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The 14 Spokane residents who died during the 2021 heat wave were living in a wide variety of circumstances.
Most were older than 60, but Andre Pharr was 36. Nadine Hager was 45 and David …
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Emry Dinman / The Spokesman-Review (TNS)
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7/12/26
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Skagit County is set to shut down its drug court program, which for about 30 years has been helping felony offenders struggling with drug addiction.
The program began in 1997 as one of the …
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Skagit Valley Herald (TNS)
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7/12/26
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It’s a Monday morning in Lisa Giamberso’s ReadyK classroom at Mount View Elementary, and her students are gathered on a brightly colored carpet. They sing: “Eyes are watching, ears are …
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Claire Withycombe / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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7/12/26
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A group headed by the Khosla family — Vinod Khosla, his wife Neeru and son Neal, who a year ago purchased a small stake in the San Francisco 49ers — is set to become the fourth owners in the …
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Bob Condotta / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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7/12/26
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More than 500 people gathered Saturday to pay their respects to two brothers who grew up together, graduated from the same technical school, worked together at Nippon Dynawave Packaging, and died …
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Joseph O’Sullivan / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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7/12/26
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You can tell a lot about a forest by the mosses, lichens and liverworts you find there.
Some of these nonvascular plants, or bryophytes, even hint at changes to the towering geologic and ice …
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Conrad Swanson / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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7/12/26
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Federal prosecutors issued subpoenas late Friday compelling five New York Times journalists to reveal their sources for two stories about security shortcomings on the new Qatari-gifted presidential …
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Yash Roy / Bloomberg News (TNS)
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7/12/26
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Shortly before President Donald Trump ended a ceasefire with Iran this week, Israeli officials presented his team with intelligence indicating Tehran was hatching new plots to kill him.
It was …
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Michael Wilner / Los Angeles Times (TNS)
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7/12/26
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The U.S. launched its third round of strikes on Iran this week as Tehran declared that it’s closing the Strait of Hormuz “until further notice.”
U.S. Central Command said that President …
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Arsalan Shahla / Bloomberg News (TNS)
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7/12/26
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Voters are preparing for what could likely be the most consequential election in the history of the Washington Supreme Court ahead of a crowded primary with ballot boxes opening July 17.
Five of …
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Tim Clouser | The Center Square
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7/12/26
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The intense marine heat wave conditions that began roiling the Bering Sea in about 2016 resulted in the lowest winter sea ice extent measured in 150 years, widespread bird and marine mammal die-offs, …
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Yereth Rosen / Alaska Beacon
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7/12/26
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The Oregon Government Ethics Commission on Friday agreed to ask another state agency to probe allegations of ethics violations against its executive director, as commissioners debate the best way to …
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Shaanth Nanguneri / Oregon Capital Chronicle
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7/12/26
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Washington State Parks leaders are weighing a difficult decision on how to maintain or redevelop a storied island park mere miles from downtown Seattle.
Blake Island Marine State Park shimmers …
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Tom Banse / Washington State Standard
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7/12/26
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Snake River water trust users in Idaho won’t be faced with having their water shut off this irrigation season, state officials announced Thursday.
“Given the intensity of the 2026 …
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Clark Corbin / Idaho Capital Sun
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7/12/26
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LACEY — Rogue Everson has played softball for nearly five years and she’s never had a weekend quite like this one.
The Olympia High School outfielder, who will be a senior this upcoming …
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By Dylan Reubenking / dylan@thurstonchronicle.com
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7/12/26
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SEATTLE — Federal regulators will force the removal of toxic, highly corrosive chemicals from a defunct and leaking pulp mill along the Chehalis River, officials confirmed this week.
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Conrad Swanson / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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7/11/26
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OLYMPIA — Dakota Lyons had one thought as she watched the first strike of her first at-bat scurry by her.
“Gosh, I wish I would’ve swung at that.”
Lyons, a soon-to-be Napavine High …
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By Dylan Reubenking / dylan@thurstonchronicle.com
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7/11/26
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7/11/26
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A driver was issued a criminal citation after striking a motorcyclist on state Route 507 in Thurston County on Friday.
The motorcyclist, identified by the Washington State Patrol as …
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By Thurston Chronicle staff
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7/10/26
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The state has paid out over half a million dollars in unemployment benefits to workers during labor disputes this year.
Washington’s new benefit extending unemployment to striking union …
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By Jake Goldstein-Street / The Washington State Standard
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7/10/26
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