Months after a contract battle between a regional insurer and Tacoma-based health system was resolved, a new impasse has erupted between a different insurer and the same health system.
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Debbie Cockrell / The News Tribune (TNS)
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4/22/24
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A woman and her two children, victims of a deadly house fire in West Central Spokane early Saturday morning, remain hospitalized and on life support, a family member told KHQ Sunday.
The father, …
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Elena Perry / The Spokesman-Review (TNS)
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4/22/24
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Over the past couple of years, Washington lawmakers have wrestled with a daunting task.
The problem: The state's largest utility, Puget Sound Energy, sells natural gas to nearly 1 million …
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Amanda Zhou / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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4/22/24
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Battle Ground Police Sgt. Richard Kelly confiscated illegal drugs during a call prior to suffering a fatal overdose in August 2023, the Cowlitz County Sheriff’s Office found in an external …
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Cade Barker / cade@thereflector.com
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4/21/24
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After getting off to a raucous start, delegates returned Saturday for the final day of the state Republican Party convention and endorsed gubernatorial hopeful Semi Bird, a day after party …
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Ellen Dennis / The Spokesman-Review (TNS)
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4/21/24
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SEATTLE — In December 2020, 15-year-old Tyler Schmidt took a deadly chemical to a wooded area near his home in Camas, Clark County, Washington.
His body was found two days later. The …
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4/21/24
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The Cowlitz County Coroner's Office issued a warning Wednesday about the dangers of street drugs after recently seeing four drug-related deaths within a three-day period.
All of the …
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By Minka Atkinson / The Daily News
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4/20/24
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Backers of three new initiatives to the people of Washington state have around eleven weeks to gather signatures if they hope to qualify for the November ballot.
“It’s a heavy …
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By Carleen Johnson / The Center Square
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4/20/24
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According to the American Automobile Association , as of Friday, Washington state drivers are paying an average of $4.67 a gallon for regular unleaded gas — 34 cents higher than a month ago, …
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By Carleen Johnson / The Center Square
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4/20/24
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The Clark County Sheriff’s Office on Friday publicly released the names of the four officers involved in the fatal shooting last week of a suspected carjacker in Vancouver. The office also …
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Tanner Todd / oregonlive.com (TNS)
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4/20/24
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Requesting college financial aid has not been easy this year because of technical glitches and processing backlogs with the new Free Application for Federal Student Aid.
But Washington state …
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Jenn Smith / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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4/20/24
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SPOKANE — An aggravated crowd of delegates at the statewide Republican Party convention chanted an expletive and yelled in opposition Friday afternoon after GOP officials initially announced …
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Ellen Dennis / The Spokesman-Review (TNS)
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4/20/24
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Providence Health & Services must pay more than 33,000 hourly employees a total of more than $200 million after a King County judge found evidence the hospital system had willfully been …
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Elise Takahama / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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4/20/24
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A 62-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of multiple crimes tied to domestic violence over the weekend after he emerged from his home with a shotgun, according to Lacey police and Thurston County …
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By Rolf Boone / The Olympian
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4/19/24
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Jerome Adrian Markert pleaded guilty Monday in connection with the murder of a transient man whose remains were later blown up in a failed attempt to hide the crime.
According to court …
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By Matt Esnayra / The Daily News
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4/19/24
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The man who was shot and killed in an American Legion hall in Vancouver while fleeing Clark County Sheriff’s deputies has been identified.
Benjamin Steven Woods, 41, of Prineville, died …
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Tanner Todd / oregonlive.com (TNS)
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4/19/24
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A man who allegedly said he was “going to bash a woman’s skull” then two weeks later allegedly smashed a 34-pound boulder onto a woman’s head moments after being released from …
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Aimee Green / oregonlive.com (TNS)
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4/19/24
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The families of a couple who drowned while kayaking over a small, underwater dam filed a pair of $50 million lawsuits against the state of Oregon, Lane County and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers …
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Aimee Green / oregonlive.com (TNS)
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4/19/24
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Officials released the identity of a man whose body was found as crews worked to clear the North Cascades Highway in late March.
The man was identified as 52-year-old William Summer, according …
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Jack Belcher / The Bellingham Herald (TNS)
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4/19/24
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An Evergreen Elementary School teacher was arrested Thursday on suspicion of child molestation.
A student at the school in Lake Bay reported to Pierce County deputies on Feb. 26 that they were …
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Puneet Bsanti / The News Tribune (TNS)
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4/19/24
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