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Seattle vaccine experts were surprised and confused by the country's apparent new direction around updated COVID-19 shots, which top officials at the Food and Drug Administration revealed Tuesday and …
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Elise Takahama / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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5/22/25
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In one of the first immigration raids involving the IRS, federal agents arrested 17 people at a Kent beverage manufacturing company Tuesday.
The IRS' Criminal Investigation division helped …
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Nina Shapiro / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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5/22/25
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Washington state lawmakers made numerous cuts to balance the budget — including a “massive” reduction in the state’s wildfire prevention, resilience and response funding.
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Simone Carter / The Bellingham Herald (TNS)
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5/22/25
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Washington Gov. Bob Ferguson announced Wednesday that he’d filed an amicus brief in support of a multi-state lawsuit that aims to stop “illegal” tariffs imposed by the …
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Simone Carter / The Bellingham Herald (TNS)
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5/22/25
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Memorial Day weekend is the unofficial start of summer, and Washington state’s extensive ferry system is ready. Washington State Ferries see double the typical number of riders during the …
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Genevieve Belmaker / The Bellingham Herald (TNS)
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5/22/25
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Trainee Cat Robinson heaved a hose along the containment line as flames climbed a nearby ponderosa pine. Capt. Beau Foster, with Kittitas Fire District 6, coached her as she knocked down the flames …
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Isabella Breda / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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5/22/25
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The day after Washington Gov. Bob Ferguson signed into law a two-year, $78 billion operating budget that amounts to the largest tax increase in state history, critics expressed disappointment and …
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By Carleen Johnson / The Center Square
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5/21/25
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The past couple months have been a rollercoaster ride at the Port of Seattle.
In response to President Donald Trump’s tariff whipsaw, international cargo imports spiked in March and April …
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By: Jake Goldstein-Street / The Washington State Standard
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5/21/25
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Gov. Bob Ferguson signed a bill sponsored by state Rep. Peter Abbarno, R-Centralia, on Monday, May 19, that gives more financial flexibility to utility companies to respond to certain emergencies.
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By Jacob Moore / jacob@chronline.com
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5/21/25
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U.S. Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, D-Skamania, this week testified in front of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee to underscore priorities for Southwest Washington for the upcoming …
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By The Chronicle staff
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5/21/25
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Gov. Bob Ferguson signed a bill sponsored by Sen. Jeff Wilson, R-Longview, on Monday, May 19, launching a testing program to identify forever chemicals in the state’s food supply.
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By Jacob Moore / jacob@chronline.com
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5/21/25
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U.S. Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, D-Skamania, and Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick, R-Pennsylvania, recently introduced the bipartisan Fair Wage Act.
The legislation is aimed at indexing the federal …
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By The Chronicle staff
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5/21/25
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A 30-year-old Thurston County corrections sergeant has been arrested on suspicion of first-degree voyeurism, court records show.
The man was taken into custody on Monday, jail records show.
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Rolf Boone / The Olympian (TNS)
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5/21/25
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A Pasco man pardoned for his role in the Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol riots has been found guilty of threatening to blow up a federal building and on weapons charges related to trying to enter former …
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Cory McCoy / Tri-City Herald (TNS)
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5/21/25
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Actor George Wendt has died at 76, his publicist, Melissa Nathan, announced in a statement shared with People on Tuesday, May 20.
“Beloved actor and comedian, George Wendt, best known for …
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Sara Vallone / Tri-City Herald (TNS)
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5/21/25
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Restaurant worker admits $326K multi-state scheme to steal iPads from Washington state Target stores
A Chinese citizen who worked with his girlfriend to “return” 140 counterfeit iPads to Tri-Cities Target stores and others in the West has been sentenced in federal court.
Zhangbo …
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Annette Cary / Tri-City Herald (TNS)
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5/21/25
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Rep. Michael Baumgartner sent a letter to U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Tuesday asking him to reverse course and reopen an office in Spokane that conducts research on workplace …
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Orion Donovan Smith / The Spokesman-Review (TNS)
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5/21/25
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Since April, 8,300 Washington drivers have received notices in the mail saying they were caught exceeding the speed limit. But they’re not speeding tickets.
These so-called “courtesy …
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Daniel Schrager / The Peninsula Gateway (TNS)
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5/21/25
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A 35-year-old man from Washington, Dominique Terrel Gonzales, was sentenced to 11 years in prison for sex trafficking a minor.
He violently forced four women and one underage teenager into …
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Kai Uyehara / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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5/21/25
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Something unusual happened when attorney Sofia Velling went to a Seattle immigration court hearing Tuesday with an asylum-seeker. Out of the blue, she said, a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement …
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Nina Shapiro / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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5/21/25
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