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It's been a good year to be a Microsoft shareholder, and an even better year to be the company's CEO.
Microsoft's stock price has risen by more than 23% this year, a surge that's mostly …
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Alex Halverson / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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10/22/25
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Does the Pacific Northwest have the energy it needs to prevent rolling blackouts? A new report commissioned by the region’s largest utilities has raised concerns.
Starting next year, the …
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Amanda Zhou / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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10/22/25
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A King County jury awarded earlier this month $13.5 million to the estate and the family of a former Longview Fibre worker who died from mesothelioma caused by asbestos exposure in the workplace.
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Minka Atkinson / The Daily News
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10/22/25
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The roughly 300,000 Washingtonians who buy health insurance through the state’s online marketplace are set for a rude awakening as they begin shopping for plans.
That’s because …
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By Jake Goldstein-Street / The Washington State Standard
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10/22/25
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After more community pushback, Kevin Coe, the notorious "South Hill Rapist" who terrorized Spokane, Wash., in the late 1970s and early 1980s, is being relocated back to Federal Way, the city where he …
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By Carleen Johnson / The Center Square
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10/21/25
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An unprecedented total ban on surface water usage in the Yakima Basin shut off irrigation early and disrupted city water services this month.
For the first time, access was curtailed to even the …
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By Mike McClanahan / TVW
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10/21/25
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The fate of a proposed 1,300-acre solar farm in south-central Washington is back in the hands of Gov. Bob Ferguson.
The Energy Facility Site Evaluation Council voted Tuesday to recommend that …
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By Jerry Cornfield / The Washington State Standard
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10/21/25
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In a raid Sunday in southwest Idaho, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrested 105 people.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation previously announced five arrests of people linked to the …
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By Kyle Pfannenstiel / States Newsroom
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10/21/25
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When President Donald Trump mobilized the Oregon National Guard last month, military officials acknowledged it could take a little over a week to deploy troops to Portland.
Now after more than …
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Aimee Green / oregonlive.com (TNS)
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10/21/25
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The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals sided with President Donald Trump on Monday in his legal battle to deploy troops to “war-torn” Portland, making it more likely that National Guard …
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Maxine Bernstein, Lizzy Acker / oregonlive.com (TNS)
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10/21/25
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A state board significantly limited the spots where wind turbines and solar panels can be placed in the large Horse Heaven Hills wind farm project south of the Tri-Cities. The limits are to protect …
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Annette Cary / Tri-City Herald (TNS)
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10/21/25
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After a month-long reign as the second-most expensive state to purchase fuel in, Washington's fuel prices have dropped below Hawaii's.
Prior to this past month, prices were most expensive in …
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Nance Beston / Columbia Basin Herald (TNS)
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10/21/25
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As Boeing prepares to fold supplier Spirit AeroSystems back into the company, executives shared additional details on last year's rush to improve quality control at the troubled Kansas factory.
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Lauren Rosenblatt / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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10/21/25
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In a severe drought year, like this one, some farmers and ranchers in the Yakima River Basin come to expect a letter from the state cutting off one of their main water sources, and they plan …
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Conrad Swanson / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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10/21/25
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Workers who sued Seattle over the injuries they suffered when Pier 58 collapsed in 2020 — plunging them into Elliott Bay amid slabs of concrete debris and heavy machinery — have settled …
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Daniel Beekman / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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10/21/25
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A 49-year-old man accused of fatally shooting a man at a Tacoma homeless encampment allegedly said he did it out of fear of the victim killing him or someone else.
Prosecutors charged Ryan …
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Puneet Bsanti / The News Tribune (TNS)
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10/21/25
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Washington quietly ended funding this summer for a program that provided millions of dollars in rebates to farmers who paid unfair fuel surcharges under Washington’s landmark climate law.
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By Jerry Cornfield / The Washington State Standard
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10/21/25
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The Thurston County Sheriff’s Office (TCSO) believes it finally has a tool in its arsenal to significantly enhance its services.
The agency, led by Sheriff Derek Sanders, recently received …
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By Dylan Reubenking / dylanr@chronline.com
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10/21/25
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A powerful conveyor belt of Pacific moisture is set to slam into the West Coast late this week, bringing heavy rain, high winds, and mountain snow.
Moisture streaming inland from the Pacific …
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By The Daily World
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10/20/25
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As a witness calls for Longview Mayor Pro-tem Kalei LaFave’s resignation over a video she captured of the elected official hitting a demonstrator with a “Christ is King” sign, …
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Nick Morgan / The Daily News
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10/20/25
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