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Washington state parks will offer free parking Monday and a week from Thursday, in celebration of a couple of birthdays.
The free parking on Monday commemorates the birth of Billy Frank Jr., a …
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Lauren Rosenblatt / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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3/9/26
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Cannabis use has been legal in the state of Washington since 2012.
That doesn’t mean it’s OK to drive while high, according to Cannabis Safely, a public health education campaign launched by …
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Julia Hawkins / The Bellingham Herald (TNS)
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3/9/26
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Senate Majority Leader Jamie Pedersen, who has served in the Legislature for two decades, faces the prospect of a fellow Democrat challenging him in this year’s election.
Hannah …
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By Bill Lucia / The Washington State Standard
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3/9/26
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Insurers in Washington could soon need to foot the bill for additional abortion funding.
A proposal under consideration in the state Legislature would require health carriers with insurance …
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By Jake Goldstein-Street / The Washington State Standard
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3/9/26
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The North Atlantic Treaty Organization intercepted a ballistic missile from Iran that entered Turkish airspace, Ankara said, raising the risk that the military alliance could be drawn more directly …
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Selcan Hacaoglu and Firat Kozok / Bloomberg News (TNS)
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3/9/26
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Iran chose Mojtaba Khamenei, the hardline son of the assassinated Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, as its new supreme leader, signaling Tehran won’t back down in a war now raging across the Middle East and …
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Paul Wallace and Christine Burke / Bloomberg News (TNS)
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3/9/26
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President Donald Trump threatened to avoid signing any bill into law until a package of voting reforms is passed, his latest pressure tactic as the Republican-controlled Senate balks at the measure.
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Josh Wingrove / Bloomberg News (TNS)
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3/8/26
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For most of his 56 years, Mojtaba Khamenei has kept a low profile in the Islamic Republic, quietly building networks of influence in the country’s security apparatus, its clergy and within its …
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Golnar Motevalli / Bloomberg News (TNS)
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3/8/26
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Iran picked a new supreme leader and kept up attacks on the ninth day of the war in the Middle East, hitting a water plant in Bahrain, while Israel struck fuel depots in Tehran and threatened the …
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Arsalan Shahla, Josh Wingrove and Omar Tamo / Bloomberg News (TNS)
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3/8/26
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With less than a week to go, policy proposals are nearing the finish line to becoming law in the Washington Legislature. But the last deadline of the legislative session Friday stopped some of them …
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By Jake Goldstein-Street / Washington State Standard
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3/8/26
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Senate Majority Leader Jamie Pedersen, who has served in the Legislature for two decades, faces the prospect of a fellow Democrat challenging him in this year’s election.
Hannah …
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By Bill Lucia / Washington State Standard
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3/8/26
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Tax breaks for data center operators could soon be stripped from Washington state law.
On Saturday, the House Finance Committee voted 8 to 6 to approve Senate Bill 6231. The bill next …
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By Aspen Ford / Washington State Standard
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3/8/26
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“The Big Maple” is about to leave the mound.
This time, on his terms.
Former Mariners pitcher James Paxton’s 11-year MLB career was pocked with injuries. A lat strain in 2014. A …
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Mike Vorel / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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3/8/26
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The Oregon Legislature passed a bill Friday aimed at relaxing farm stand regulations.
The measure, House Bill 4153, which replaces existing regulations on farm stands with new regulations for …
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Jamie Hale / oregonlive.com (TNS)
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3/8/26
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A stabbing at a Northeast Portland restaurant Saturday has landed a man in jail on suspicion of attempted murder.
Officers responded to a report of a stabbing inside a restaurant on Northeast …
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Jamie Hale / oregonlive.com (TNS)
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3/8/26
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After nearly two decades of largely failed or aborted attempts, Portland officials are once again exploring ways to permanently raise millions of new dollars for the city’s ailing transportation …
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Shane Dixon Kavanaugh / oregonlive.com (TNS)
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3/8/26
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Something big is about to land in downtown Portland. Several things actually.
Following the runaway success of “Coraline’s Curious Cat Trail,” Portland leaders and artists are launching …
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Sean Sterling / oregonlive.com (TNS)
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3/8/26
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Less than two years after both chambers of the Washington Legislature overwhelmingly passed an initiative to bar state and local jurisdictions from adopting an income tax, lawmakers are on the verge …
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Mitchell Roland / The Spokesman-Review (TNS)
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3/8/26
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A weather pattern hitting the South Sound next week will bring cold and wet weather to Tacoma, with a chance of snow, according to the National Weather Service.
A system beginning tonight will …
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Bonny Matejowsky / The Peninsula Gateway (TNS)
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3/8/26
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The Pierce County Sheriff’s department is investigating a homicide at the 500 block of 112th Street East in Parkland.
At around 9:03 a.m., deputies arrived at the Terravista apartments parking …
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Bonny Matejowsky / The Peninsula Gateway (TNS)
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3/8/26
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