Throughout a snowy day in Olympia, around 1,500 people showed up at the Washington state Capitol campus to protest against President Donald Trump and his policies.
Crowds marched around …
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By Jacquelyn Jimenez Romero / The Washington State Standard
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2/5/25
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Washington Senate Democrats on Wednesday approved changes to an initiative passed last year that establishes a parental “bill of rights” for families with children in the state’s …
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By Laurel Demkovich / The Washington State Standard
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2/5/25
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Washington state Rep. Andrew Barkis, R-Olympia, is urging for a public hearing to be held on House Bill 1324, which would direct excess Climate Commitment Act (CCA) revenue toward road projects.
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By The Chronicle staff
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2/5/25
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The fatal shootings at a house near Clatskanie Saturday afternoon followed some kind of argument that led to an exchange of gunfire, the Columbia County Sheriff’s Office says.
Two people …
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By Mike Rogoway / The Oregonian (TNS)
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2/5/25
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A Washington state bill that critics say would kill the initiative process got a mixed response during its public hearing, with proponents claiming it would better secure the election process and …
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By TJ Martinell / The Center Square
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2/5/25
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Two men were arrested last month and in both instances multiple pieces of stolen mail and other items were recovered, according to Olympia police.
About 8:30 a.m. Jan. 24, police were dispatched …
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Rolf Boone / The Olympian (TNS)
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2/5/25
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A 25-year-old man accused of raping a woman in Thurston County last year was arrested Monday in Texas on multiple counts of the crime, the sheriff's office announced.
The man was booked into the …
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Rolf Boone / The Olympian (TNS)
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2/5/25
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A Tri-Cities woman is in jail accused of beating a child bloody with a metal serving bowl and kitchen utensils.
Investigators say the abuse was captured on video by cameras Sarah Marie Totten, …
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Cory McCoy / Tri-City Herald (TNS)
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2/5/25
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WASHINGTON — A day after the Trump administration struck last-minute deals with the governments of Mexico and Canada to delay and possibly avert a trade war, the Washington Democrat who leads …
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Orion Donovan Smith / The Spokesman-Review (TNS)
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2/5/25
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As President Donald Trump ramps up detention of unauthorized immigrants, an activist group said volunteers at Seattle's Boeing Field on Sunday witnessed 110 handcuffed and shackled people come off a …
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Nina Shapiro / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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2/5/25
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In May of 2022, police and medics responding to a 911 call found 2-year-old Jose Fernandez Armas dead in a Kent motel room with a fractured skull and jaw and massive internal injuries.
His …
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Jim Brunner / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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2/5/25
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An Oregon man accused of repeatedly molesting and raping a child has been out of jail for more than 1 ½ years, his case unable to go forward. He faces at least 25 years in prison if found …
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Aimee Green / oregonlive.com (TNS)
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2/5/25
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Nurses at eight Providence hospitals reached a tentative contract agreement with the health system’s leaders late Tuesday amid a strike that has lasted 26 days.
The deal covers nearly …
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Kristine de Leon / oregonlive.com (TNS)
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2/5/25
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No one was hurt after an Amtrak train crashed into a rental car Sunday night in Kalama.
Troy Brightbill, chief criminal deputy with the Cowlitz County Sheriff's Office, told The Daily News the …
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Matt Esnayra / The Daily News
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2/5/25
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WASHINGTON — The Trump administration on Tuesday sent the first flight of detained migrants on military aircraft from the United States to the naval base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, as President …
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By Ariana Figueroa / The Washington State Standard
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2/5/25
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Two-and-a-half years after Melissa Kerson’s son was born, she had to give up her dream job and care for him full time.
Kerson’s son was born with a rare genetic disorder that …
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By Laurel Demkovich / The Washington State Standard
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2/5/25
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YAKIMA — Embattled Yakima County Coroner Jim Curtice was arraigned Friday on criminal charges that he lied to the police about taking illicit drugs from dead bodies at work and snorting them in …
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Daniel Beekman / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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2/4/25
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When a person is charged with a crime but found too mentally ill to participate in their defense, Washington state must offer them temporary treatment.
The process, known as "competency …
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Jayati Ramakrishnan / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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2/4/25
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A toddler is presumed to have overdosed on fentanyl Saturday when their mother awoke and found the child holding a spoon used for drugs.
Spokane Valley deputies responded late Saturday night to …
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Alexandra Duggan / The Spokesman-Review (TNS)
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2/4/25
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Lawyers for the state of Washington and the federal government will be back in a Seattle courtroom this week as the Trump administration seeks to redefine who automatically qualifies for American …
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Mitchell Roland / The Spokesman-Review (TNS)
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2/4/25
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