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Ex-Yakima County Coroner Jim Curtice pleaded guilty this week to lying to police about overdosing on drugs he found on dead bodies.
He entered his plea in Yakima County District Court, where he …
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By Donald W. Meyers / The Yakima Herald-Republic (TNS)
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7/17/26
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Several new wildfires are burning in Washington after lightning storms swept through the state Wednesday night, according to authorities, with the largest near Snoqualmie Pass and another spurring an …
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By Savannah Butcher / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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7/17/26
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PORTLAND — If the “Big One” — the anticipated massive Cascadia Subduction Zone earthquake — hit today, Oregonians west of the Cascades would be luckiest to find themselves at the …
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By Alex Baumhardt / Oregon Capital Chronicle
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7/17/26
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U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrested an Alaska state attorney in Anchorage and is holding him in an ICE detention facility in Washington state, according to an agency spokesperson.
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By Corinne Smith / Alaska Beacon
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7/17/26
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The nation’s election infrastructure is vulnerable to cyberattacks by foreign actors, President Donald Trump said during a primetime address Thursday night, citing a batch of documents he …
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By Jacob Fischler and Sam Gauntt / States Newsroom
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7/17/26
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As the state wrestles with a cash-squeezed budget, Washington’s Department of Commerce is deploying staff and a state lawmaker to one of the world’s biggest air shows in hopes it will deliver …
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By Jerry Cornfield / The Washington State Standard
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7/17/26
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As Central Washington voters begin filling out primary ballots as soon as this weekend, some may be a bit confused about who President Donald Trump actually endorsed in the District 4 contest to be …
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By Carleen Johnson / The Center Square
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7/16/26
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On the 286th episode, hosts Aaron VanTuyl and Eric Schwartz discuss the Sheriff resurfacing on AM radio, ‘T’ levels across the county, a slew of election profiles, a new anti-crime law …
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7/16/26
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The Centralia Police Department, the Chehalis Police Department, the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office (LCSO) and the Lewis County Prosecutor’s Office on Thursday announced their intention to form a …
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By Jacob Farmer / jfarmer@chronline.com
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7/16/26
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Leslie Patten hiked into a remote reach of northwest Wyoming’s Sunlight Basin in December to post a trail camera where she’d earlier seen wolf tracks.
At the time, a winter closure was fast …
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By Mike Koshmrl / WyoFile via Idaho Capital Sun
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7/16/26
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Some concerned citizens are sounding the alarm over a Timberland Regional Library (TRL) Board of Trustees retreat scheduled for Saturday, July 18.
The purpose of the retreat is to provide …
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By Emily Fitzgerald / emily@thurstonchronicle.com
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7/16/26
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Michael Jay Kelly, the former Lewis County Public Utilities District (PUD) commissioner convicted of bribing the PUD general manager, was sentenced to one year and a day in prison Wednesday …
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By Jacob Farmer / jfarmer@chronline.com
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7/16/26
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The federal government announced on Tuesday that it is planning to shift management of grizzly bears in the contiguous U.S. to the states.
In a windy field south of Bozeman, Montana Gov. Greg …
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By Micah Drew / The Daily Montanan
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7/16/26
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Washington voters will get their chance in November to embrace or reject the state’s new income tax on households with earnings greater than a million dollars a year.
The secretary of …
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By Jerry Cornfield / The Washington State Standard
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7/16/26
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Editor's note: This article was produced as part of a collaboration between InvestigateWest and The Daily Herald .
On Aug. 6, 2025, a Lynnwood police officer got a call from a social worker at a …
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By Eliza Aronson / The Daily Herald
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7/16/26
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A transphobic sign outside a Hillyard coffee stand that also used a slur for intellectually disabled people has spurred so much online backlash that the sign was removed and a protest scheduled for …
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Alexandra Duggan / The Spokesman-Review (TNS)
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7/16/26
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The federal government has announced plans to shift management authority for threatened grizzly bears to state wildlife agencies.
But unlike past attempts to give states control, this proposal …
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Michael Wright / The Spokesman-Review (TNS)
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7/16/26
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A 25-year-old man faces an arson charge after he lit a piece of paper on fire and threw it into weeds, sparking a small fire Monday just north of downtown Spokane , according to court documents.
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Garrett Cabeza / The Spokesman-Review (TNS)
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7/16/26
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Perhaps it is posturing. Perhaps it’s a way to try and draw up competition where it seems there’s none.
But if you take NBA commissioner Adam Silver at face value, his words Tuesday night …
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Tim Booth / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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7/16/26
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Since Starbucks’ March announcement of plans for a corporate office in Nashville, Tennessee, the company has tirelessly declared that Seattle remains its global headquarters.
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Paul Roberts / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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7/16/26
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