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An estimated 500 people gathered Sunday afternoon on the Washington state Capitol Campus in Olympia to remember the life of Charlie Kirk, the founder of conservative youth nonprofit Turning Point …
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By Rolf Boone / The Olympian (TNS)
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9/22/25
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CASCADE LOCKS, Ore. — As I stood on the edge of a sternwheeler about a mile out into the Columbia River last month, I might have started to question why I thought it would be a good idea to …
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By Henry Brannan / Murrow News
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9/22/25
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The Longview City Council will discuss a proposal on Thursday to be among the first cities in the country commemorating the life of Charlie Kirk .
Lower Columbia College — …
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Nick Morgan / The Daily News
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9/22/25
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President Donald Trump, Vice President JD Vance and several Cabinet officials spoke at a five-hour memorial ceremony Sunday in Arizona for the late conservative political activist Charlie Kirk, whom …
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By Ashley Murray / States Newsroom
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9/22/25
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The torturously slow pace and increasingly expensive price to replace the Interstate 5 bridge across the Columbia River have some Oregon and Washington lawmakers growing uneasy and frustrated.
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By Mia Maldonado and Jerry Cornfield / States Newsroom
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9/22/25
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The U.S. Army on Monday identified the four Joint Base Lewis-McChord soldiers who died in a helicopter crash in Thurston County on Sept. 17.
They are:
U.S. Army Chief …
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By Adam Lynn / The News Tribune (TNS
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9/22/25
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Proposed spending cuts will significantly hinder public services provided by Thurston County, officials warned the Board of County Commissioners this week.
The board heard budget cut proposals …
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Martín Bilbao / The Olympian (TNS)
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9/21/25
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Nearly 4,000 nurses and other health care workers at Kaiser Permanente in Oregon and southwest Washington have voted 97% in favor of authorizing a strike.
The Oregon Federation of Nurses and …
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Kristine de Leon / oregonlive.com (TNS)
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9/21/25
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Police shot and injured an armed suspect in a Portland gas station after he opened fire on officers while they tried to apprehend him, police say.
Nobody else was injured during the shooting, …
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Tatum Todd / oregonlive.com (TNS)
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9/21/25
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Oregonians are feeling a bit gloomier about their finances, with more saying they would struggle to afford a significant, unexpected expense.
One-third of people say they would have to borrow …
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Mike Rogoway / oregonlive.com (TNS)
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9/21/25
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Washington state has agreed to pay $6 million to settle a wrongful death lawsuit over lapses in the cancer diagnosis and treatment of a man who died at Monroe Correctional Complex.
Michael …
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Jim Brunner / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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9/21/25
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Roughly 2½ years after Washington’s pay transparency law took effect, lawmakers, state courts, employers and job seekers are still trying to make sense of it.
In an effort to …
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Lauren Rosenblatt / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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9/21/25
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A 12-year-old boy was found dead at South 40th Street and South Lawrence Street Friday, the Tacoma Police Department posted on X.
Officers were dispatched at 3:15 p.m. after receiving a call …
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Julia Park / The Peninsula Gateway (TNS)
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9/21/25
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The Yakima Health District is reporting a case of West Nile virus disease in a resident of Yakima County — the first human case of the virus reported in Washington this year.
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OLIVIA PALMER / Yakima Herald-Republic (TNS)
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9/21/25
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Stephen Hawking was immediately on the phone in 2015 when he learned that the Hanford LIGO observatory in Eastern Washington and its twin observatory in Louisiana had made the first-ever direct …
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Annette Cary / Tri-City Herald (TNS)
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9/21/25
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Microsoft urged traveling H-1B visa employees on Friday to return to the U.S. immediately in the wake of President Donald Trump's executive order to increase visa fees to $100,000, according to …
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Caitlyn Freeman and Nina Shapiro / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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9/21/25
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Elinor Cromwell stood outside KOMO Plaza on Saturday with a sign reading: Stop Mickey-Mouseing around with our rights."
Cromwell, 70, a retired public defender from Seattle, joined at least 100 …
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Caitlyn Freeman / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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9/21/25
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A federal judge approved a $2 million settlement this week in the wrongful death suit filed by the mother of a woman fatally shot by Longview Police Department officers on New Year’s Day 2024.
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Matt Esnayra / The Daily News
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9/20/25
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Two significant events this month advanced Washington state on its path toward linking its carbon market with the established systems of California and Quebec, Canada.
California extended its …
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By Brett Davis / The Center Square
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9/20/25
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For the first time in nearly a decade, Washington’s two largest universities welcomed new presidents within the same year.
Elizabeth Cantwell became the first female president of …
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By Emily Fitzgerald / The Washington State Standard
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9/20/25
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