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The federal agency that maintains the Columbia River’s shipping channel is proposing to build seven giant in-water pens as part of a $377 million project to manage dredge spoils over the next 20 …
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By Henry Brannan / Murrow News
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3/19/26
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After the Timberland Regional Library (TRL) sent layoff notices to 20% of its total staff over the weekend to address a $3.8 million budget deficit, the public and the union representing TRL …
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By Emily Fitzgerald / emily@thurstonchronicle.com
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3/19/26
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WASHINGTON — Joe Kent, who departed his post as the nation’s top counterterrorism official in a stunning resignation on Tuesday, said Wednesday that he and other skeptical administration …
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By Anumita Kaur / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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3/19/26
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As immigration customs enforcement agent sightings grow, local religious leaders face new concerns for their communities, trying to worship freely and safely. In late summer 2025, according to a …
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Reneé Diaz / Tri-City Herald (TNS)
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3/19/26
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An Othello man has been sentenced to one year and three months in federal prison after buying used cars and then reselling them in Eastern Washington after installing odometers showing much lower …
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Annette Cary / Tri-City Herald (TNS)
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3/19/26
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Heavy rainfall and wet melting snow could spark avalanches in the Cascades and cause parts of Western Washington to flood this week, forecasters said.
The National Weather Service Seattle said …
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Catalina Gaitán / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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3/19/26
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Seattle police detectives used surveillance video, eyewitness reports and cellphone data to pinpoint the juvenile suspect in the killings of two Rainier Beach High School students on Jan. 30, …
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Mike Carter / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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3/19/26
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Ahead of one of the more important meetings in the attempt to see the NBA return to Seattle, the head of the league is having another meeting with the head of Washington state.
Gov. Bob …
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Tim Booth / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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3/19/26
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Washington youth in extended foster care will no longer have to reimburse the state using their own disability or survivor benefits under a new bill signed into law Wednesday.
Senate Bill …
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By Shauna Sowersby / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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3/19/26
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Washington Gov. Bob Ferguson will skip honoring Cesar Chavez this year in light of abuse allegations revealed this week against the late renowned civil rights leader.
Choosing not to issue a …
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By Alexandra Yoon-Hendricks / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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3/19/26
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A veteran Washington State Patrol trooper has resigned more than a year after allegedly killing a motorcyclist in a drunken crash in the Tri-Cities.
WSP announced that Sarah Clasen, 36, will …
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By Cameron Probert / Tri-City Herald (TNS)
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3/19/26
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A new report from charter school advocates in Washington indicates charter graduates are making more money and owning more homes than their counterparts who graduated from traditional public schools.
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By Carleen Johnson / The Center Square
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3/19/26
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When the Washington Legislature passed the state’s new “Millionaires Tax,” Gov. Bob Ferguson called it historic. “It’s not too often in this line of work that you have a vote that’s truly …
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Amanda McKinney / Yakima County Commissioner
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3/19/26
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A bill to institute a state income tax ( SB 6346 ) has been on Gov. Bob Ferguson's desk for five days, and he's expected to sign it but opponents are gearing up for legal challenges once he …
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By Carleen Johnson / The Center Square
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3/19/26
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U.S. senators debated Wednesday whether the federal government should change how Americans register to vote and cast a ballot, with Republicans maintaining alterations are necessary to safeguard …
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By Jennifer Shutt / States Newsroom
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3/19/26
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A deadly fungal disease that has put at least one bat species on the federal Endangered Species List has been detected in Oregon for the first time.
State Fish and Wildlife officials on …
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By Alex Baumhardt / The Oregon Capital Chronicle
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3/19/26
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A new state law aims to erase any confusion about Washington’s ban on voting more than once in an election.
Its approval follows a court decision that officials warned could incite voter …
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By Jerry Cornfield / The Washington State Standard
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3/19/26
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Thousands of cases have piled up in Washington as they await state testing to confirm if a driver was under the influence of drugs or alcohol.
Prosecutors say this is leaving people on the …
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By Jake Goldstein-Street / The Washington State Standard
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3/19/26
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SEATTLE — Law enforcement officers in Washington state can no longer cover their faces to conceal their identities.
The law, signed Thursday by Gov. Bob Ferguson, seeks to unmask federal …
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By Jake Goldstein-Street / The Washington State Standard
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3/19/26
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On the 270th episode of The Chronicle News Dump, hosts Aaron VanTuyl and Editor-in-Chief Eric Schwartz discuss the new Miss Lewis County (and Miss Lewis County’s Teen), Joe Kent’s departure from …
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3/19/26
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