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Rocket the therapy dog first pawed into his sheriff's job in 2023, mainly to comfort first responders and residents affected by violent or tragic incidents.
Part of the Kootenai County Sheriff's …
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Treva Lind / The Spokesman-Review (TNS)
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11/18/24
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Thurston County Auditor Mary Hall has raised concerns about a sheriff's office plan to mix Public Safety Sales Tax and general fund money.
The plan is to take the amount of general fund money …
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Martín Bilbao / The Olympian (TNS)
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11/18/24
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Interstate 5 is getting a full-body scan Thursday, and it's going to require the overnight closure of northbound lanes through Tacoma.
Crews from the state Department of Transportation are …
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Craig Sailor / The News Tribune (TNS)
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11/18/24
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One person has died and 38 others were infected in an outbreak of E.Coli linked to organic carrots in 18 states, including Oregon.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention posted a food …
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Ted Sickinger / oregonlive.com (TNS)
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11/18/24
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A bevy of top political, business and academic leaders across the Pacific Northwest will convene in Portland this week to promote efforts that they hope will dramatically accelerate housing creation …
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Shane Dixon Kavanaugh / oregonlive.com (TNS)
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11/18/24
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The trailing candidate for an open Washington state Supreme Court seat is urging voters to check that their ballots have been accepted as he looks to close the gap in a race that remains tight more …
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By Laurel Demkovich / The Washington Standard
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11/18/24
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The natural gas initiative Washington voters approved calls for erasing some of the state’s building codes but that might not happen when the measure takes effect next month.
Sponsors of …
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By Jerry Cornfield / The Washington Standard
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11/18/24
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More than half a colony of Caspian terns on a small island near Port Townsend died last year amid an outbreak of bird flu, underscoring the harsh effects the disease can have on wildlife.
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By Bill Lucia / The Washington Standard
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11/18/24
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Dozens of Elma and McCleary youth got the opportunity to learn from a basketball great as former Duke All-American and NBA All-Star Christian Laettner held a basketball camp on Saturday at Elma High …
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By Ryan Sparks / The Daily World
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11/18/24
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As if the Northwest wasn’t already known for unexplained incidents involving Bigfoot and D.B. Cooper, Oregon cases of cattle mutilation are now joining the list of weird stories that TV loves …
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Kristi Turnquist / oregonlive.com (TNS)
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11/17/24
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A man wanted by police on sex-abuse and rape charges poured gasoline on a woman and tried to kill her last week, Multnomah County prosecutors allege.
Aubrey Ulysses Lewis, Jr., 35, has been …
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Fedor Zarkhin / oregonlive.com (TNS)
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11/17/24
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Oregon health officials confirmed on Friday that an Oregon resident had tested positive for H5N1, an avian influenza strain that’s spread rapidly among bird flocks.
This marks the …
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Kristine de Leon / oregonlive.com (TNS)
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11/17/24
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A Whitman County teenager was arrested Thursday after police say he made or helped make hoax phone calls to police departments across the country, including Lewiston, according to a Lewiston Police …
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Garrett Cabeza / The Spokesman-Review (TNS)
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11/17/24
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A California 18-year-old has pleaded to federal charges stemming from more than 375 false reports that threatened mass shootings at high schools — including several in Washington state, causing …
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Thomas Clouse / The Spokesman-Review (TNS)
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11/17/24
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Another case of chronic wasting disease has been confirmed in Washington, wildlife officials said Friday.
The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife announced that it had confirmed the …
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Michael Wright / The Spokesman-Review (TNS)
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11/17/24
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Tri-Cities CARES plans to file a lawsuit challenging Washington Gov. Jay Inslee's decision to approve the Horse Heaven wind farm with fewer restrictions than originally recommended.
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Annette Cary / Tri-City Herald (TNS)
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11/17/24
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A red-breasted goose at Woodland Park Zoo in Seattle died earlier this week from a suspected case of bird flu, the zoo announced Thursday after receiving a preliminary test result.
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Vonnai Phair / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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11/17/24
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Advance Auto Parts appears to be shrinking its footprint in the Puget Sound region, following a Thursday announcement of hundreds of store closures nationwide.
A state Worker Adjustment and …
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Debbie Cockrell / The News Tribune (TNS)
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11/17/24
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Terrence Chip Ogle insisted Wednesday that he didn't kill his girlfriend's toddler son in 2020.
"I didn't commit this crime. I'm not going to give up, I'm not going to break down," Ogle said at …
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Donald W. Meyers / Yakima Herald-Republic (TNS)
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11/17/24
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Search and rescue volunteers rescued two hikers Friday night after they became stranded on the Larch Mountain trail two miles from Multnomah Falls.
Emergency dispatchers received a text from the …
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Ted Sickinger / oregonlive.com (TNS)
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11/17/24
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