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Washington state House Majority Leader Joe Fitzgibbon acknowledged he was intoxicated during a Wednesday night committee hearing on budget legislation.
The Seattle Democrat admitted to drinking …
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By Aspen Ford / The Washington State Standard
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2/26/26
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The restoration of the Historic Centralia Fox Theatre has seen significant progress in recent years, but the project is once again hitting a wall, this time due to insufficient funding.
Members …
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By Dylan Reubenking / dylanr@chronline.com
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2/26/26
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Last fall, Washington and other Western states issued their own vaccine recommendations in a sharp rejection of federal policy that Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has upended.
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By Jake Goldstein-Street / The Washington State Standard
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2/26/26
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Second Hand Rose Antiques and Collectables in the Olympia area suffered significant damage in a fire that broke out early Monday morning.
The cause of the fire is under investigation.
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By Emily Fitzgerald / emily@thurstonchronicle.com
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2/26/26
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Jurors in Multnomah County Circuit Court on Wednesday awarded an eye-popping $305 million in damages to 16 plaintiffs in an ongoing class action lawsuit against PacifiCorp related to four 2020 …
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Ted Sickinger / oregonlive.com (TNS)
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2/26/26
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The Oregon Legislature gave final approval Wednesday evening to Democrats’ plan to remove three new Trump administration tax breaks from state tax code and increase a separate tax credit for …
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Betsy Hammond / oregonlive.com (TNS)
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2/26/26
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A SWAT team arrested a Gresham man on Wednesday after officers found child sexual abuse material and explosives in the man’s home while serving a search warrant.
Zachary Lawson, 44, is accused …
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Tatum Todd / oregonlive.com (TNS)
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2/26/26
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Last summer, Maya Edwards and her husband called the Washington State Department of Licensing hoping to speak with someone in Spanish.
But when they selected the Spanish self-service option, the …
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Monica Carrillo-Casas / The Spokesman-Review (TNS)
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2/26/26
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A federal judge in Portland ordered changes Wednesday to operations of eight dams on the Columbia and Snake rivers intended to reduce harm to salmon.
The order comes after the Trump …
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Isabella Breda / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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2/26/26
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Washington will not join Utah and impose a stricter standard for driving while intoxicated, at least not this year.
Legislation to lower the state's blood alcohol content limit to 0.05% appears …
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Mitchell Roland / The Spokesman-Review (TNS)
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2/26/26
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The heftiest budget cuts Washington Democratic lawmakers are proposing this year focus on day care subsidies for low-income families.
In the initial House and Senate budget plans, this paring of …
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By Jake Goldstein-Street / The Washington State Standard
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2/26/26
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At least 150 protesters lined the sidewalk outside of the Sabey Corporation headquarters Wednesday evening in Tukwila, rallying against the potential of Immigration and Customs Enforcement leasing …
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Caitlyn Freeman / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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2/26/26
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Seahawks coach Mike Macdonald confirmed Wednesday the team has yet to receive an invitation to visit the White House, something that is usually accorded to Super Bowl champion teams.
Macdonald …
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Bob Condotta / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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2/26/26
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A union of ride-hailing drivers in Seattle says there are too many people doing their job, a glut that increases pollution and congestion, and drives down wages, as empty Ubers roam the city looking …
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Nicholas Deshais / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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2/26/26
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King County prosecutors say a 41-year-old Seattle man instigated a fight and fatally shot an unarmed man on a street corner in the Capitol Hill neighborhood on Friday night, telling a witness, …
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Sara Jean Green / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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2/26/26
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Bill Gates won’t be buying the Seattle Seahawks, the Microsoft co-founder said this week.
The Seahawks organization, run by fellow Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen’s sister Jody Allen, …
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Paige Cornwell / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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2/26/26
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Seattle residents will have a choice this summer: Get paid to ditch town for a few weeks, or learn to call soccer “football” in their own homes in exchange for hundreds of dollars. Many are …
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Alexis Weisend / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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2/26/26
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Russia launched a massive drone and missile attack on Ukraine, hours after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and U.S. counterpart Donald Trump discussed potential next steps in peace …
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Olesia Safronova / Bloomberg News (TNS)
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2/26/26
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The U.S. and Iran started a third round of nuclear talks on Thursday with days to go until President Donald Trump’s deadline for a deal.
The two parties have been locked in a tense, …
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Patrick Sykes and Eltaf Najafizada / Bloomberg News (TNS)
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2/26/26
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Several farming groups, including Whatcom County-based Save Family Farming, have sent a letter to Washington state leaders regarding recent data indicating the state ranks last in farmer take-home …
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By Brett Davis / The Center Square
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2/25/26
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