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Melinda French Gates said her ex-husband, Bill Gates, needs to answer to the allegations made about him and his connection to sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein in the latest trove of documents related …
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Paige Cornwell / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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2/4/26
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A 38-year-old Grays Harbor County man was sentenced to 10 years in prison on Monday for dealing heroin that led to his cellmate's death inside the SeaTac Federal Detention Center.
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Caitlyn Freeman / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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2/4/26
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Nurses at Seattle Children's hospital ratified a new three-year contract over the weekend, narrowly avoiding a strike they had voted to authorize but said they ultimately didn't want to call.
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Elise Takahama / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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2/4/26
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The Squaxin Island Tribe should not have expelled certain members during a wave of disenrollments last year, a judge has decided, overturning the tribe’s removals of longtime educator Sally …
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Daniel Beekman / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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2/4/26
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On the 264th episode of The Chronicle News Dump, hosts Aaron VanTuyl and Editor-in-Chief Eric Schwartz discuss the children’s crusade that never was, the five candidates for sheriff and where you …
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2/4/26
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Oregon lawmakers have resurrected a bill aiming to restrict deployment of the Oregon National Guard for immigration enforcement and block other states’ guards from performing military duties in …
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By Shaanth Nanguneri / Oregon Capital Chronicle
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2/4/26
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U.S. Rep. Maxine Dexter will travel to Texas to visit the family detained by federal immigration agents in January in Portland while seeking health care for their 7-year-old daughter.
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By Mia Maldonado / Oregon Capital Chronicle
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2/4/26
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Dori Whitford says she will travel anywhere to talk about the importance of keeping transgender athletes out of girls’ sports in Washington state.
On Tuesday, this brought her to …
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By Jerry Cornfield and Aspen Ford / The Washington State Standard
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2/4/26
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Washington Gov. Bob Ferguson and Democrats in the state Legislature are divided over how to use the expected revenue from a newly proposed income tax on higher earners.
Lead lawmakers in the …
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By Bill Lucia / The Washington State Standard
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2/4/26
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A proposal to bar law enforcement in the state from employing former federal immigration agents hired under President Donald Trump won’t move forward this year in the Washington Legislature.
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By Jake Goldstein-Street / The Washington State Standard
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2/4/26
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A Centralia man faces two felonies and seven gross misdemeanors after he allegedly violated a domestic violence protection order by unlawfully entering the home of the protected woman.
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By Jacob Farmer / jfarmer@chronline.com
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2/3/26
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Federal agents at an Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Portland are temporarily barred from deploying less-lethal munitions and chemicals at protesters unless the agents are in …
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By Alex Baumhardt / The Oregon Capital Chronicle
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2/3/26
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An online fundraiser seeks support for the family of Cameron J. Dimond, the 33-year-old Chehalis man who died Jan. 27 following a two-vehicle collision on state Route 6.
Dimond is survived by …
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By The Chronicle staff
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2/3/26
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Staff at the Green Hill School juvenile detention facility in Chehalis reported contraband found at an employee’s workstation to local law enforcement Monday, Feb. 2, according to a news release …
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By The Chronicle staff
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2/3/26
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House Democrats advanced two proposals Monday that local officials fear could undo all the work Spokane has done downtown over the past several months to tackle public camping.
HB 2489 would …
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Tim Clouser / The Center Square
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2/3/26
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A Thurston County Sheriff’s Office (TCSO) deputy stopped and captured drivers in two separate pursuits within about 30 minutes on Monday night.
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By Thurston Chronicle staff
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2/3/26
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Imagine a world with no hunting, no fishing, no livestock.
That might sound like Bizarro World to most Americans. But animal rights advocates are pushing to make it a reality in Oregon.
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Joel Odom / oregonlive.com (TNS)
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2/3/26
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Washington Gov. Bob Ferguson headed into this year’s legislative session endorsing the idea of an income tax on higher earners. But he’s not on board with the framework for that tax that …
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Bill Lucia / Washington State Standard
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2/3/26
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An Oregon State Police lieutenant is under internal investigation, accused of making antisemitic remarks during a conversation with another supervisor, according to an email to state lawmakers.
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Maxine Bernstein / oregonlive.com (TNS)
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2/3/26
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A federal judge last week rescheduled the trial in a long-running sex discrimination lawsuit against Nike.
Last month, U.S. District Judge Amy Baggio rejected a last-minute attempt to convert …
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Matthew Kish / oregonlive.com (TNS)
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2/3/26
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