The Washington State Patrol on Monday issued a Missing Indigenous Person Alert (MIPA) for Cayla Rosario, 24, of Bellingham.
According to the alert, friends last heard from Rosario on April 11. …
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By The Bellingham Herald (TNS)
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5/13/24
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A man who was severely injured last summer when his legs went through the side of the Hairpin, one of the four main slides at the Birch Bay Waterslides in Blaine, has sued the park's owners.
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Denver Pratt and / The Bellingham Herald (TNS)
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5/13/24
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Tourism is the top industry in the southern Oregon coastal city of Bandon, but a century ago, maritime shipping was king. Bandon was the main port between San Francisco and Portland, and in aid of …
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Janet Eastman / oregonlive.com (TNS)
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5/13/24
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SEATTLE — After a frustrating Saturday evening where they felt helpless and humbled to the breaks of baseball, seeing hard-hit ball after hard-hit ball get turned into outs and defensive …
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Ryan Divish / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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5/13/24
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Nahziyien Gordon, also known by friends and family as "Jo," was "the sweetest kid" who loved to skateboard, according to his family.
"Jo had the biggest heart," said Amanda Muellner, his aunt. …
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Garrett Cabeza / The Spokesman-Review (TNS)
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5/12/24
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Gubernatorial candidate and Washington State Attorney General Bob Ferguson is not impressed with Republican candidate Dave Reichert’s newly released public safety plan.
"Dave Reichert must …
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By Carleen Johnson / The Center Square
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5/12/24
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Pierce County prosecutors contend the owner of a horse-drawn carriage business intentionally neglected her horse and refused to give proper treatment despite the pain the animal endured.
Tammy …
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Puneet Bsanti / The News Tribune (TNS)
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5/12/24
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SEATTLE — Despite requests that they leave, protesters in the self-proclaimed liberated zone at the University of Washington said Saturday they have no intention of ending their encampment …
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Caitlyn Freeman and Paul Roberts / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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5/12/24
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When 39-year-old Lance Melder would return home to Temple, Texas, his mere presence would lift his family's spirits.
Melder was considered a celebrity at home, and everyone looked up to him. …
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Puneet Bsanti / The News Tribune (TNS)
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5/11/24
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SEATTLE — President Joe Biden swung through Seattle to raise money for his reelection campaign Friday, boasting at a downtown reception about his administration's record on jobs and climate, …
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Jim Brunner / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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5/11/24
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A 13-year-old died from an apparent narcotics overdose in a Spanaway home where he was staying Friday morning, according to the Pierce County Sheriff's Department.
Central Pierce Fire paramedics …
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Craig Sailor / The News Tribune (TNS)
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5/11/24
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A U.S. Army Ranger formerly stationed at Joint Base Lewis-McChord was sentenced Friday to 20 years in prison for beating a security guard to death in downtown Tacoma after he went out drinking with …
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Peter Talbot / The News Tribune (TNS)
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5/11/24
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OLYMPIA — Bob Ferguson could face Bob Ferguson and Bob Ferguson in the August primary.
That's Bob Ferguson, the state attorney general; Bob Ferguson, a retired state employee in Yakima; …
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Claire Withycombe / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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5/11/24
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