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After some speculation following the federal hiring freeze imposed by President Donald Trump, the National Park Service announced it will hire seasonal workers to staff its 63 parks this summer.
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Daniel Schrager / The Bellingham Herald (TNS)
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2/28/25
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A 2.8-magnitude earthquake shook the western part of Washington on Thursday, Feb. 27, the U.S. Geological Survey reported.
The 16-mile deep quake hit at 5:16 a.m. and happened in Tracyton, …
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Helena Wegner / The News Tribune (TNS)
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2/28/25
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Thurston County deputies arrested five people Thursday who are suspected of fleeing from law enforcement after they had planned to burglarize a cannabis store, Sheriff Derek Sanders shared on …
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Martín Bilbao / The Olympian (TNS)
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2/28/25
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After fatal car crashes, fires or other emergencies, coroners and medical examiners are among the first to respond.
But unlike police, firefighters and other first responders, they're limited in …
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Taylor Blatchford / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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2/28/25
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OLYMPIA — Washington has joined 20 other states in supporting a legal challenge to a federal ban on transgender military personnel serving in the armed forces.
The state's amicus brief, …
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Mitchell Roland / The Spokesman-Review (TNS)
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2/28/25
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A Yakima woman has been charged with first-degree manslaughter in the death of her infant daughter.
Yakima County Prosecuting Attorney Joe Brusic announced at a news conference Thursday that …
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2/28/25
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OLYMPIA — Democratic state lawmakers in Washington are proposing a bill that would move the entirety of the state's rainy day fund into the general fund, despite warnings from the state …
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Shauna Sowersby / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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2/28/25
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Gary Lowry worked for more than 40 years as a dishwasher at Legacy Good Samaritan Medical Center, taking his lunch break to devour a cheeseburger almost every day in the Northwest Portland …
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2/28/25
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The man who was shot and killed by police on Thursday at the Army Aviation Training Center in Salem had given a threatening note to a guard at the airfield’s security gate, officials said.
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The Oregonian / oregonlive.com (TNS)
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2/28/25
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As schools and local groups continue to search for ways to reduce teen substance use , Cowlitz County Board of Health Chairman Kelly Lane has offered his own solution: using simulated high school …
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Minka Atkinson / The Daily News
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2/28/25
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An infant in King County was identified as the first confirmed measles case in Washington in 2025, following increases in cases in other parts of the United States, county officials said.
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By Jacquelyn Jimenez Romero / The Washington State Standard
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2/28/25
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After a week of failed attempts to hold a preliminary hearing for a man facing assault and kidnapping charges for allegedly assaulting a woman and trying to force her into a vehicle near railroad …
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By Emily Fitzgerald / emily@chronline.com
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2/27/25
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An online privacy bill that critics contend undermines parental rights is set for executive session Friday in the Senate Ways & Means Committee.
Senate Bill 5708 , sponsored by Sen. Noel …
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By Carleen Johnson / The Center Square
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2/27/25
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The Washington state Department of Health has indefinitely suspended the license of Caregivers 4 Mom and Dad, an in-home services agency based in Winlock.
The initial charges issued on …
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By Emily Fitzgerald / emily@chronline.com
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2/27/25
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House Democrats in the Washington state Legislature want to align standards across law enforcement, but the approach passed out of committee Wednesday would allow state agencies to decertify elected …
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Tim Clouser / The Center Square
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2/27/25
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A woman accused of hitting another woman in the face with a propane tank, breaking her nose, at a Morton residence on Wednesday has been charged with second-degree assault in Lewis County Superior …
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By Emily Fitzgerald / emily@chronline.com
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2/27/25
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A Naches man has been sentenced to a year in prison for a drunken driving crash that injured another man.
Derek James Peters pleaded guilty in Yakima County Superior Court on Feb. 7 to a single …
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2/27/25
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A Yakima woman has been arrested after police found a dead infant and malnourished toddler in a squalid apartment Tuesday.
The 20-year-old woman is being held in the Yakima County jail in lieu …
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2/27/25
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WASHINGTON — At the end of a dramatic night on the House floor, Republicans on Tuesday narrowly passed a framework for massive cuts to taxes and spending that would likely reduce funding to …
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Orion Donovan Smith and Amanda Sullender / The Spokesman-Review (TNS)
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2/27/25
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A man pretending to be a captain boarded a fishing boat and convinced the crew to leave the bay, police said.
He went on the Jamie Marie, an $8 million and 80-foot-long vessel docked in …
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Helena Wegner / The News Tribune (TNS)
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2/27/25
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