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Budd Inlet has been closed to recreational shellfish harvesting due to unsafe biotoxin levels.
High levels of the biotoxin that produces diarrhetic shellfish poisoning (DSP) were recently …
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Martín Bilbao / The Olympian (TNS)
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5/16/25
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Washington state budget includes $150M to maintain health coverage for low-income illegal immigrants
Thousands of people who are not U.S. citizens would continue to receive Medicaid-like health care coverage in Washington state under the budget plan the Legislature recently approved.
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By Jacquelyn Jimenez Romero / The Washington State Standard
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5/15/25
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Portland added residents for the first time since 2020, according to new data from the U.S. Census Bureau, welcoming a little more than 1,400 newcomers.
The city grew by 0.2% to a population of …
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Jonathan Bach / oregonlive.com (TNS)
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5/15/25
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The PacWest skyscraper in downtown Portland has hit the market for the first time in nearly a decade.
PacWest, one of Portland’s largest office buildings, joins a march of high-profile …
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Jonathan Bach / oregonlive.com(TNS)
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5/15/25
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A woman operating an unlicensed day care is heading to prison following the death of an 11-month-old, officials in Oregon said.
Teresa Louise Biswanath, 46, was sentenced to two years behind …
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Sara Schilling / The News Tribune (TNS)
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5/15/25
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In a step toward enhancing animal welfare, the Washington State Legislature has passed House Bill 1149, an act aimed at the prevention of cruelty to animals. The bill received overwhelming support, …
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Nance Beston / Columbia Basin Herald (TNS)
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5/15/25
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A kayaker called 911 to report himself drowning before vanishing at sea, Washington deputies said.
Ty Coone called authorities at about 3 p.m. May 13, the Clallam County Sheriff’s Office …
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Helena Wegner / The Bellingham Herald (TNS)
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5/15/25
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A 58-year-old man who suffered a medical emergency and died after an apparent road-rage incident on Saturday has been identified, according to the Thurston County Coroner.
Although David Hirz of …
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Rolf Boone / The Olympian (TNS)
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5/15/25
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Earlier this week a few dozen South Africans seeking asylum arrived in the U.S., and some are settling in the Pacific Northwest. Nine of the immigrants, who claim they are seeking refuge from …
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Genevieve Belmaker / Tri-City Herald (TNS)
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5/15/25
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Federal research on mine safety will continue despite job cuts, including at a facility in Spokane, U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said at a Senate hearing Wednesday.
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James Hanlon / The Spokesman-Review (TNS)
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5/15/25
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If you’ve taken a walk through downtown Olympia or the Capitol Campus lately, you might’ve noticed a barge on Capitol Lake.
Seeing people on the water is a rare sight these days, but …
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Ty Vinson / The Olympian (TNS)
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5/15/25
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The Trump administration has rescinded a $16 million grant to create a new cybersecurity literacy program in Washington.
The state Department of Commerce received word of the canceled …
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By Jake Goldstein-Street / The Washington State Standard
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5/14/25
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Will Washington Gov. Bob Ferguson sign or veto a pile of tax bills and a state budget dependent on them? It’s anyone’s guess.
Lawmakers, lobbyists and business leaders are all …
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By Jerry Cornfield / The Washington State Standard
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5/14/25
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Clark County has released the name of the man stabbed to death by a sheriff’s deputy in Ridgefield last week.
Marc Fogle, 54, of Clackamas, died from “multiple stab wounds of the …
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The Oregonian / oregonlive.com (TNS)
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5/14/25
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A federal judge in Portland ruled Tuesday that the government had illegally arrested a Venezuelan man in Portland under the Alien Enemies Act using “shoot first and ask questions later” …
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Maxine Bernstein / oregonlive.com (TNS)
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5/14/25
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Oregon lawmakers will have about $755 million less to spend in the next two years than they previously expected.
That’s the big news out of the May revenue forecast Oregon’s top …
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Sami Edge, Carlos Fuentes / oregonlive.com (TNS)
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5/14/25
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Washington residents can soon put their blood type on their driver's license or identification card after Gov. Bob Ferguson signed a new bill into law Monday.
Including blood-type information …
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Kai Uyehara / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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5/14/25
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A man digging a trench in rural Whatcom County turned over a shovel full of dirt, exposing what resembled a military grenade.
It turned out to be a harmless dummy device, authorities told The …
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Robert Mittendorf / The Bellingham Herald (TNS)
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5/14/25
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Microsoft is laying off thousands of employees, almost a third of whom are based in Washington, the company confirmed Tuesday.
The Redmond-based tech giant didn't disclose how many employees in …
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Alex Halverson / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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5/14/25
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A man accused of firing an AR-15 rifle at a Thurston County Sheriff’s Office deputy during a pursuit last week is in custody, Sheriff Derek Sanders announced Tuesday afternoon on social media.
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Rolf Boone / The Olympian (TNS)
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5/14/25
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