A judge sentenced a 23-year-old man to seven years in prison on Wednesday morning after he pleaded guilty to a drive-by shooting last year that left a woman paralyzed.
Zachary D. Seeton pleaded …
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3/16/23
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A Richland man is charged with biting the neck of a Pasco police dog while trying to hide from officers following an attempted break-in.
Cesar Enrique Ochoa was inside an SUV on Octave Street …
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3/16/23
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A group of masked men allegedly robbed a convenience store on Martin Way in Olympia early Wednesday morning.
Olympia police responded to the store in the 4200 block of Martin Way East after …
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3/16/23
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Deputies arrested a person in connection with a shooting that occurred near a Lacey area church late Tuesday evening.
The shooting occurred before 9:50 a.m. near the 7500 block of Sixth Avenue …
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Martín Bilbao / The Olympian
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3/16/23
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A federal court ruled Tuesday that the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration failed to uphold its mandate to protect endangered and threatened humpback whales along the West Coast in one …
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Isabella Breda / The Seattle Times
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3/16/23
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A 3-year-old boy who was found dead last month in a South Tacoma apartment covered in bruises, cuts and burns allegedly inflicted by his mother has been identified by the medical examiner.
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3/16/23
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The Pierce County Prosecuting Attorney's Office has concluded a deadly force review without filing charges in the case of Washington state troopers who wrestled, Tasered and put a spit hood on a …
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Jared Brown / The News Tribune
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3/16/23
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Search and rescue efforts for a missing plane and pilot believed to have crashed near Queets last week have been hampered by foul weather along the coast.
The plane, piloted by Rod Collen, …
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3/15/23
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A suspected drunk driver allegedly crashed into a sign memorializing a fallen Tacoma police officer, dragged it for several blocks and brandished a gun at witnesses who checked on the man's welfare.
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Craig Sailor / The News Tribune
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3/15/23
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Zohreh Sadeghi and Mohammad Milad Naseri did everything right to address the incessant calls and unwanted packages sent to their Redmond home from a Texas truck driver who had grown obsessed with …
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Paige Cornwell / The Seattle Times
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3/15/23
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A man was found dead Tuesday morning outside the Union Gospel Mission, 413 Franklin St. NE, according to Olympia police.
A preliminary investigation shows there were no signs of trauma to the …
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Rolf Boone / The Olympian
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3/15/23
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OLYMPIA — Senate Bill 5352, a bill related to vehicular pursuits, passed the State Senate floor last week and moved on to the House. Local police and legislators say the bill is an improvement, …
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Rebecca Pettingill / Columbia Basin Herald
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3/15/23
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The Wahkiakum School District's lawsuit against Washington state could mean a massive shift in the way school construction is funded, or no change at all. A state Supreme Court hearing on Tuesday …
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Dahlia Bazzaz / The Seattle Times
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3/15/23
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Thursday morning, a BNSF Railway freight train collided with a herd of two dozen elk just east of Cape Horn Lookout, killing them all upon impact.
Operators sounded a whistle and triggered the …
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Lauren Ellenbecker / The Columbian
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3/15/23
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A Eugene high school is fielding furious questions from parents after Churchill High’s health teacher and football coach assigned students to write a short story about a sexual fantasy short of …
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Julia Silverman / oregonlive.com / (TNS)
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3/14/23
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The dispatcher’s broadcast to Cowlitz County sheriff’s deputies fell into the category known among first responders as “a situation.” That’s in-house lingo for a call so …
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3/14/23
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A Tri-Cities massage therapist has been accused of sexually touching a fifth patient, according to the Washington state Department of Health.
It is one of several recent actions taken by the …
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Annette Cary / Tri-City Herald
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3/14/23
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When Heaven Strothers learned two of her children had been sexually abused by her then-husband, it felt like "the floor shattered and fell out from underneath" her.
She didn't know what to do …
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Lauren Girgis / The Seattle Times
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3/14/23
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A 32-year-old man has been sentenced to more than 13 years in prison for fatally shooting a friend in Spanaway and sparking a 90-minute stand-off with police.
Michael Jerome Matthews' sentencing …
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Shea Johnson / The News Tribune
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3/14/23
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The Washington high school football coach at the center of a First Amendment case that went before the U.S. Supreme Court last year will return to the sidelines for the upcoming football season.
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Amanda Zhou / The Seattle Times
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3/14/23
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