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A 17-year-old Buckley teenager is accused of causing a fatal wrong-way crash while driving under the influence on Interstate 5 last week.
Pierce County prosecutors charged the teenager with …
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Puneet Bsanti / The News Tribune (TNS)
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1/29/25
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Many states across the U.S. require financial education as a requirement for graduating high school. That doesn’t include Washington.
But a state Senate bill heard in committee Tuesday …
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Simone Carter / The News Tribune (TNS)
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1/29/25
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Increasing construction costs and falling gas tax revenue have blown a billion dollar hole in the Washington state transportation budget, forcing lawmakers to put more money toward projects once …
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Nicholas Deshais / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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1/29/25
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The Sportsmen’s Alliance Foundation has filed a lawsuit against the Washington state Department of Fish and Wildlife over withholding public records that it claims violates the state’s …
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The News Tribune (TNS)
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1/29/25
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Attorneys for Lincoln Smith, the long-haul trucker accused of seven counts of manslaughter in a deadly Interstate 5 crash, revealed their defense Tuesday as trial began in Marion County Circuit …
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Zane Sparling / oregonlive.com (TNS)
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1/29/25
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A Portland man is accused of animal neglect after he allegedly let his dog starve to death.
Husan Muldrew, 38, is accused of first-degree animal neglect after his dog, Knox, allegedly lost close …
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Zaeem Shaikh / oregonlive.com (TNS)
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1/29/25
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Back in September, Donald Trump raised eyebrows when he called for opening a “very large faucet” in the Pacific Northwest to alleviate drought and wildfire conditions in California.
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By The Oregonian / oregonlive.com (TNS)
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1/29/25
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It’s one of nature’s healthiest wild foods, the backbone of a major industry in the Pacific Northwest and deeply embedded in the diets and cultures of Indigenous people in the region.
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Gosia Wozniacka / oregonlive.com (TNS)
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1/29/25
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Search-and-rescue teams on Monday recovered the body of a Portland man who had gone missing while hiking on Mount Hood.
Robert Tveite, 38, set out on the Cooper Spur Trail on Saturday and was …
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Tatum Todd / oregonlive.com (TNS)
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1/29/25
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Gunfire rattled residents of a Vancouver neighborhood on Sunday, with a barrage of bullets hitting houses and at least one car. No one appears to have been injured, police said.
Police arrived …
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Tatum Todd / oregonlive.com (TNS)
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1/29/25
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They don’t have a permit, but at least some members of Pierce County Republican Party and their supporters plan to show up in Olympia at noon on Thursday to protest House Democrats’ …
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By Carleen Johnson / The Center Square
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1/29/25
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Washington Democrats are trying again to give the state additional power to prosecute cases when police use deadly force .
But the bill looks a bit different this time around compared to …
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By Jake Goldstein-Street / The Washington State Standard
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1/29/25
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The amount of parking a city can require for new construction may soon be limited.
Senate Bill 5184 would prevent cities and counties from mandating more than one spot for every two housing …
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By Laurel Demkovich / The Washington State Standard
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1/29/25
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Washington may soon join Illinois, California and other states in compensating the parents of developmentally disabled children under legislation considered by the Senate on Monday.
State …
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Tim Clouser / The Center Square
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1/28/25
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The Trump administration’s move to freeze huge swaths of federal spending drew backlash Tuesday from Democratic officials in Washington and the state’s congressional delegation.
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By Bill Lucia / The Washington State Standard
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1/28/25
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As Thurston County Commissioner Emily Clouse works to regain trust from her seatmates and the community following the conclusion of a monthslong investigation into her relationship with her former …
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By Dylan Reubenking/dylan@yelmonline.com
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1/28/25
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A job applicant with a prominent face tattoo has filed a $50,000 lawsuit in Multnomah County against a convenience-store chain that he says wouldn’t hire him because of his tattoo.
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Aimee Green / oregonlive.com (TNS)
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1/28/25
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Jury selection began Monday in the trial of Lincoln Smith, a California truck driver accused of manslaughter in the deaths of seven Oregon farmworkers whose van was parked along Interstate 5 near …
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Zane Sparling / oregonlive.com (TNS)
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1/28/25
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A Seaside man who was trying to keep warm with a candle died in a tent fire last week at a city-sanctioned encampment, officials said.
The fire follows months of debate over how the city should …
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Kristine de Leon / oregonlive.com (TNS)
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1/28/25
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A former MMA fighter with the nickname “Cadillac” preyed on three women living in tents in Portland in 2021 and 2022, a Multnomah County jury determined Friday.
The jury deliberated …
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Zane Sparling / oregonlive.com (TNS)
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1/28/25
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