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On a farm just outside Fall City, Ryan Lichttenegger gazed out at the rushing water blanketing his fields.
His community is used to floods, Lichttenegger said Tuesday, but this one feels …
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12/10/25
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The House voted overwhelmingly on Tuesday to reauthorize the Secure Rural Schools program, renewing funding that had lapsed since 2023 for counties that contain national forests and other public …
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Orion Donovan Smith / The Spokesman-Review (TNS)
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12/10/25
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A federal judge has temporarily barred the deportation of Greggy Sorio, a green card holder from the Philippines who experienced serious medical issues while detained for months at the Northwest ICE …
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Alexandra Yoon-Hendricks / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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12/10/25
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A 32-year-old woman angry with protesters outside of Kennewick’s Planned Parenthood is accused of hitting one with her SUV.
Sierra D. Godfrey, of Richland, allegedly only intended to scare …
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12/10/25
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OLYMPIA — A new bill spurred by the recent release of Kevin Coe proposed ahead of the upcoming legislative session would make it harder for serial rapists to be released from civil …
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12/10/25
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An unmarked King County sheriff's office vehicle struck and killed a 26-year-old pedestrian Tuesday morning in Monroe, according to police.
A sheriff's office employee was driving the unmarked …
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Caitlyn Freeman / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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12/10/25
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An atmospheric river is tearing through Western Washington this week, dumping massive quantities of water and flooding some areas in the region.
And that rain will keep falling for days.
If …
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Conrad Swanson and Isabella Breda / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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12/10/25
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Idaho is planning to work with the U.S. Forest Service to significantly boost logging and timber sales from National Forest trees in the Gem State.
Idaho Gov. Brad Little and fellow …
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By Laura Guido / Idaho Capital Sun
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12/10/25
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Former Spokane City Council President Ben Stuckart agreed to plead guilty to a felony charge in federal court on Monday in exchange for a plea deal related to a protest last summer.
Stuckart is …
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Tim Clouser / The Center Square
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12/10/25
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The Washington State Office of the Attorney General could soon have investigators rolling around the state with confidential driver’s licenses and plates under a proposal offered by Democrats …
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Tim Clouser / The Center Square
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12/10/25
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Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, under fire for failing to prevent a massive welfare fraud scheme in his state, was in Seattle on Tuesday as the special guest at Gov. Bob Ferguson’s fundraising …
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By Carleen Johnson / The Center Square
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12/10/25
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Pete Serrano’s time as a federal prosecutor in eastern Washington ended Tuesday.
His tenure with the U.S. Department of Justice may not be over.
Tuesday marked Serrano’s …
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By Jerry Cornfield / The Washington State Standard
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12/10/25
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After letting funding lapse for nearly two years, Congress voted to renew crucial federal funding that rural counties and schools have counted on for a quarter century.
The U.S. House of …
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By Alex Baumhardt / Oregon Capital Chronicle
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12/10/25
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TransAlta Corporation has signed an agreement with Puget Sound Energy to switch the last coal-fired power station in Washington state to natural gas.
The deal, which TransAlta announced Tuesday, …
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By Joseph O’Sullivan / The Washington State Standard
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12/10/25
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Amid a steady decline in K-12 enrollment, nearly 2,000 apartments were created from former school buildings across the U.S. in 2024, according to a new report by RentCafe.
The report showed a …
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By Esther Wickham | The Center Square
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12/9/25
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Gov. Bob Ferguson is holding a fundraising lunch on Tuesday with special guest, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, who is under intense fire after failing to stop a massive welfare fraud in his state.
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By Carleen Johnson | The Center Square
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12/9/25
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Energy Secretary Chris Wright saw the Hanford vitrification plant in action in his first visit to the nuclear cleanup site in Eastern Washington on Friday.
After more than 23 years of on-and-off …
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Annette Cary / Tri-City Herald (TNS)
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12/9/25
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This week has had several wins for fuel prices locally, in Washington state and nationally. Washington saw decreased fuel prices for the 12th week in a row.
"Gas prices continued to …
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Nance Beston / Columbia Basin Herald (TNS)
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12/9/25
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President Donald Trump on Monday announced that his administration would spend $12 billion to bail out U.S. farmers who have suffered the fallout from tariffs, including wheat growers in the …
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Orion Donovan Smith / The Spokesman-Review (TNS)
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12/9/25
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The opening salvo of a major atmospheric river hit the Pacific Northwest on Monday, drenching much of Western Washington with heavy rain that is forecast to continue at least until Thursday.
The …
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Kai Uyehara and Paige Cornwell / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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12/9/25
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