Several people were injured in a fiery, three-vehicle car wreck on Interstate 5 in Lacey early Thursday morning.
The collision occurred at about 12:20 a.m. by milepost 111 near the Marvin Road …
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6/21/24
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State workers can earn recognition and up to $10,000 from the Productivity Board through a state employee incentive program the Secretary of State's Office has relaunched. The program rewards …
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Gabrielle Feliciano / The Olympian (TNS)
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6/21/24
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A discrimination lawsuit against Sunnyside's crime-free rental housing program can proceed, the state Supreme Court ruled.
In a ruling issued Wednesday, the court overturned Yakima County …
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Donald W. Meyers / Yakima Herald-Republic (TNS)
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6/21/24
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The nation needs to remember the hard lesson it learned with World War II, retired Marine Corps Gen. James Mattis told a crowd of more than 400 at a Columbia Basin Badger Club event Tuesday night in …
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Annette Cary / Tri-City Herald (TNS)
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6/21/24
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The vigilance of Pasco lifeguards is credited with saving the life of a teenager who went underwater at Memorial Aquatic Park on Tuesday.
A lifeguard noticed the teen appeared to be getting …
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Cameron Probert / Tri-City Herald (TNS)
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6/21/24
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Amazon shoppers should expect less plastic in their packages this year.
The tech and e-commerce giant announced Thursday it was moving away from plastic air pillows — large tubes of …
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Lauren Rosenblatt / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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6/21/24
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Costco allegedly failed to disclose price markups on products sold on its website and mobile app despite its promise to do so, according to a recent lawsuit seeking a class-action status.
The …
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Emerson Drewes / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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6/21/24
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A black bear sighted on Tuesday in the Tumwater area has safely returned to a less popular area.
The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife received a report on Tuesday of a bear running …
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Gabrielle Feliciano / The Olympian (TNS)
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6/21/24
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Old trees are back in the spotlight with the release of a U.S. Forest Service plan to preserve old-growth forests.
The plan follows a directive by President Joe Biden in April 2022 to protect …
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Lynda V. Mapes / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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6/21/24
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A 38-year-old man is accused of raping a 13-year-old girl several times last summer, according to court documents and the U.S. Marshals Pacific Northwest Violent Offender Task Force.
The Spokane …
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Garrett Cabeza / The Spokesman-Review (TNS)
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6/21/24
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So you found some cash on the street.
Maybe you considered reporting it but decided it was too much of a hassle to track down the person who lost it. Or perhaps you could use an extra few bucks …
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Daniel Schrager / The Bellingham Herald (TNS)
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6/21/24
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Two people died in a helicopter crash Wednesday afternoon about 8 miles south of Davenport, Washington, according to Lincoln County Fire District 6.
Fire Chief Brandon Larmer said crews were …
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Garrett Cabeza / The Spokesman-Review (TNS)
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6/20/24
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The hunter who killed a grizzly bear northeast of St. Maries last week did so after Idaho wildlife officials said it was a black bear.
The Idaho Department of Fish and Game announced late …
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Michael Wright / The Spokesman-Review (TNS)
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6/20/24
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A police officer with the city of Milton, just east of Tacoma, was hospitalized with serious injuries Wednesday while trying to take a suspect into custody for an outstanding drug warrant.
When …
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Dominic Gates / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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6/20/24
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A Thurston County Sheriff's deputy's pursuit of a vehicle that began Wednesday morning ended in not just the arrest of two, but the discovery of cannabis that may be tied to a recent armed robbery of …
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Gabrielle Feliciano / The Olympian (TNS)
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6/20/24
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TUMWATER — Stemilt Growers was fined more than $350,000 for safety violations after a worker in September 2023 was buried alive in a trench collapse last fall in Othello.
Workers under …
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Oscar Rodriguez / The Wenatchee World (TNS)
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6/20/24
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The family of a 30-year-old developmentally disabled man who died after wandering away from his Portland group home on a 98-degree summer day filed a $15 million lawsuit Tuesday against the group …
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Aimee Green / oregonlive.com / (TNS)
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6/20/24
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A sex offender whose electronic ankle monitor died while on community supervision after convictions for raping a child picked up where he left off in Oregon and Washington, prosecutors said.
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Maxine Bernstein / oregonlive.com (TNS)
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6/20/24
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A Washington County Sheriff’s Office deputy died Wednesday afternoon after the motorized scooter he was riding collided with a car, the sheriff’s office reported.
Richard Thompson …
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Sujena Soumyanath / oregonlive.com / (TNS)
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6/20/24
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Nick Maggio recalls standing at the nearly 8,000-foot peak of Beatys Butte in 2021, taking in the vast wilderness spread out for miles below. A helicopter soon roared overhead as it prepared to drop …
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Tanner Todd / oregonlive.com (TNS)
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6/20/24
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