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The Metropolitan King County Council approved a small sales tax increase Tuesday, boosting the rate to increase emergency shelter options for homeless children and families.
The 0.01% tax …
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David Gutman / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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10/7/26
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A dozen members of Congress are asking questions of the U.S. Forest Service about immigration enforcement arrests of five men camping with their families in Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest …
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Nina Shapiro / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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10/7/26
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A woman found guilty of breaking into post offices across the state, committing bank fraud and stashing thousands of dollars in cash and other valuables, was sentenced Monday to 18 months in federal …
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Ann Duan / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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10/7/26
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Sen. Maria Cantwell, the top Democrat on the Senate committee overseeing artificial intelligence, on Wednesday unveiled a set of principles for regulating AI, making a fresh push for congressional …
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Anumita Kaur and Destiny Muller / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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10/7/26
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With Election Day less than a month away, lawmakers in several states are suspending gas taxes or rolling back regulations on diesel fuel as voters grow increasingly frustrated with rising fuel costs …
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Alex Brown / Idaho Capital Sun
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10/7/26
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More than four hundred Washingtonians across 19 locations took to the streets Sunday to demand a statewide moratorium on data centers.
In Walla Walla, where a $4.8 billion Amazon data …
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Aspen Ford / Washington State Standard
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10/7/26
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Klickitat County stretches for more than 80 miles along the Columbia River, speckled with small towns along the waterfront and within its agricultural lands. It’s here that at least six hyperscale …
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Emma Renly / Washington State Standard
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10/7/26
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Gathering along the bluffs of the Nisqually River Delta for their 2026 Annual Meeting and Salmon Bake, held the first weekend in October, members of the Nisqually Land Trust and the Nisqually Indian …
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By Candra Burns for Thurston Chronicle
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10/6/26
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A state advisory group continues to grapple with the technical complexities of Washington state's newly enacted income tax, as the measure faces a ballot challenge.
Among the issues is a lack of …
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By TJ Martinell / The Center Square
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10/6/26
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Attorneys with Alliance Defending Freedom filed an emergency application with the U.S. Supreme Court last Friday in the case of a Puyallup high-school wrestler who was unknowingly forced to face a …
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By Carleen Johnson / The Center Square
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10/6/26
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The Washington Public Utility Districts Association (WPUDA) has presented its annual Water/Wastewater Employee of the Year award to Thurston County Public Utility District Project Management …
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By Thurston Chronicle staff
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10/6/26
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A Centralia man faces multiple felony charges after he allegedly stole a debit card from the home of a hospitalized man and used it until the card was declined.
James W. Lowther, 49, is …
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By Jacob Farmer / jfarmer@chronline.com
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10/6/26
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A Chehalis woman was preparing for bed the night of Oct. 1 when her dog began barking. The woman looked out the window and saw a man walking toward her home.
The alleged suspect, Bryant R. …
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By Jacob Farmer / jfarmer@chronline.com
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10/6/26
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A violent physical altercation at an outdoor Estacada gathering on Friday night set off a chain reaction of events that ended in a car crash, an arrest and at least one hospitalization, Clackamas …
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Tatum Todd / oregonlive.com (TNS)
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10/6/26
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State and local officials are working to close "gaps" in Washington's arson law that punish es offenders the same even when their fires are drastically bigger or more destructive.
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Mitchell Roland / The Spokesman-Review (TNS)
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10/6/26
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One person died in a fall Sunday near the Middle Fork Snoqualmie trailhead, according to emergency officials.
The King County sheriff's office reported that an experienced group of …
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Jim Brunner / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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10/6/26
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Two men were shot to death in downtown Tacoma early Sunday.
Tacoma police officers were dispatched at about 12:30 a.m. to reports of shots fired near the 800 block of Pacific Avenue, the Police …
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Jim Brunner / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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10/6/26
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Washington might see its legislative maps get redrawn once again, after the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday granted a petition related to a long-running dispute over the state's 2020 redistricting …
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Joseph O’Sullivan / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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10/6/26
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Russian attacks on commercial vessels off the Black Sea’s western coast are on the rise, threatening to add strain to already-choked trade flows in the region.
“Commercial ships — and …
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Slav Okov / Bloomberg News (TNS)
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10/6/26
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Idahoans voting in November’s general election will decide whether to give the Idaho Legislature the sole power to regulate marijuana and other drugs — and eliminate their right to bring a …
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Clark Corbin / Idaho Capital Sun
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10/6/26
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