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In a statement released on Tuesday, Washington Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler said 14 health insurance providers have asked for rate increases averaging 7.16% on Washington’s individual …
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By The Chronicle staff
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6/1/22
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A 33-year-old man is accused of stealing a vehicle, kidnapping a 1-year-old, abandoning the infant in an alleyway where it is unlikely she would have been found and eluding police during a pursuit …
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Kate Smith / Yakima Herald-Republic
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6/1/22
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OLYMPIA — The Washington Indian Gaming Association said the state's tribal casinos contributed $6.6 billion to the state's economy in 2019 and $5.6 billion during pandemic-shuttered 2020, all …
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By The Columbia Basin Herald
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6/1/22
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A man driving a stolen car was shot at by an armed citizen who went looking for stolen property at a Tacoma homeless encampment near Cheney Stadium on Monday after the driver reportedly bore down on …
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Craig Sailor / The News Tribune
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6/1/22
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Just before midnight Monday, Yakima police spotted a stolen car in the parking lot of a North First Street convenience store.
A man and woman were standing outside the car in the 1200 block of …
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Phil Ferolito / Yakima Herald-Republic
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6/1/22
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A Vancouver man was sentenced Tuesday to more than eight years in federal prison for facilitating and benefiting from the sex trafficking of children.
Keonte Desmond Scott, 24, pleaded guilty …
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Jessica Prokop / The Columbian
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6/1/22
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Washington officials are warning drivers to be mindful on the road as a record number of people were killed statewide in crashes last year.
Last year's total of 633 traffic deaths marks a …
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Becca Robbins / The Columbian
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6/1/22
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Police are still looking for a man who stole golf clubs in Olympia, then carjacked a vehicle near Lacey in late April, according to South Sound Crime Stoppers.
The man has been identified as …
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Rolf Boone / The Olympian
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5/31/22
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A Starbucks location in Tumwater picketed against union-busting tactics over the holiday weekend.
Workers at the Tumwater drive-thru located at 5300 Capitol Blvd. SE went on strike at 4 p.m. …
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Ty Vinson / The Olympian
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5/31/22
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A federal lawsuit filed Monday seeks class-action status and $200 apiece for hundreds of consumers who bought CBD wellness drops in Oregon last year that inadvertently contained high doses of a …
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Mike Rogoway / Oregonlive.com (TNS)
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5/31/22
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Dr. Rebecca Marshall became increasingly concerned as she did rounds in the ER at a children's hospital in Portland.
More young children than usual — and girls in particular — were …
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Hannah Furfaro / The Seattle Times
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5/31/22
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The family of a 9-year-old girl attacked by a cougar late last week in Stevens County reported that she remained in intensive care Monday but is no longer in a coma.
The Washington Department of …
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The Spokesman-Review
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5/30/22
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If you or someone you know has been unusually stressed about the fate of your tomato seedlings this month, it's not without cause.
This May has been one of the coldest and wettest on record in …
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Sydney Brownstone / The Seattle Times
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5/30/22
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In a worst case scenario, environmental cleanup of the Hanford nuclear reservation might not be completed for another 150 years, or possibly never, said Washington Gov. Jay Inslee.
He warned the …
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Annette Cary / Tri-City Herald
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5/30/22
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CLYDE HILL — Clipboards in hand, Jenifer Short and Emily Tadlock strolled a swanky suburban neighborhood on a recent afternoon, checking homes against a list of voter registrations.
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Jim Brunner / The Seattle Times
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5/30/22
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Even in late May, when T-shirts take over and thermostats hit a balmy 70 degrees, patches of snow cling to the top of Mount Spokane.
Snow persists on many Pacific Northwest mountains well into …
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Colin Tiernan / The Spokesman-Review
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5/30/22
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A cougar attacked a 9-year-old girl attending a camp Saturday morning near Fruitland, in Stevens County.
The girl was injured and taken to a hospital, according to an email from Staci Lehman, …
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Garrett Cabeza / The Spokesman-Review
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5/29/22
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The city of Portland is out $1.4 million after a person or group outside the city used a government email account to commit a fraudulent financial transaction, officials said Friday.
The costly …
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Shane Dixon Kavanaugh / Oregonlive.com (TNS)
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5/28/22
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Ben Beers was deeply upset by Tuesday’s mass shooting in Texas that left 19 children and two of their teachers dead.
Beers, 27, is a gun owner as well as a stay-at-home dad with two young …
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Lizzy Acker / Oregonlive.com (TNS)
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5/28/22
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A 38-year-old man is accused of raping a Vancouver woman after escaping the day before from the prison camp at the Federal Correctional Institution in Sheridan, federal prosecutors said.
Federal …
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Maxine Bernstein / Oregonlive.com (TNS)
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5/28/22
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