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The death of a 4-year-old boy whose body was located in a shallow grave this month in Aberdeen draws disturbing parallels to another child death case also tied to the Washington state Department of …
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By Carleen Johnson / The Center Square
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5/28/26
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A federal judge on Thursday declined to block President Donald Trump’s executive order restricting voting by mail, finding that it was too early to challenge the directive.
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By Jonathan Shorman / States Newsroom
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5/28/26
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For the third year in a row, Washington insurance companies requested a double-digit rate increase for their individual health plans, reviving worries that the cost of coverage is becoming untenable.
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By Jessica Fu / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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5/28/26
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As an initiative to repeal Washington’s new income tax on households earning more than $1 million gains steam, Gov. Bob Ferguson is vowing to veto any effort to expand the levy to less-wealthy …
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By Jim Brunner / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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5/28/26
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Parents and community members in Longview are calling on members of the school board to resign following last week’s arrest of Superintendent Karen Cloninger on charges of obstructing an …
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By Carleen Johnson / The Center Square
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5/28/26
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A Las Vegas truck driver will likely spend another night in jail after a state trooper found him lying in the sleeper cab of his truck while parked in the right lane of Interstate 5.
Prior …
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By Jacob Farmer / jfarmer@chronline.com
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5/28/26
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Editor’s note: An online hub of documents linked to the Tracy Murphy case and obtained by The Chronicle has been updated with new documents and audio from the investigation as of May 28. Find those …
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By The Chronicle staff
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5/28/26
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Water contaminated by the release of white liquor from the implosion at the Nippon Dynawave Packaging facility in Longview is being flushed through the city’s ditch system to dilute it to levels …
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Paige Cornwell / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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5/28/26
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Kennewick residents living downwind of the city’s sewer treatment facility will get some much-needed relief thanks to a state-of-the-art $43 million biosolids facility.
It’s the first of its …
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Eric Rosane / Tri-City Herald (TNS)
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5/28/26
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The chemical process pulp and paper mills use to transform wood into everyday products includes a number of potentially violent points of failure, and some industry experts have been raising red …
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Conrad Swanson and Isabella Breda / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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5/28/26
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A Bellingham man has been charged with raping a child at St. Joseph Medical Center on May 19.
Alexander Humphries, 37, and a 14-year-old child were both patients in the specialized emergency …
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Hannah Edelman / The Bellingham Herald (TNS)
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5/28/26
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Amazon tells its customers they can save by signing up for regular, automatic purchases of certain products. But a new lawsuit alleges Amazon’s Subscribe & Save program is more like Subscribe …
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Alexis Weisend / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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5/28/26
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For the third year in a row, Washington insurance companies requested a double-digit rate increase for their individual health plans, reviving worries that the cost of coverage is becoming untenable.
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Jessica Fu / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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5/28/26
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Kenya is in talks with the U.S. on Ebola-related health cooperation after media reports that the Trump administration is planning to send Americans exposed to the virus to a quarantine facility in …
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Eric Ombok / Bloomberg News (TNS)
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5/28/26
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Iran and the U.S. have reached a deal to extend a truce and work toward an agreement to end the war, Axios reported, sending oil prices lower on hopes the three-month conflict could be nearing a …
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Eltaf Najafizada and Jennifer A. Dlouhy / Bloomberg News (TNS)
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5/28/26
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Oregonians who received federal aid to pay for their groceries last year frequently reported working for the nation’s largest grocery and retail corporations, according to a Capital Chronicle …
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By Alex Baumhardt / Oregon Capital Chronicle
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5/28/26
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An imperiled newt only found in and around southern Oregon’s Crater Lake may soon be protected under the Endangered Species Act following a three-year legal battle.
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife …
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By Alex Baumhardt / Oregon Capital Chronicle
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5/28/26
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5/28/26
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An Elk Ridge Elementary kindergarten teacher is on administrative leave as the White River School District investigates allegations of inappropriate conduct with a child, police records and …
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Tim Clouser / The Center Square
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5/27/26
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One week into the signature gathering campaign, more than 92,000 Washington voters have signed petitions for an initiative aimed at repealing the new income tax.
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By Carleen Johnson / The Center Square
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5/27/26
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