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U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said Thursday that her agency would “double down” in Portland after state and local leaders rebuffed a series of demands she made during a …
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Shane Dixon Kavanaugh / oregonlive.com (TNS)
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Deirdre Phelps, wife of Kalama head football coach Mike Phelps, handed out shirts with slogans supporting Charlie Kirk to some members of the football team Wednesday.
The shirts feature a …
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10/9/25
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Washington state’s public pension system is among the best funded in the nation, but concerns remain that long-term planning decisions could end up costing taxpayers in more ways than one.
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By TJ Martinell / The Center Square
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The Washington State Office of Financial Management has released cost estimates for the two recently approved Washington Public Employee Association contracts for fiscal year 2026: one for General …
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By Brett Davis / The Center Square
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10/9/25
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Two teenage boys in Florida are being called heroes for their response to a five-second TikTok video last month that may well have averted disaster all the way across the country.
The video, …
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By Carleen Johnson / The Center Square
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10/9/25
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Washington Gov. Bob Ferguson celebrated the state’s award of a $715 million contract for three hybrid electric ferries in July as a milestone in his drive to improve the nation’s largest …
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By Tom Banse and Jerry Cornfield / Washington State Standard
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10/9/25
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WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said Thursday he’s prepared to cancel funding approved by Congress that he believes is going toward programs supported by Democrats, though he …
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By Jennifer Shutt / States Newsroom
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10/9/25
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Firearm-related deaths are up dramatically among middle- and high school-aged youth, according to a new study led by Washington State University researchers.
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By Emily Fitzgerald / The Washington State Standard
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10/9/25
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In early January 2022, police officers in Sequim, a small northwest Washington town on the Olympic Peninsula, responded to a wrecked pickup truck partially submerged in water. A bystander reported …
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By Aspen Ford / InvestigateWest
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10/9/25
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About 200 members of the Oregon National Guard will remain under federal control but cannot yet be deployed to Portland, according to a ruling Wednesday by three judges in a federal appeals court.
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By Alex Baumhardt / Oregon Capital Chronicle
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10/8/25
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The man who fatally struck an Army soldier stationed at Joint Base Lewis-McChord in a vehicle collision on Interstate 5, then carjacked another vehicle to flee, was sentenced Monday to three years, …
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By Peter Talbot / The News Tribune (TNS)
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The man charged with murdering another man and dumping his body on a remote logging road in Ariel in 2024 declined a plea deal Tuesday from prosecutors and may face trial.
Joseph Klimas, 46, of …
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Matt Esnayra / The Daily News
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10/8/25
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A large solar farm proposed in eastern Washington appears on course to clear a critical regulatory hurdle this month, despite opposition from the Yakama Nation.
After that, it would go for …
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By Jerry Cornfield / The Washington State Standard
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10/8/25
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Washington voters will soon receive ballots in the mail for the Nov. 4 general election.
The only statewide ballot measure is Senate Joint Resolution 8201 , which proposes a constitutional …
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By Carleen Johnson / The Center Square
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10/8/25
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Less than a week after being “unconditionally released” from confinement on McNeil Island, the man who became known as the “South Hill Rapist” is moving into a group home in …
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By Carleen Johnson / The Center Square
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10/8/25
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Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell has signed two executive orders in anticipation of President Donald Trump deploying the National Guard in the Emerald City.
The first executive order accuses Trump of …
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By TJ Martinell / The Center Square
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10/8/25
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A woman blew smoke from narcotics into a baby’s face, then assaulted an officer, Washington officials said.
On Oct. 5, Seattle officers got reports of a 39-year-old woman “smoking …
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By Paloma Chavez / The Olympian (TNS)
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10/8/25
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An Oregon State Police explosives unit was called to the Baker County Sheriff’s Office on Tuesday, Oct. 7, after a local resident reported finding a device, which he thought was a pipe bomb, in …
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Jayson Jaco / Baker City Herald, Ore. (TNS)
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10/8/25
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What’s that smell?
That’s the question many Portland residents asked on social media Tuesday night, as their streets, yards and sometimes homes filled with an irritating smell that …
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Tatum Todd / oregonlive.com (TNS)
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10/8/25
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The fatal shooting of a drug dealer inside his Southeast Portland tent during a botched fentanyl robbery ended with an 18-year sentence for the man who pulled the trigger.
While the …
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Zane Sparling / oregonlive.com (TNS)
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