Growing up closeted in Eastern Washington, Conner Mertens often found himself struggling.
Before he made headlines in 2014 for coming out as bisexual to his college football team, the Kennewick …
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Jayati Ramakrishnan / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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6/12/24
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On Friday morning, the pilot of a Boeing 757 airliner approached Yakima Airport in Central Washington and lined up to land. On the threshold of the runway below, a Falcon 900 business jet was set for …
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Dominic Gates / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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6/12/24
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The three candidates in the race to be the first new Washington attorney general in a dozen years have raised around $2 million, making it second-most expensive race for a Washington state office.
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6/12/24
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As Tumwater residents have risen up against plans to remove the city's historic Davis-Meeker oak tree, several have made claims that the city has reasons to cut down the tree other than its poor …
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Ty Vinson / The Olympian (TNS)
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6/12/24
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SEATTLE — The U.S. Supreme Court will soon rule on whether a federal law requires hospitals to provide emergency abortions. Whatever the justices rule, Washington will be unaffected, Gov. Jay …
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Nina Shapiro / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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6/12/24
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Gov. Jay Inslee on Tuesday issued a directive requiring the Washington State Department of Health to affirm that hospitals in the state have a legal requirement to provide emergency abortion …
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By Carleen Johnson / The Center Square
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6/11/24
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Gun store owners across Washington have one more year to figure out if they can comply with a new law that requires expensive security upgrades.
Opponents have dubbed the legislation, an FFL …
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By Carleen Johnson / The Center Square
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6/11/24
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Seattle basketball fans have been clamoring for a NBA team ever since the SuperSonics moved to Oklahoma City in 2008. They may get their wish.
NBA commissioner Adam Silver mentioned Seattle as …
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6/11/24
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A Lake Oswego father who said he spiked fruit smoothies with his prescription sedative because he wanted his daughter and her three friends to go to bed during a sleepover last summer will spend two …
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Noelle Crombie / oregonlive.com (TNS)
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6/11/24
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An Oregon City couple whose baby suffered from jaundice and later died were arraigned Monday in Clackamas County Circuit Court on charges that they withheld basic medical care from the boy.
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Noelle Crombie / oregonlive.com (TNS)
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6/11/24
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The party is over for Party Bus, the 3-year-old bull that jumped over the fence at a rodeo area in central Oregon on Saturday, escaping into the concessions area and injuring at least three people.
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Andrew Miller / oregonlive.com (TNS)
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6/11/24
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Oregon State Police Superintendent Casey Codding and a state police sergeant were “legally justified” in firing at a murder suspect fleeing in a car with a young child during a high-speed …
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Maxine Bernstein / oregonlive.com (TNS)
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6/11/24
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Just off the Pacific Northwest coast amid record-breaking heat in 2021 , researchers braved oddly cold, stormy seas to study another threat to the region — earthquakes and tsunamis. The team of …
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Riya Sharma, Andrew Miller / oregonlive.com (TNS)
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6/11/24
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Drivers may notice a new device on some Pierce County roads this summer.
Four SmartSigns have been placed in cities including Puyallup, Sumner, Orting, Eatonville, Tacoma and Lakewood. The signs …
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Angelica Relente / Puyallup Herald (TNS)
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6/11/24
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A suspected drunk driver allegedly threatened several witnesses with a gun after crashing into a fence in Kennewick Sunday afternoon.
Investigators believe Joel Briones, 25, ran a stop sign near …
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Cameron Probert / Tri-City Herald (TNS)
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6/11/24
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A 56-year-old father died Friday inside a tanker truck at a Pasco fertilizer company.
Viktor Voloshin was cleaning the trailer with a hose at Two Rivers Terminal in the afternoon when he climbed …
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Cameron Probert / Tri-City Herald (TNS)
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6/11/24
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When Amazon introduced its cashierless checkout system — aptly called Just Walk Out — the tech was seen as the latest prong in Amazon’s mission to transform brick-and-mortar stores …
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Lauren Rosenblatt / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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6/11/24
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An Elma driver is accused of causing a three-vehicle crash while under the influence that led to the death of a 46-year-old man.
Pierce County prosecutors charged Matthew Geiger, 37, with …
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Puneet Bsanti / The News Tribune (TNS)
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6/11/24
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Washington state and local officials knew of dangers posed by a Tacoma intersection, and the state studied and discussed re-designing it years before six people were killed in a wreck at the crossing …
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Shea Johnson / The News Tribune (TNS)
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6/11/24
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A longtime Steilacoom police officer arrived at a dilapidated home last August, finding a pool of blood outside and a cracked door that led to an elderly man in the throes of a medical emergency.
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Shea Johnson / The News Tribune (TNS)
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6/11/24
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