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Two of Oregon’s oldest nonprofit universities are exploring a merger, which would create the state’s largest independent private university with more than 6,000 students enrolled across …
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Julia Silverman / oregonlive.com (TNS)
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12/11/25
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It's not often that hundreds of Washington’s orchard owners, farm managers and fruit industry leaders spend much of their annual conference discussing how to grow and harvest fewer crops.
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Joel Donofrio / Yakima Herald-Republic, Wash. (TNS)
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12/11/25
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Sumner residents are bracing for an influx of flooding from the Puyallup and White Rivers.
Carmen Palmer, spokesperson for the City of Sumner, told The News Tribune that the Army Corp of …
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Isabela Lund / The News Tribune (TNS)
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12/11/25
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SKAGIT RIVER — As unrelenting rains fell Wednesday morning across Western Washington, with a forecast for much more in the hours ahead, Mount Vernon Mayor Peter Donovan braced for the worst.
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Isabella Breda and Conrad Swanson / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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12/11/25
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Three Washington state transportation workers were hurt when a pickup truck veered across Highway 395 and hit them in a work zone in Kennewick on Wednesday.
The Washington State Department of …
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Cameron Probert / Tri-City Herald (TNS)
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12/11/25
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On most demographic measures, Seattle usually ranks alongside its peer cities — places like San Francisco, Portland, Washington, D.C., and so on. But here’s a ranking where Seattle finds …
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Gene Balk / FYI Guy / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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12/11/25
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Heavy rain is reaching high into the mountains and further delaying Washington's ski season from entering full swing.
Mission Ridge south of Wenatchee still plans to spin lifts Friday, but the …
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Gregory Scruggs / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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12/10/25
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At least 17 people were saved from floodwaters Monday and Tuesday while a powerful atmospheric river drenched Western Washington.
Those rescued were found trapped in their trailer homes and …
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Kai Uyehara / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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12/10/25
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River flooding in parts of Western Washington is expected to be “catastrophic,” especially in the coastal lowlands near the Snohomish, Stillaguamish and Skagit rivers, according to a new …
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By Greg Kim / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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12/10/25
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CAMP MURRAY, Wash. — Gov. Bob Ferguson declared a state of emergency Wednesday, called in the National Guard and said he is requesting assistance from the federal government following historic …
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Shauna Sowers / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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12/10/25
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A dam more than a century old in Lake Sylvia State Park in Grays Harbor County is “ showing signs of increasing stress ,” the county’s emergency management department said …
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By Kai Uyehara / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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12/10/25
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A heap of funding for schools, roads and other services in rural areas passed the U.S. House of Representatives earlier this week and now heads to the president's desk for approval.
U.S. Rep. …
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By Jacob Moore / jacob@chronline.com
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12/10/25
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Multnomah County could end as many as 21 full-time positions in its behavioral health division, with roughly 17 more in jeopardy in the next fiscal year, documents show.
The Board of …
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Austin De Dios / oregonlive.com (TNS)
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12/10/25
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To honor the United States’ 250th birthday next year, a celebration dubbed the semiquincentennial, the U.S. Treasury has created drafts of a $1 coin that features President Donald Trump.
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Joel Odom / oregonlive.com (TNS)
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12/10/25
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A national organization on Tuesday joined the call demanding Oregon leaders investigate federal agents accused of criminal behavior in Portland and throughout the state.
In a letter, national …
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Yesenia Amaro / oregonlive.com (TNS)
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12/10/25
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A man was shot to death Tuesday in Southeast Portland, police said.
Officers arrived in the 1700 block of Southeast 139th Avenue shortly before 5:30 p.m. and found a man with a gunshot wound, …
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The Oregonian / oregonlive.com (TNS)
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12/10/25
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A 2-alarm fire this week landed a person in the hospital and burned four apartments after an explosion went off in a fourplex in Southeast Portland’s Centennial neighborhood.
Police have …
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Tatum Todd / oregonlive.com (TNS)
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12/10/25
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Skagit County has activated its emergency operations center and, like much of Western Washington, is bracing for a second round of flooding this week that's expected to be more intense than the …
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Paige Cornwell Kai Uyehara Amanda Zhou Catalina Gaitán and Caitlyn Freeman / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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12/10/25
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Former KOMO TV and radio reporter Bryan Johnson, a pillar of Seattle journalism for more than half a century, has died. He was 89.
The KOMO News community and the city of Seattle mourn the loss …
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Paul Roberts / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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12/10/25
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A request for bids for possibly $4 billion worth of work at the Hanford nuclear site to grout and dispose of radioactive waste was released Tuesday.
The Department of Energy is pursuing a …
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Annette Cary / Tri-City Herald (TNS)
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12/10/25
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