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Federal protections, combined with a white-hot housing market, have kept a lid on foreclosures in Washington.
Even so, counselors who try to help homeowners avoid foreclosure say they're gearing …
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Heidi Groover / The Seattle Times
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4/17/21
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Remember last May? It's OK, nobody really does — but that's when the restaurant industry's struggle to survive the COVID-19 era, combined with patrons thirsty for something to go with their …
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Bethany Jean Clement / The Seattle Times
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4/17/21
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Tim Eyman must pay nearly $2.9 million to cover the legal fees and costs of Attorney General Bob Ferguson's nearly four-year lawsuit against Eyman for campaign finance violations, a Thurston County …
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David Gutman / The Seattle Times
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4/17/21
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A Holocaust survivor rose from her seat Friday morning moments before a self-proclaimed Nazi would get seven months behind bars for defacing the Temple Beth Shalom Synagogue in Spokane with swastikas …
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Maggie Quinlan / The Spokesman-Review
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4/17/21
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State officials recommend planning early and developing alternatives for those wanting to join the crowds flocking to public camping sites as Washington's weather warms up.
Shortly after COVID-19 …
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4/16/21
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'Strong Evidence' of a Fourth Wave as COVID Vaccine Doses Become Available for All Washington Adults
OLYMPIA — Gov. Jay Inslee warned Thursday of "strong evidence" of a possible fourth COVID-19 wave in Washington, just as residents 16 years and older become eligible for …
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Joseph O'Sullivan / The Seattle Times
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4/16/21
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OLYMPIA — After an emotional debate that scrambled party lines and revealed deep divisions on how to treat substance use, the Washington Senate Thursday approved a bill to treat drug possession …
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Fans of celestial wonders and lovers of warm weather are in for a treat this weekend with clear skies, a chance to see the Lyrid meteor showers and the year's first 70-degree days.
Thursday was …
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Christine Clarridge / The Seattle Times
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4/15/21
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In a fresh sign of the pandemic's lingering economic impacts, thousands of jobless Washingtonians have collected their 52nd week of unemployment benefits and must now refile to keep that assistance …
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Paul Roberts / The Seattle Times
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4/15/21
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Coronavirus testing got off to a disastrous start last year, putting the nation in a position of playing catch-up to the pandemic.
The delay in getting widespread testing in February, 2020, left …
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Ryan Blethen / The Seattle Times
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4/15/21
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Gov. Jay Inslee has denied Pierce County's request to receive a boost in COVID-19 vaccines.
Inslee sent a letter Tuesday responding to Pierce County Executive Bruce Dammeier's request for 55,000 …
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Josephine Peterson / The News Tribune
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4/15/21
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Standardized exams for public school kids in Washington state will be delayed until the fall, state schools Superintendent Chris Reykdal announced Wednesday.
Reykdal said his agency made the …
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Dahlia Bazzaz / The Seattle Times
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4/15/21
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The Canada Border Services Agency last month discovered and seized a shipment of suspected cocaine worth an estimated $3.5 million in a truck crossing the U.S. border from Whatcom County.
On March …
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David Rasbach / The Bellingham Herald
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4/15/21
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Washington's unemployment agency was "wholly unprepared" to prevent or even detect a massive criminal fraud scheme that stole more than $640 million amid a surge in jobless claims last year, a new …
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Paul Roberts and Jim Brunner / The Seattle Times
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4/14/21
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OLYMPIA — Nearly two months after the Washington Supreme Court invalidated their felony drug-possession convictions, 15 people are being released from prison by a stroke of Gov. Jay Inslee's …
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Joseph O'Sullivan and David Gutman / The Seattle Times
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4/14/21
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Washington lawmakers are divided over an education bill that would eliminate a standardized assessment for student teachers that critics say is inequitable and unnecessary.
While the Senate passed …
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Elise Takahama / The Seattle Times
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4/14/21
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A push from Southwest Washington's lawmakers to establish more oversight on Gov. Jay Inslee's emergency powers has failed to pick up much traction in the current legislative session, and the effort …
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Calley Hair / The Columbian
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4/14/21
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Olympia will require large grocery stores to pay their employees $4 more per hour in hazard pay beginning next month.
The ordinance, which city council passed on Tuesday by a 6-0 vote, is intended …
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Brandon Block / The Olympian
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4/14/21
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Washington's public schools soon will be required to take new steps to curb children's exposure to lead after passage of a bill that mandates schools fix or replace fixtures that leach the toxin into …
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Hannah Furfaro / The Seattle Times
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4/13/21
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OLYMPIA — Pierce, Cowlitz and Whitman counties must tighten COVID-19 restrictions amid rising cases, Gov. Jay Inslee announced Monday.
Those three counties will roll back to the second phase …
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Joseph O'Sullivan / The Seattle Times
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4/13/21
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