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Multnomah County prosecutors have filed warrants against two TriMet security guards, accusing the contractors of misdemeanor crimes while scuffling with a passenger on a train in October.
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Zane Sparling / oregonlive.com (TNS)
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1/2/26
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Portland police have arrested a man suspected of stabbing and robbing a 77-year-old man Thursday morning in a restroom at a Southeast Portland grocery store.
The Portland Police Bureau said …
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Jamie Goldberg / oregonlive.com (TNS)
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Two people, both males, were detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement around noon on New Year’s Day at the Emerald Heights Apartment complex in Astoria, according local law enforcement …
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Jeanne Huff / The Daily Astorian (TNS)
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1/2/26
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Oregon’s huge investments in addiction treatment beds began to pay off in 2025, when hundreds of new beds came online.
A 74-bed Portland residential treatment center opened in July in what …
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Lillian Mongeau Hughes / oregonlive.com (TNS)
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1/2/26
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Gov. Bob Ferguson's proposed budget includes nearly $5 million in funding to pay for the state's lawsuits against the Trump administration.
The request, included in the proposal released …
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Mitchell Roland/ The Spokesman-Review (TNS)
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1/2/26
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A 38-year-old man is accused of brandishing a knife and threatening to stab people after driving impaired and crashing with his young son in the car early in the morning on New Year's Day, according …
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Garrett Cabeza / The Spokesman-Review (TNS)
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1/2/26
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Police officers arrested an armed man near the Space Needle during Seattle's New Year's Eve celebration, the Seattle Police Department said Thursday.
At about 7:20 p.m., officers responded to …
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Taylor Blatchford / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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1/2/26
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President Donald Trump announced Wednesday that he will back off his plans to use National Guard troops in the Democratic-led cities of Chicago, Los Angeles and Portland, Oregon.
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By Ariana Figueroa / States Newsroom
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1/2/26
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Washington spent much of the 1970s trying to become a center for nuclear power, with plans for five huge fission reactors at Richland and Satsop.
Then came cost overruns, construction problems, …
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By John Stang / The Washington State Standard
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1/2/26
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Overnight on New Year’s Eve, vandals struck at Washington’s newest state park in more than 40 years.
Nisqually Tribe member William Frank III shared photos of the destruction on New …
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By The Chronicle staff
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1/2/26
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A candlelight vigil has been planned for the case of Karen Bodine, the 37-year-old mother of three from Thurston County who was found dead near a gravel pit in Rochester on Jan. 22, 2007.
"This …
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By The Chronicle staff
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1/1/26
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The four people who died in a suspected homicide-suicide in Mercer Island and Issaquah homes were related, Mercer Island and Issaquah police said.
Danielle Cuvillier, 80, and her son, Mackenzie …
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Paige Cornwell and Kai Uyehara / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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1/1/26
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The Seattle University athletic department issued a statement Tuesday apologizing for an “offensive term used during Sunday night’s men’s basketball broadcast.”
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Percy Allen / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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1/1/26
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Washington could join more than a dozen states that have regulations on fast-growing and controversial license-plate-reading surveillance cameras under a bill Sen. Yasmin Trudeau plans to propose.
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Catalina Gaitán / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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1/1/26
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The four people who died in a suspected homicide-suicide in Mercer Island and Issaquah homes were related, Mercer Island and Issaquah police said.
Danielle Cuvillier, 80, and her son, Mackenzie …
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Paige Cornwell and Kai Uyehara / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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1/1/26
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The federal government has agreed to resume the review process for National Institutes of Health-funded medical and scientific research grants — including those to Washington state universities and …
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Elise Takahama / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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1/1/26
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Sound Transit CEO Dow Constantine will ring in the new year a bit wealthier, but chose to postpone most of his 2026 pay raises until light rail trains finally carry passengers across Lake Washington.
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Mike Lindblom / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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1/1/26
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The new year is here, and with it come changes to wages and laws in Washington.
Starting Thursday, the state minimum wage is $17.13 an hour, up from $16.66 an hour in 2025, maintaining …
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Shauna Sowers / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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1/1/26
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Historic floods that tore through Western Washington last month have exposed a gap in state law that left many of the region’s most vulnerable people unprepared for disaster and financially …
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Alexis Weisend / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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1/1/26
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