Jae Coleman has grown obsessed. The Tukwila mother never imagined she would have to worry about whether her preferred baby formula for her 5-month-old twin boys would be available at the store.
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Amanda Zhou / The Seattle Times
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5/11/22
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As the pandemic erased jobs and suddenly left thousands of people without employer-sponsored health insurance coverage, many enrolled in the government's Medicaid program.
Today, as the job market …
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Arielle Dreher / The Spokesman-Review
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5/11/22
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The Spokane County commissioners are giving an Inland Northwest nonprofit $20,000 to help homeless people return to their hometowns.
Volunteers of America, an organization that operates homeless …
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Colin Tiernan / The Spokesman-Review
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5/11/22
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Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler this week will launch his administration’s latest attempt to tame trash, graffiti and other public eyesores by establishing a new …
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Shane Dixon Kavanaugh / Oregonlive.com (TNS)
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5/10/22
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A federal defense attorney who coordinated a national effort to dismantle a FBI-run child-pornography site whose operation was deemed "outrageous misconduct" has been named federal public defender in …
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Mike Carter / The Seattle Times
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5/10/22
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Blizzard, the 26-year-old polar bear who had been at Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium in Tacoma since he was orphaned as a cub, was euthanized Sunday due to a rapidly growing cancerous tumor.
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Christine Clarridge / The Seattle Times
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5/10/22
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A 19-year-old soldier from Joint Base Lewis-McChord who was killed Sunday in a two-vehicle collision in University Place was identified Monday by officials from the military base.
Specialist …
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Peter Talbot / The News Tribune
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5/10/22
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Alaska Airlines passengers suffered another bad run of flight cancellations over the weekend.
Internal data from Alaska, obtained by The Seattle Times, showed 47 flights were canceled on Friday …
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Dominic Gates / The Seattle Times
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5/10/22
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Seattle Public Schools has reached a $3 million settlement with a former Ballard High School student who was repeatedly sexually abused by a former soccer and basketball coach over three years.
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Monica Velez / The Seattle Times
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5/10/22
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The seven judges who sit on the Seattle Municipal Court bench agreed Monday to City Attorney Ann Davison's formal request to exclude chronic offenders with multiple misdemeanor arrests from …
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Sara Jean Green / The Seattle Times
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5/10/22
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Some things aren't meant to be loaded into a small U-Haul truck — like a full-sized SUV.
People in Okanogan, in north central Washington, have been seeing a U-Haul with a SUV hanging out …
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Cameron Probert / Tri-City Herald
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5/10/22
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A Battle Ground man received an 18-month sentence in federal court in connection to a six-hour standoff with police in 2019.
On May 3, U.S. Attorney Nick Brown announced Lynn Manley Cargile, 44, …
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By The Chronicle staff
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5/9/22
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Ridgefield American Legion Post 44 member William “Lucky” Mullins celebrated his 103rd birthday on May 4, surrounded by his family and members of the post at a retirement home in …
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By Sebastian Rubino / For The Chronicle
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5/9/22
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An attempted break in Sunday evening at house in Fircrest turned deadly for the suspected burglar, and police are investigating.
Pierce County Sheriff's Department deputies said a man tried to …
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Peter Talbot / The News Tribune
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5/9/22
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A juvenile driver and passenger walked away from a wreck without serious injury after driving the car at more than 100 miles per hour, according to the Thurston County Sheriff's Office.
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Rolf Boone / The Olympian
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5/9/22
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Two tornadoes touched down Friday night in the Spokane area, leaving destruction in its path.
One tornado tipped trailers, damaged vehicles and forced trees across the road in Spokane Valley. The …
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Garrett Cabeza / The Spokesman-Review
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5/9/22
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A dead bird from a backyard, noncommercial flock in Spokane County has tested positive for a new, highly contagious strain of avian flu, the Washington Department of Agriculture reported Saturday.
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Kip Hill / The Spokesman-Review
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5/9/22
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Washingtonians for years have paid a premium at the pump.
Despite the presence of five oil refineries in the Puget Sound region, the state has had some of the highest gasoline prices in the …
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Hal Bernton / The Seattle Times
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5/9/22
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Natalia Shudruk stopped in front of the escalators at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport and tried in vain to calm her 9-year-old nephew.
“Breathe, rabbit. Breathe. Please!” …
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Fedor Zarkhin / Oregonlive.com (TNS)
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5/8/22
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Two tornadoes touched down Friday night in the Spokane area, leaving destruction in its path.
One tornado tipped trailers, damaged vehicles and forced trees across the road in Spokane Valley. The …
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Garrett Cabeza / The Spokesman-Review
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5/7/22
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