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A mere seven months after Sound Transit's epic launch of light rail on a floating bridge, the corridor will be blocked all weekend for power-line adjustments, meant to help the trains cross nearby …
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Mike Lindblom / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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10/16/26
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The fall election is a test of the new 9.9% state income tax on households that bring in more than $1 million a year. Initiative 645 aims to overturn the tax before it takes effect.
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By Mike McClanahan / The Washington State Standard
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10/16/26
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The Social Security Administration announced on Wednesday that recipients will receive a 3.6% increase in benefits in 2027.
The cost-of-living adjustment, or COLA, will begin for 72 million …
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By States Newsroom staff
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10/16/26
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A federal judge has issued a preliminary ruling blocking the Trump administration from moving the U.S. Forest Service’s headquarters from Washington, D.C., to Salt Lake City while the rest of the …
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By Katie McKellar / The Utah News Dispatch
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10/16/26
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Washington’s rising utility rates have exposed a central policy divide: Should the state make it easier for utilities to meet its clean energy mandates, or relax those mandates to contain costs and …
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By Paul W. Taylor, TVW
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10/16/26
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The Port Townsend Paper Company violated its clean-water permit twice last November when it spilled untreated wastewater into Puget Sound, according to Washington's Department of Ecology.
This …
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Conrad Swanson / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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10/16/26
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On the 297th episode, local man Aaron VanTuyl and Chronicle editor Eric Schwartz discuss The Chronicle’s 2026 candidate debate forum from Monday night in Chehalis, with clips of a few spicy …
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10/16/26
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Seattle is still recovering from the loss of hundreds of police officers years after the COVID-19 pandemic, with 1,102 deployable officers projected in 2028 compared to 1,281 in 2019.
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Tim Clouser | The Center Square
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10/16/26
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King County’s embattled regional homeless authority is facing a nearly $17 million shortfall due to budgeting for unearned administrative fees on grants that were never administered, a new report …
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Andrew Paxton / The Center Square
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10/16/26
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Three children and a teacher are dead in Bend after a 16-year-old with a long gun shot them at Silver Rail Elementary School, police said Thursday. The suspected shooter, who has not been identified, …
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Emily Cureton Cook, OPB, Joni Auden Land, OPB, Courtney Sherwood, OPB, Troy Brynelson, OPB and Jen Baires, OPB
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10/16/26
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A federal judge has issued a preliminary ruling blocking the Trump administration from moving the U.S. Forest Service’s headquarters from Washington, D.C., to Salt Lake City while the rest of the …
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Katie McKellar / Utah News Dispatch
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10/16/26
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The fall election is a test of the new 9.9% state income tax on households that bring in more than $1 million a year. Initiative 645 aims to overturn the tax before it takes effect.
Championed …
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Mike McClanahan / Washington State Standard
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10/16/26
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Washington Gov. Bob Ferguson, who did not offer raises to thousands of state workers in recent contract talks, will not get one himself for the next two years, under a recommendation adopted by a …
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Jerry Cornfield / Washington State Standard
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10/16/26
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A Lewis County Superior Court judge set bail at $100,000 on Thursday for a Centralia man accused of assaulting a 6-year-old child.
Jared Steve Armitage, 22, is charged with a felony count …
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By The Chronicle staff
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10/15/26
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Millions of dollars of stolen and damaged property, hundreds of charges, 15 suspects and a monthslong spree of “organized criminal operations”: that’s the bald outlines of a sprawling series of …
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Tatum Todd / oregonlive.com (TNS)
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10/15/26
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Support is available for people experiencing emotional distress, thoughts of suicide or self-harm, or other mental health crises. Call or text 988, or visit the 988 Lifeline website.
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Isabel Funk / oregonlive.com (TNS)
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10/15/26
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A judge has tossed a $2 million wrongful death lawsuit that claimed Portland police conducted a shoddy investigation into a dangerous man — allowing him to be freed from jail and then murder a …
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Aimee Green / oregonlive.com (TNS)
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10/15/26
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Sheriff’s deputies and firefighters recovered a woman’s body from the Columbia River on Wednesday morning, officials said.
The Clark County Sheriff’s Office said someone spotted the body …
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Tatum Todd / oregonlive.com (TNS)
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10/15/26
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A Portland man is facing charges of raping his daughter repeatedly at a local hotel.
The 32-year-old man was arrested Saturday after staff at a Ramada Inn in Southeast Portland notified police …
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Isabel Funk / oregonlive.com (TNS)
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10/15/26
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Police on Saturday arrested an alleged Portland drug dealer after he fell asleep while driving his truck. Officers found almost 100 grams of fentanyl, a loaded gun and more than $2,000 inside the …
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Tatum Todd / oregonlive.com (TNS)
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10/15/26
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