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After months of heated political debate, Oregonians next month will vote on whether to raise taxes to help the state and local governments fix roads and upgrade transportation infrastructure.
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Carlos Fuentes / oregonlive.com (TNS)
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4/9/26
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Months after a woman was stabbed in a downtown Portland bar, police said a tactical team arrested a suspect in the case on Wednesday.
Tony O’Neal Taylor, Jr., 33, is accused of first- and …
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Tatum Todd / oregonlive.com (TNS)
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4/9/26
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New microunit shelters are coming to the Interbay neighborhood in Seattle, as part of Mayor Katie Wilson’s plan to rapidly expand shelter during her term and more immediately before World Cup games …
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Stephannie Stokes / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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4/9/26
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King County Assessor John Wilson pleaded not guilty Wednesday to two counts of violating a court order, nine months after he was arrested outside of his ex-fiancée’s home and accused of stalking …
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David Gutman / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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4/9/26
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An 18-year-old driver was grazed in a drive-by shooting Wednesday evening in South Seattle.
The teen was shot while driving near Rainier Avenue South and South Othello Street, Seattle police …
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Caitlyn Freeman / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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4/9/26
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A Tacoma-based refugee resettlement agency is challenging the Trump administration’s preference for admitting white Afrikaner refugees, calling it a discriminatory" practice.
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Alexandra Yoon-Hendricks / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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4/9/26
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A Seattle City Council committee grew the size of this summer’s library ballot measure by nearly $70 million to cover additional upkeep, hours, staffing and collections.
The total cost of the …
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David Kroman / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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4/9/26
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Not everyone would want to be among the first on the operating table for a newly approved surgery, but after a decade of pain, Erika Clancy was eager and ready.
The problem has been her thumbs, …
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Elise Takahama / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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4/9/26
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Washington State Patrol has issued a Missing Indigenous Person Alert (MIPA) for a 16-year-old girl who was last seen around 6 p.m. Wednesday, April 8 in the Bellingham area.
Ariel Feliciano was …
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Jack Belcher / The Bellingham Herald (TNS)
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4/9/26
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Seattle City Council members say the city’s aging library system is desperately in need of more money, voting Wednesday to add nearly $70 million to the mayor Katie Wilson’s proposed $410 million …
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By Randy Diamond | The Center Square
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4/9/26
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The Yakima City Council passed a six-month moratorium on halfway houses and secure transition facilities Tuesday as the state considers where to place sexually violent predators.
Washington …
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Tim Clouser | The Center Square
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4/9/26
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Washington’s Department of Ecology announced a statewide drought emergency Wednesday, marking the fourth consecutive year that part or all of the state has been in a drought.
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By Aspen Ford / The Washington State Standard
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4/9/26
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The U.S. Coast Guard said it has seized 5.4 metric tons of allegedly unreported pollock roe and discovered several significant fishing violations aboard one of the biggest factory trawlers operating …
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By Yereth Rosen / Alaska Beacon
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4/9/26
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Opponents of Washington’s new income tax law plan Thursday to formally launch their legal challenge to the constitutionality of the controversial statute.
Attorneys and plaintiffs have …
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By Jerry Cornfield / The Washington State Standard
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4/9/26
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The U.S. and Iran prepared for peace talks in Pakistan at the weekend with a fragile ceasefire largely holding, though pivotal issues such as control over the Strait of Hormuz and Israel’s …
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Eltaf Najafizada, Sherif Tarek and Patrick Sykes / Bloomberg News (TNS)
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4/9/26
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A week after Washington Gov. Bob Ferguson signed a nearly $80 billion budget, questions remain as to why he vetoed two grants that amounted to a molecule of the spending plan.
Ferguson and …
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By Jerry Cornfield / The Washington State Standard
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4/9/26
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The Tenino baseball team lost two games in Medical Lake on Wednesday, falling to Medical Lake 10-5 before losing to Naches Valley 12-9.
In the first game against Medical Lake, the Beavers and …
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By The Chronicle staff
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4/9/26
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A Centralia motorcyclist was airlifted to a nearby hospital following a collision on state Route 6 near Adna Wednesday, according to the Washington State Patrol (WSP).
Brian D. Bundy, 60, was …
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By The Chronicle staff
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4/8/26
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