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A 66-year-old Coyote Ridge inmate walked away from a work crew on a Tri-Cities college campus on Wednesday. But it didn’t take long for police to track him down.
Jerry L King was part of a …
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Cameron Probert / Tri-City Herald (TNS)
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1/16/26
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WASHINGTON — At least half of the federal government is on a path to keep operating in the event of a lapse in funding that could take place at the end of the month.
A bipartisan 82-15 vote in …
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Orion Donovan Smith / The Spokesman-Review (TNS)
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1/16/26
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Three Snohomish County children have been infected with measles after they were exposed to a contagious family visiting from South Carolina, according to public health officials.
The Snohomish …
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Lauren Girgis / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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1/16/26
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A 44-year-old Bothell man allegedly hid a camera in a Kirkland Starbucks bathroom to film customers and staff without their consent, according to King County prosecutors.
Ben Tsai was charged …
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Lauren Girgis / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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1/16/26
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A massage therapist who formerly worked at a Gig Harbor spa is accused of sexually assaulting two women during massage sessions.
Justin Michael Francis, 25, pleaded not guilty Wednesday in …
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Peter Talbot / The News Tribune (TNS)
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1/16/26
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At least one person was shot while exchanging gunfire" in an apparent road rage incident Wednesday morning on Interstate 5 near downtown Seattle, according to police.
State troopers were …
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Caitlyn Freeman and Kai Uyehara / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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1/16/26
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After years of blown budgets and missed deadlines, Washington state’s two biggest technology projects may be showing signs of life.
Monday saw the restart of a stalled upgrade to the aging …
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Paul Roberts / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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1/16/26
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Four months after cost estimates showed the project to replace the Interstate 5 bridge over the Columbia River had more than doubled in price, officials leading the Interstate Bridge Replacement …
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Nicholas Deshais / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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1/16/26
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The Washington state attorney general’s office and environmental advocates filed separate administrative appeals Wednesday, challenging a U.S. Department of Energy emergency order that required the …
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By Amanda Zhou / The Seattle Times
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1/16/26
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One Pacific Northwest man earned $159,310 for spending the summer fishing from his boat and turning in his catch to a Washington and Oregon bounty program.
It was the second-highest amount ever …
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By Annette Cary / Tri-City Herald (TNS)
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1/16/26
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A North Seattle man defended himself and his teenage daughter with a frying pan during a home invasion early Friday morning, police say.
Someone broke into their home on the 6100 block of …
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By Kai Uyehara / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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1/16/26
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The Washington State Association of Sheriffs and Police Chiefs’ leadership said it will consider expelling Pierce County Sheriff Keith Swank over comments he made during a legislative hearing …
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By Caitlyn Freeman / The Seattle Times
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1/16/26
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Authorities say fire crews rescued a calf on Wednesday night after a heat lamp caused a barn fire in Rose Valley.
Crews responded at about 11 p.m. to the 100 block of Ranch Road, near the …
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The Daily News
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1/16/26
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About a dozen protesters held signs Thursday outside the Kelso office of the area's congressional representative, demanding to know the Democratic lawmaker's views on last week's fatal shooting of a …
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Hayley Day / The Daily News
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1/16/26
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Washington state Department of Children Youth and Families staff downplayed any fraud in the daycare subsidy system Thursday during a work session before the Senate Early Learning and K-12 Education …
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By Carleen Johnson / The Center Square
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1/16/26
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Washington Policy Center and the Citizen Action Defense Fund are applying more pressure in their lawsuit that hopes to force the Department of Ecology to produce climate data as required by the …
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By Carleen Johnson / The Center Square
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1/16/26
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Washington state’s percolating “millionaire’s tax” would result in a top marginal rate of more than 18% for high-income earners in Seattle, based on the combined effects of several state and …
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By Brett Davis / The Center Square
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1/16/26
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WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump outlined his health care proposals to Congress on Thursday, asking lawmakers to approve several broad policy changes “without delay” — but left out any …
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By Jennifer Shutt / States Newsroom
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1/16/26
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Microsoft President Brad Smith leads some of the tech giant’s work in areas ranging from artificial intelligence to cybersecurity to environmental sustainability.
Right now, housing issues …
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By Bill Lucia / The Washington State Standard
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1/16/26
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The U.S. Forest Service has announced a new public survey to investigate the impacts of its 2025 ban on commercial huckleberry harvests in Gifford Pinchot National Forest.
“Hearing …
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By Henry Brannan / Murrow News
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1/15/26
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