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The weather this weekend could be a recipe for rapid wildfire spread in Eastern Washington, according to state officials.
With a potential for record-high temperatures across the state Sunday, a …
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Savannah Butcher / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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7/15/26
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Gas prices have climbed again this week for most U.S. drivers, breaking an eight-week streak of declines, according to AAA data. The national average rose to $3.87 per gallon, up from $3.79 last …
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Nance Beston / Columbia Basin Herald (TNS)
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7/15/26
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The Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium closed its puffin habitat after a third bird died from suspected avian disease in the last month, an illness that can spread to humans.
Three tufted puffins …
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Bonny Matejowsky / The News Tribune (TNS)
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7/15/26
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Gov. Bob Ferguson kicked off a campaign to preserve the state's new high-earners income tax on Tuesday, arguing an initiative to kill the tax would have disastrous consequences for schools, small …
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Jim Brunner The Seattle Times (TNS)
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7/15/26
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Franklin County firefighters are battling a blaze that started in a wheat field, according to dispatch reports.
The blaze began about 5:20 p.m. off of Stine Road east of Connell. When …
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Cameron Probert / Tri-City Herald (TNS)
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7/15/26
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The small airplane that crashed last month into the Columbia River, killing both people aboard, hit a power line while trying to land on the water, according to federal investigators.
A …
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Joseph O’Sullivan / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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7/15/26
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The death of a Kent health clinic security guard who died after an altercation in January was found to be homicide.
Samson Muhammed, 62, of Tacoma, died May 12 of complications of blunt force …
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Savannah Butcher / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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7/15/26
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A battery investigation involving former Seahawks quarterback Geno Smith has been marked as inactive, according to a spokesperson from the local Florida police department that was handling the case.
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Sofia Schwarzwalder / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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7/15/26
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Every day, drivers break Washington state law and may not even realize it.
The evidence is what's missing up front.
Washington motorists will often drive their vehicles without a front …
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Miller Coyne / The Spokesman-Review (TNS)
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7/15/26
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When Central Washington begins voting later this week, some may be confused about who President Donald Trump has endorsed to be U.S. Rep. Dan Newhouse's successor in Congress.
That’s because …
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Eric Rosane / Tri-City Herald (TNS)
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7/15/26
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A dog owner had to be airlifted to Harborview Medical Center after a dog she was training turned on her, according to the Island County sheriff's office.
Deputies on the afternoon of July 10 …
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Joseph O’Sullivan / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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7/15/26
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On a summer day, Mount Rainier National Park's Paradise area delivers exactly what its name promises. Its sprawling meadow on the mountain's south flank is covered in purple lupine, scarlet …
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Sam Hill / SFGate (TNS)
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7/15/26
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A man police say was wanted for arrest out of Richland is accused of stealing a handgun from a truck in Chehalis last week.
According to a probable cause affidavit, the suspect was staying …
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By Jacob Farmer / jfarmer@chronline.com
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7/15/26
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The U.S. launched more airstrikes on Iran on Wednesday, with President Donald Trump pledging to intensify the bombardment until Tehran stops attacking ships in the Strait of Hormuz and agrees to open …
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Fiona MacDonald, Zainab Fattah and Paul Wallace / Bloomberg News (TNS)
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7/15/26
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A bipartisan group in Congress plans to introduce legislation that will expand the federal government’s program compensating people exposed to nuclear weapons testing or uranium mining and …
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Micah Drew / Daily Montanan
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7/15/26
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Two coalitions of Native American tribes emphasized Tuesday that they weren’t consulted before President Donald Trump downsized Utah’s Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante national monuments …
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Annie Knox / Utah News Dispatch
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7/15/26
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Two-term U.S. Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez and her Republican challenger, Washington state Sen. John Braun, are tied heading into August’s primary for what is viewed as one of the most competitive …
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Betsy Hammond / oregonlive.com (TNS)
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7/15/26
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In response to one of the Trump administration’s latest attempts to intervene in state election processes, a high-ranking Idaho state government lawyer representing the state’s top election …
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Kyle Pfannenstiel / Idaho Capital Sun
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7/15/26
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Idaho health officials on Tuesday reported the first local case of a parasitic intestinal infection that is spreading across the U.S.
Idaho’s first case this year of a cyclospora …
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Kyle Pfannenstiel / Idaho Capital Sun
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7/15/26
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Oregon secured $15 million in federal funding to grow the state’s semiconductor industry, and it could receive up to $160 million over the next decade depending on its progress.
The …
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