The statewide debate between green energy initiatives and the home construction industry's preferences moved to Yakima City Hall last week as the Washington State Building Code Council held a public …
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Joel Donofrio / Yakima Herald-Republic
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10/3/22
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Last October, Amy and Sarah Bailey spent hours decorating for Lucian Munguia's 4th birthday, twisting blue streamers to mimic the curl of ocean waves and hanging a sea of fish from the …
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Kate Smith / Yakima Herald-Republic
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10/3/22
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Olympia fire and police units were called to the scene of an explosion Sunday evening at West Bay Marina.
The Olympia Fire Department tweeted at around 7:45 p.m. Oct. 2 that one boat had been …
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Ty Vinson / The Olympian
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10/3/22
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Thurston County has found a new organization to issue to rent and utility checks to low-income residents after breaking with its previous provider.
Last week, the Board of County Commissioners …
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Martín Bilbao / The Olympian
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10/3/22
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The Tacoma apartment was listed as wheelchair accessible, but it didn't matter, because Krystal Monteros couldn't get there in the first place.
When the bus dropped her at the closest stop, …
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David Kroma / The Seattle Times
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10/3/22
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Opening statements are expected Monday in the retrial of a man accused of premeditated murder for his alleged role as getaway driver for Maurice Clemmons, who in 2009 walked into a coffee shop and …
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Mike Carter / The Seattle Times
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10/3/22
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For four days, Walla Walla was the home of the reigning champion of Jeopardy!
That changed Friday, Sept. 30, as David Sibley of Walla Walla lost to Cris Pannullo, a customer success operations …
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Jeremy Burnham / Walla Walla Union-Bulletin
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10/3/22
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Washington State Patrol Trooper Dean Atkinson Jr. is back home in Walla Walla.
Nine days after he was shot and badly wounded in an ambush in Walla Walla on West Poplar Street near the …
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Jeremy Burnham / Walla Walla Union-Bulletin
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10/3/22
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A Whatcom County man reportedly rammed the patrol vehicle of a Bellingham Police officer Saturday along Lakeway Drive, got out wielding a knife and shouted for the officer to shoot him.
John C. …
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David Rasbach / The Bellingham Herald
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10/3/22
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A crowd of outraged fishermen gathered around an angler caught cheating at an Ohio fishing tournament, the evidence literally spilling out in front of everyone, video shows.
The angler is one of …
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Mitchell Willetts / The Charlotte Observer / (TNS)
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10/2/22
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UniEnergy Technologies planned to do it all — build the battery of the future, create good American jobs, crack the code for clean energy.
Powered by a new chemical recipe cooked up in a …
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By Zachariah Bryan / InvestigateWest
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10/2/22
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As Nichole Schwend weaves through the basalt rocks that litter Celebration Park, she points to faint engravings on the dark desert rocks and asks visitors what they see.
One carving near …
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Shaun Goodwin / Idaho Statesman (TNS)
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10/2/22
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Blood donations are down close to 50 percent at Bloodworks Northwest, the supplier of all of the donated blood in Clark County and 95 percent of the donated blood in Western Washington and Oregon.
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Nika Bartoo-Smith / The Columbian
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10/2/22
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There's no doubt that Republicans are underdogs when trying to capture statewide office in Washington. They haven't won an election for governor since 1980. They haven't won a race for U.S. Senate …
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Laurel Demkovich / The Spokesman-Review
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10/2/22
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Authorities lifted evacuation guidance near the Bolt Creek fire Saturday and said the blaze was human-caused. The fire continues to burn and is likely to cause hazy skies over Seattle throughout the …
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Heidi Groover / The Seattle Times
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10/1/22
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A Washington State trooper shot in the face and hand during a Walla Walla confrontation Sept. 22 continues to improve.
Trooper Dean Atkinson Jr. underwent surgery Wednesday to remove a bullet in …
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Cameron Probert / Tri-City Herald
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10/1/22
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The Satanic Temple has joined the legal effort to overturn Idaho's criminal ban on abortions.
The religious organization headquartered in Salem, Massachusetts, filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District …
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Kip Hill / The Spokesman-Review
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10/1/22
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Twenty-one long years of frustration are over.
The Seattle Mariners have made the playoffs for the first time since 2001.
For many fans, Seattle's last postseason berth was a literal …
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Shane Lantz / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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10/1/22
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Washington state's minimum wage will increase to $15.74 an hour in January, up $1.25 from the current rate.
Announcing the increase Friday, state labor officials said the 8.66% increase reflects …
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By The Seattle Times
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9/30/22
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Gov. Jay Inslee has ordered the Washington Air National Guard to deploy a team to help first responders in the wake of Hurricane Ian.
Thousands in Florida were trapped after the hurricane caused …
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By The Seattle Times
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9/30/22
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