One of the largest species of birds in North American is breeding on the Columbia River near the Tri-Cities, leading to a change in the Washington state status of white pelicans from "threatened" to …
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Annette Cary / Tri-City Herald
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10/12/22
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LEAVENWORTH — A Montana man was rescued Monday from The Enchantments after he was pinned beneath a refrigerator-sized boulder near Lake Viviane.
Rescuers used extrication equipment …
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Pete O'Cain / The Wenatchee World
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10/12/22
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OLYMPIA — The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife issued a release inviting public comment on a proposed rule that would prohibit visitors from bringing domestic sheep or goats onto …
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Staff Report / Columbia Basin Herald
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10/12/22
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A 42-year-old man wakeboarding in Lake Washington died Tuesday afternoon after he was hit by the boat towing him in an apparent accident, police said.
Police and fire units responded to reports …
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Daisy Zavala Magaña / The Seattle Times
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10/12/22
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A Bellingham man is suspected of entering his female neighbor's apartment without an invitation 13 times last summer, sometimes while naked from the waist down.
The Bellingham Police Department …
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David Rasbach / The Bellingham Herald
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10/12/22
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Tacky mud clung to Daryl Williams' black tennis shoes as he walked alongside a freshly dug channel on the east side of Interstate 5 south of Marysville. Nearby, long-billed dowitchers plunged their …
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Isabella Breda / The Seattle Times
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10/12/22
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For the past several months, a 52-year-old Kent man frequently argued with his wife, accusing her of infidelity, before fatally stabbing her with scissors last week in the home they shared with their …
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Sara Jean Green / The Seattle Times
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10/12/22
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On Jan. 8, 2020, Sedro-Woolley farmer James Blaine Hayton shot and killed an elk calf on his property.
He told officers with the state Department of Fish and Wildlife he had a Constitutional right …
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Benjamin Leung / Skagit Valley Herald
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10/11/22
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We're only 10 days in, but so far October is proving to be the driest since the 1940s, according to the National Weather Service. No measurable precipitation has fallen in the Puget Sound region as …
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Craig Sailor / The News Tribune
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10/11/22
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A Canadian man was sentenced to 10 years in prison for attempting to smuggle nearly $65 million worth of methamphetamine from the U.S. into Canada using an 18-foot speedboat through the Salish Sea.
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David Rasbach / The Bellingham Herald
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10/11/22
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For the third week in a row, Washingtonians have seen an increase in prices at the pump.
Washington's average gas price is $5.40 as of Monday, an increase of 10 cents over the last week, …
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Timothy Schumann / The Center Square
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10/11/22
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A judge ordered a Vancouver man be held on $250,000 bail in connection with a fatal jet ski crash Sunday night in the Columbia River near the Waterfront Vancouver.
Stephen A. Lubeck, 30, …
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Jessica Prokop / The Columbian
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10/11/22
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Six nurses and a police officer were treated after exposure to a hazardous substance at Yakima Valley Memorial Hospital around 10 a.m. Monday, officials said.
Yakima Police spokeswoman Yvette …
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By The Yakima Herald-Republic
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10/11/22
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A 42-year-old man died Sunday evening at Point Defiance Park in Tacoma after he tried to climb a cliff to escape the rising tide and fell about 200 feet.
The man has not been publicly …
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Peter Talbot / The News Tribune
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10/11/22
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State wildlife officials have determined that six wolves found dead in Stevens County in February had been poisoned.
The news was announced Monday during the state's September wolf report …
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Eli Francovich / The Spokesman-Review
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10/11/22
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What is a mother's love worth? It's priceless but not a thing of value, an appeals court ruled, overturning a Skagit County woman's conviction for soliciting to kill her former husband.
The …
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Paige Cornwell / The Seattle Times
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10/11/22
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Nearly three years after thieves stole $645 million in pandemic unemployment benefits from Washington state, investigators are still clawing back funds frozen in fraudsters' bank accounts.
On …
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Paul Roberts / The Seattle Times
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10/11/22
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A woman who died Friday evening in a head-on crash on state Route 3 in Mason County has been identified, according to the Washington State Patrol.
Karen N. Sample, 62, of Index, Washington, was …
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Rolf Boone / The Olympian
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10/10/22
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TORONTO — After colorfully lauding his Mariners for their resiliency and their ability to rally from a seven-run deficit in Saturday's preposterous 10-9 win over the Blue Jays, and just before …
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Ryan Divish / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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10/10/22
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TORONTO — When the Blue Jays' Danny Jansen hit a soft double to right field to score another run in the bottom of the fifth inning, Toronto's chances of winning Game 2 of the American League …
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Adam Jude / The Seattle Times
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10/10/22
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