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Following a tense public hearing and weeks of discussion, Multnomah County will postpone voting on a proposal to change the tax that funds its tuition-free preschool program.
Commissioner Julia …
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Austin De Dios / oregonlive.com (TNS)
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8/21/25
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A federal judge Wednesday issued a split decision in the case of an Oregon education district employee who displayed books in his office that promoted a binary gender view.
U.S. Magistrate Judge …
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Maxine Bernstein / oregonlive.com (TNS)
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8/21/25
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Casual yard work took a dangerous twist for Stephanie Joy Mitchell when she found what may have been a Civil War-era weapon in her Vancouver backyard.
Mitchell, 48, was digging up stones to move …
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Maddie Khaw / oregonlive.com (TNS)
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8/21/25
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On Aug. 19, detectives with the Joint Narcotics Enforcement Team (JNET) assisted federal agents in locating and arresting a Centralia man suspected of multiple felonies.
The man was found off …
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By Jacob Farmer / jfarmer@chronline.com
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8/21/25
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The Council on International Educational Exchange (CIEE), a nonprofit study abroad and intercultural exchange organization, recently announced that Gunnar Morgan, a graduate of Rochester High School, …
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By The Chronicle staff
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8/21/25
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Washington state lawmakers long resisted routinely taking testimony from those not seated in a committee hearing room.
But when forced by the pandemic to operate remotely for two sessions, their …
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Jerry Cornfield / Washington State Standard
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8/21/25
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President Donald Trump announced this week that he intends to sign an executive order to end mail-in voting — a statewide system that’s highly popular among Washington state voters.
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Simone Carter / The Olympian (TNS)
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8/21/25
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Thurston County Sheriff’s Office deputies arrested two men on suspicion of animal cruelty after finding dozens of animals in extremely poor conditions at their home last week.
Chad Jon …
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Martín Bilbao / The Olympian (TNS)
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8/21/25
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Summer hasn't lost its grip.
Unusually hot weather during the day and some mild overnight lows this weekend are going to make for “a fairly uncomfortable combination of …
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Kai Uyehara / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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8/21/25
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A 2.9-magnitude earthquake jolted Western Washington awake Thursday, Aug. 21, the U.S. Geological Survey reported.
The 5.7-mile deep quake hit less than a mile from Mount Vernon at 1:01 a.m., …
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Helena Wegner / The Peninsula Gateway (TNS)
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8/21/25
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Developer Walter Bowen, whose company developed the tower with Portland’s Ritz-Carlton, claims a former top lieutenant took advantage of Bowen’s advanced years, affixing his signature to …
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Jonathan Bach / oregonlive.com (TNS)
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8/21/25
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Nike and plaintiffs in a sweeping sex discrimination lawsuit have been unable to finalize a class settlement and have asked a judge to step back in.
The lawsuit, filed in August 2018, described …
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Matthew Kish / oregonlive.com (TNS)
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8/21/25
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Rancher Jack Field, who raises more than 100 head of mostly black Angus cattle near Yakima, said he remembers the first time he got more than $1 a pound when he sold his calves. That was in the early …
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Thomas Clouse / The Spokesman-Review (TNS)
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8/21/25
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Hundreds of law enforcement agencies and fire departments spanning Montana, Idaho and Washington gathered at the Dwight Merkel Sports Complex on Wednesday to honor fallen Spokane County Sheriff's …
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Nick Gibson and Alexandra Duggan / The Spokesman-Review (TNS)
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8/21/25
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Al Merkel is not the only Spokane Valley City Council member who will undergo an investigation while on the council.
Councilwoman Jessica Yaeger, who was elected in November 2023, is being …
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Emily White / The Spokesman-Review (TNS)
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8/21/25
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Fall and winter in Bellingham, and the rest of Western Washington, could be closer to seasonal norms, as last winter’s La Niña weather pattern — now in a neutral phase — is …
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Robert Mittendorf / The Bellingham Herald (TNS)
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8/21/25
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As the Trump administration lines up ever more countries to accept deported immigrants, a report to be released Thursday documents Washington has more extensive ties than previously known to migrants …
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Nina Shapiro and Lulu Ramadan / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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8/21/25
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Washington Army National Guard soldiers descended on Southwest Washington rivers and lakes for back-to-back weekends earlier this month in a recently announced large-scale training exercise.
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By Henry Brannan / Murrow News
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8/20/25
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White Hawk Carriers, an interstate freight carrier in Ceres, Calif., is under investigation along with one of its drivers facing three charges of vehicular homicide in Florida.
Additionally, …
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By Alan Wooten / The Center Square
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8/20/25
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This week, the Trump administration’s Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced an effort to check the immigration status of people who get their health insurance through …
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By Anna Claire Vollers / States Newsroom
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8/20/25
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