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Immigration officials this week released four children, all U.S. citizens, to a family friend after the kids were detained with their mother for about two weeks.
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Sujena Soumyanath / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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8/20/25
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During the three weeks Sarah Shaw was held at an Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility, sleep came rarely.
She and her 6-year-old son found themselves at a Texas facility thousands of …
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Sujena Soumyanath / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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8/20/25
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The recent FBI award to agents who helped with a surprise traffic stop and roadblock to arrest Malheur National Wildlife Refuge occupiers drew criticism Monday from national conservative figure …
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Maxine Bernstein / oregonlive.com (TNS)
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8/20/25
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Portland police are not required to enforce noise rules at protests outside the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement office in the South Waterfront, a judge ruled last week.
The ruling from …
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Zaeem Shaikh / oregonlive.com (TNS)
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8/20/25
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In a Tuesday letter to U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi, Gov. Tina Kotek defended Oregon’s sanctuary laws and said Bondi’s assertions that the state hampers enforcement of federal …
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Carlos Fuentes / oregonlive.com (TNS)
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8/20/25
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A Beaverton woman who collected government benefits as the body of her dead son lay in a bedroom of her home for five months was sentenced Tuesday to four years and nine months in prison.
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Noelle Crombie / oregonlive.com (TNS)
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8/20/25
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A Portland man who gunned down a woman in front of her children two years ago on the day before Thanksgiving was sentenced to 29 years in state prison Tuesday.
Richard D. Simms Jr. had …
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Zane Sparling / oregonlive.com (TNS)
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8/20/25
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Lawsuit claims former Washington Public Lands Commissioner Hilary Franz mishandled abuse allegations
A woman who worked previously for Washington’s Department of Natural Resources is suing the agency and former state lands commissioner Hilary Franz, accusing them of allowing a top attorney at …
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By Emily Fitzgerald / The Washington State Standard
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8/20/25
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With his old personal restored fire truck parked on display, family, friends and various local and federal officials who worked with the late Bucoda Mayor Robert “Rob” Gordon attended a …
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By Owen Sexton / owen@chronline.com
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8/19/25
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Two suspected thieves were found inside a home in Winlock Monday morning. They left in handcuffs.
On Tuesday, the two men were charged with burglary in Lewis County Superior Court.
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By Jacob Farmer / jfarmer@chronline.com
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8/19/25
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A vehicle filled with three passed out people led to the arrest of an alleged fentanyl supplier in the early hours of Aug. 18 in Centralia.
Steven D. Peterson, 37, of Centralia, was charged …
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By Jacob Farmer / jfarmer@chronline.com
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8/19/25
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The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) notified Lewis County on Monday that it plans to sue the local government on behalf of Gather Church if the county does not repeal a 2024 ordinance that …
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By Jacob Moore / jacob@chronline.com
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8/19/25
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Washington Gov. Bob Ferguson is defending the state’s noncitizen workers' protections law despite U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi’s threats of criminal charges against him if the state …
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By Spencer Pauley / The Center Square
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8/19/25
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Washington Gov. Bob Ferguson swiped back Tuesday in response to threats from U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi to withhold federal funding and potentially prosecute officials if they fail to cooperate …
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By Jake Goldstein-Street / The Washington State Standard
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8/19/25
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Pierce County prosecutors on Friday will ask a judge to sentence former Seattle Supersonics star Shawn Kemp to nine months in county jail after he was convicted of shooting at a stolen car occupied …
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Peter Talbot / The News Tribune (TNS)
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8/19/25
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A former Tacoma police officer acquitted in the police-custody death of Manuel Ellis is likely set to receive a $600,000 settlement from the City of Tacoma after he and his wife claimed false …
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Peter Talbot / The News Tribune (TNS)
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8/19/25
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Costco said on Monday that its choice to not sell the abortion pill, mifepristone, remains unchanged, despite calls on the Issaquah-based wholesaler to reverse its stance.
“Our position at …
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Megan Ulu-Lani Boyanton / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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8/19/25
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The body of a woman from Ocean Shores who went missing while kayaking with her husband has been recovered.
The 79-year-old woman was reported missing on Monday, Aug. 11. A search was initiated …
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By The Daily World
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8/19/25
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A total of 24 middle- and high-school girls from Oregon and Washington gathered at the United States Geological Survey's Cascades Volcano Observatory to meet scientists, teachers, staff, and …
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The Reflector
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8/19/25
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The Trump administration is once again pressuring liberal cities and states to cooperate with deportation efforts, despite previous setbacks in court.
Attorney General Pam Bondi sent letters …
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By Tim Henderson / States Newsroom
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8/19/25
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