Summer chinook fishing will close on the Columbia River on Friday evening from the Astoria-Megler Bridge upriver to Priest Rapids Dam in Washington.
The states met Wednesday as the Columbia …
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6/29/23
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Washington has introduced a new policy that changes hospital reporting requirements for infants affected at birth by substance use, a step the state hopes will help combat stigma against parents with …
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Elise Takahama / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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6/29/23
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A man wounded another man with a sword amid an altercation that also involved a jammed handgun and attempted pitchfork stabbing during a suspected daylight burglary in Seattle's Beacon Hill …
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Daisy Zavala Magaña / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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6/29/23
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Washington's average annual wage increased to $84,167 in 2022, marking a 2% growth from 2021, according to the state's Employment Security Department.
The average annual wage will be used to …
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Joanna Hou / The Olympian (TNS)
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6/29/23
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WASHINGTON — In a speech in Chicago on Wednesday, President Joe Biden touted his administration's efforts to bolster the American middle class by embracing a term coined by his critics: …
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Orion Donovan-Smith / The Spokesman-Review (TNS)
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6/29/23
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The city of Sandpoint had 170 geese killed Friday because they were pooping on a public beach.
Mayor Shelby Rognstad did not respond to an interview request, but he provided a short comment as …
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Colin Tiernan / The Spokesman-Review (TNS)
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6/29/23
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SEATTLE — Amid human-made barriers to finding adequate food, hearing or communicating with each other, the endangered southern resident orcas may have seen an increase in the prevalence of skin …
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6/29/23
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A 2021 law passed by Washington state Democrats that aimed to shut down one of the nation's largest for-profit privately run immigration jails has been rendered toothless.
The Northwest …
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David Gutman / The Seattle Times / (TNS)
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6/29/23
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In a visceral response to data showing increased speeding, drunken driving and traffic deaths, Gov. Jay Inslee said Wednesday that speed-enforcement cameras should be added to I-5 and other …
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Mike Lindblom / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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6/29/23
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Two Vancouver girls called 911 Monday night to report that their stepfather had shot their mother and then himself, the Clark County Sheriff’s Office said.
Sheriff’s officials later …
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6/28/23
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A Gresham man who fatally stabbed his neighbor during a dispute over a parking spot predicted he would die in prison while serving his eight-year sentence — even as the victim’s family …
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6/28/23
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Washington State Planned Parenthood locations have seen an overall uptick in abortion patients, particularly those from out of state, in the year since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade.
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Mitchell Roland / The Wenatchee World (TNS)
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6/28/23
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Washington state will get more than $1.2 billion from the federal government to deliver high-speed internet to communities with slow, unreliable or nonexistent service, the Biden administration …
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Alexandra Yoon-Hendricks / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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6/28/23
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A 42-year-old man who died in a restroom at the Olive Garden restaurant in west Olympia has been identified, according to the Thurston County Coroner's Office.
Although the cause of death is …
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Rolf Boone / The Olympian (TNS)
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6/28/23
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Retail shops and restaurants in unincorporated King County will be required to accept cash after a divided Metropolitan King County Council voted narrowly for the change Tuesday.
It is, on its …
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David Gutman / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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6/28/23
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Two people were arrested over the weekend after a sidewalk skirmish broke out between rival groups demonstrating against Oregon City’s first-ever Pride Night festival.
A now-viral video of …
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Zane Sparling / oregonlive.com (TNS)
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6/28/23
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SEATTLE — Politicians campaign by convincing the public they're the best person for the job. While serving in office, they have to be confident and ready to engage on policies and talking …
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Michelle Baruchman / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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6/28/23
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A 43-year-old man who was found dead at a bus shelter in Olympia has been identified, according to the Thurston County Coroner's Office.
About 11 p.m. June 19, Olympia police and fire crews were …
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Rolf Boone / The Olympian (TNS)
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6/28/23
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OLYMPIA — Washington employers will begin deducting premiums from Washington workers' paychecks on Saturday for the Washington Cares Fund, announced a news release from the Washington State …
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Staff Report / Columbia Basin Herald (TNS)
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6/27/23
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A teenager accused of fatally shooting a 16-year-old boy last week in Lakewood in what was initially reported as an accident now faces murder charges.
David Raul Maldonado was charged Monday in …
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Peter Talbot / The News Tribune (TNS)
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6/27/23
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