Residents in Skamania County were ordered to evacuate after a wildfire in Skamania County reached 125 acres, according to the Washington State Department of Natural Resources.
The fire began …
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Lauren Girgis / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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7/3/23
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The 65-year-old man who died at the scene of a single-vehicle wreck early Thursday morning has been identified, according to the Washington State Patrol and the Thurston County Coroner's Office.
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Rolf Boone / The Olympian (TNS)
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7/3/23
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Fred Wimmer and Chris Stephensen were recently out in the Australian bush on a metal detecting trip when they came across a dog tag with the name of Thomas F. Jenkins, from Battle Ground.
Wimmer …
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Cade Barker / cade@thereflector.com
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7/2/23
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Starting at 8:30 a.m. on Sunday, July 2, runners and walkers participated in the Mossyrock Independence Day 5K and 8K Walk and Run starting near the Mossyrock Dam.
Those participating had the …
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7/2/23
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Grays Harbor County settled out of court in a wrongful death suit centered around an inmate who died by suicide while detained in the county jail in early 2021.
Andrew Clark, 33, was found …
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By Michael S. Lockett / The Daily World
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7/2/23
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A man fatally shot by police after firing at them in a Vancouver Safeway parking lot in May was carrying a 9mm handgun and a handwritten robbery note and had a wig, burglary tools and a pipe bomb in …
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Catalina Gaitán / oregonlive.com (TNS)
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7/2/23
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A 34-year-old Las Vegas man convicted of stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars in coins after being caught in Vancouver was sentenced to four years in federal prison.
Richard Anthony Pena …
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Austin De Dios / oregonlive.com (TNS)
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7/2/23
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A Beaverton man died after falling from a hiking trail near Multnomah Falls on Saturday afternoon, authorities said.
The man, who has not been identified, was half a mile up the trail from …
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7/2/23
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OLYMPIA — More than 100 new laws will take effect in Washington this month, including changes to drug possession laws, protections for transgender minors and the declaration of a state …
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Ellen Dennis / The Spokesman-Review (TNS)
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7/2/23
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Washington state will pay $13.35 million to settle a lawsuit alleging a developmentally disabled man suffered decades of abuse and neglect, living in a moldy shack on the rat-infested property of a …
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Jim Brunner / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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7/2/23
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A 12-year-old girl was abducted and released a short time later Thursday night west of Spokane, according to the Spokane County Sheriff's Office.
Deputies and Spokane police officers …
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Garrett Cabeza / The Spokesman-Review (TNS)
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7/2/23
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A King County Superior Court judge sentenced the man whose killing of another young man inside the Capitol Hill Organized Protest zone three years ago brought intense scrutiny to first responders for …
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Daisy Zavala Magaña / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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7/2/23
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Attention fruit lovers: A new breed of apple is on the way.
Researchers from Washington State University Tree Fruit Research and Extension Center hosted a field day May 24 and invited growers to …
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Gabriel Garcia / The Wenatchee World (TNS)
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7/2/23
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Like for everyone else on this planet, it has been more than a decade and a half since George Karl and Brian Robinson have seen a Sonics game. But the team's former coach has partnered with perhaps …
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Matt Calkins / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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7/2/23
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A Seattle man pleaded guilty to stalking U.S. Rep. Pramila Jayapal in King County Superior Court on Thursday.
Brett Forsell pleaded down to misdemeanor stalking rather than the felony charge …
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Lauren Girgis / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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7/2/23
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There's not just one, but two new babies in the L pod of the endangered southern resident orcas.
The Center for Whale Research spotted the two calves — new additions to the L12 subgroup …
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Isabella Breda / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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7/2/23
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SEATTLE — Mariners legend Ken Griffey Jr. is regarded as the man who, perhaps more than anyone, helped make the Home Run Derby a marquee event. He not only holds the record for the most …
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Larry Stone / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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7/2/23
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SEATTLE — King County Superior Court Judge Michael Ryan on Friday stopped a senior deputy prosecutor from reciting the facts of Charles Becker's crimes out loud, saying that everyone in his …
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Sara Jean Green / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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7/1/23
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In 1945, then 22-year old Harvey Drahos was wounded at the Battle of Okinawa, and he was convinced he wouldn't make it out alive.
"I told the good Lord, 'If I can survive this, I'll dedicate my …
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Joanna Hou / The Olympian (TNS)
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7/1/23
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While Washington is well prepared in terms of wildland firefighters and equipment, state Commissioner of Public Lands Hilary Franz said residents need to step up as well.
With the state heading …
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Donald W. Meyers / Yakima Herald-Republic (TNS)
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7/1/23
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