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A Spokane Valley woman was arrested after attempting to impale her neighbor with a 2-foot "centurion-style sword" as he walked his daughters from their apartment to school Friday morning, deputies …
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Cannon Barnett / The Spokesman-Review (TNS)
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12/24/24
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For Washington's outdoorsy crowd, 2024 had its peaks and valleys. The year began with scant snow and ended with a lot of it. Summer featured a mixed bag of wildfire smoke, while fall brought a bumper …
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Gregory Scruggs / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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12/24/24
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An Indigenous student has sued Tacoma Public Schools for prohibiting her from wearing tribal regalia during her June high school graduation ceremony.
Gracie Belle Ray, who is a member of the …
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Shea Johnson / The News Tribune (TNS)
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12/24/24
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The Oregon Department of Transportation will receive $33 million in federal funding to construct a wildlife crossing over Interstate 5 in southwest Oregon, state officials said.
The crossing, …
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Gosia Wozniacka / oregonlive.com (TNS)
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12/24/24
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Winter whale watching returns to the Oregon coast this week.
Oregon’s two official whale watch events – winter and spring – follow the migration of gray whales . In the winter, …
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Julie Evensen / oregonlive.com (TNS)
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12/24/24
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Jennifer Shatzer found her 23-year-old son unconscious in a bedroom of their Lake Oswego home just days after Thanksgiving in 2022.
His half-eaten lunch from McDonald’s was nearby. Also …
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Maxine Bernstein / oregonlive.com (TNS)
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12/24/24
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Southwest Washington high school teacher arrested on allegations of sexual misconduct with a student
A high school teacher from Vancouver Public Schools was arrested Friday on allegations that he had sexual contact with a 16-year-old student in 2013, police said.
Shadbreon Gatson, 43, is a …
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Fedor Zarkhin / oregonlive.com (TNS)
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12/24/24
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A Redmond man has been sentenced to two years in federal prison for stealing another person’s Social Security number and using it to open more than 30 bank and credit card accounts while also …
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Maxine Bernstein / oregonlive.com (TNS)
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12/24/24
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Deputies arrested two men in Washington County, Oregon, on Thursday for allegedly using a counterfeit key to steal mail from community mailboxes in Cedar Mill and Bethany.
Deputies arrested …
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Tatum Todd / oregonlive.com (TNS)
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12/24/24
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National retailer Big Lots looks to be on track to shuttering its remaining stores , including its Longview location and a handful of other Washington state stores.
In a news release Thursday, …
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Debbie Cockrell / The News Tribune
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12/24/24
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Senate Democrats are asking their peers to help “spread that tax policy love around” as they hope to close a $16 billion shortfall with new taxes in a leaked email on Friday.
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Tim Clouser / The Center Square
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12/24/24
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State Rep. Peter Abbarno, R-Centralia, is sponsoring a pair of bills in the upcoming legislative session to reopen a limited opt-out period for WA Cares , Washington’s long-term care insurance …
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By Carleen Johnson / The Center Square
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12/24/24
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During the upcoming legislative session, the Washington Association of Sheriffs and Police Chiefs will be pushing for legislation to deal with the state’s shortage of law enforcement officers
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By Carleen Johnson / The Center Square
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12/24/24
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A Democratic state senator’s errant email is shedding light on new taxes that she and her colleagues may pursue in 2025 as well as a strategy to sell them to the public.
Sen. Noel Frame , …
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By Jerry Cornfield / The Washington Standard
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12/24/24
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Despite the brisk temperatures on a recent December morning, Nisqually Tribe fishers and families were nothing but smiles on the Nisqually River as they fished for winter chum for the first time in …
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By The Nisqually Valley News Staff
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12/23/24
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Washington GOP Chairman Jim Walsh has some concerns about the incoming governor.
Last month, Attorney General Bob Ferguson, a dyed-in-the-wool Democrat, sailed to victory in the gubernatorial …
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By Simone Carter / The Olympian
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12/23/24
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After a dismal season last winter due to warm weather and limited snow, access will be further limited for snowmobilers this winter and the problem won't get any better unless registration trends …
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By Luke Thompson / The Yakima Herald-Republic (TNS)
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12/23/24
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Federal agencies will take a new look at the findings of a four-year, $55 million federal study completed in 2020 that rejected calls to tear down the four lower Snake River dams.
A coalition of …
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By Annette Cary / Tri-City Herald
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12/23/24
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The display cases in “Cedar and Sea” are like many others in museum exhibits, full of traditional objects such as baskets, fishing hooks, carving tools and boxes. But compared with many …
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Jamie Hale / oregonlive.com (TNS)
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12/23/24
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Driving a King County Metro bus through the dark, wet Seattle night, Timm Nelson was watching for the man suspected of stabbing his co-worker to death.
Then Nelson realized the man wanted in …
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Daniel Beekman / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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12/23/24
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