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A 27-year-old man from Olympia died of drug poisoning at the Bass Canyon music festival at the Gorge Amphitheatre on Sunday, and a 28-year-old man from Seattle has been arrested in connection.
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By Kai Uyehara / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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8/18/26
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A new state audit has found that Washington's Department of Children, Youth, and Families broke state law and policy requirements regarding investigations of unlicensed child care providers, child …
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By Andrew Paxton / The Center Square
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8/18/26
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The Washington state Department of Labor and Industries is investigating nonprofit We Heart Seattle over the way its volunteers pick up and dispose of used hypodermic needles and fentanyl foil.
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By Carleen Johnson / The Center Square
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8/18/26
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Violent crime in the United States fell by an estimated 9.3% in 2025, marking the largest year-to-year decline in the national violent crime rate since the FBI began estimating crime in 1936, …
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By Amanda Watford / Stateline.org
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8/18/26
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Washington’s Democratic governor and a Republican congressman are asking President Donald Trump to meet with them to discuss the wildfires that have devastated parts of the state this summer.
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By Jake Goldstein-Street / The Washington State Standard
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8/18/26
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The Trump administration will move ahead with plans to end more than 25 years of sweeping protections for tens of millions of wild, federally managed acres across the U.S.
Brooke Rollins, head …
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By Alex Baumhardt / Oregon Capital Chronicle
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8/18/26
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The Washington State Patrol arrested a man in Lewis County Saturday after he allegedly stole a car from the Portland International Airport and attempted to flee north.
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By Jacob Farmer / jfarmer@chronline.com
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8/18/26
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An Onalaska woman faces up to five years in prison after she allegedly struck a woman in the head with a tree branch.
Stephanie Olivardia, 37, is charged with one count each of …
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By Jacob Farmer / jfarmer@chronline.com
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8/18/26
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A Napavine man faces multiple felony charges after he allegedly violated a protection order by going onto the property of his ex-girlfriend’s home before hiding in a nearby bush.
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By Jacob Farmer / jfarmer@chronline.com
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8/18/26
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PACIFIC OCEAN — An Oregon man on a tuna charter trip off the Washington coast landed the catch of a lifetime over the weekend.
Tim Durheim, of Prineville, was fishing aboard the F/V Four …
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By Luke Whittaker / The Chinook Observer
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8/18/26
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A group of activists and cybersecurity experts raised concerns about the Seattle Police Department's surveillance technology on Monday, saying they were worried about the company powering it and …
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Lauren Girgis / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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8/18/26
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Boeing had hoped for smooth negotiations with its white-collar union members, aiming to avoid the type of tense impasse that resulted in financially crippling strikes in the past.
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Lauren Rosenblatt / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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8/18/26
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After years of activist complaints that King County is not doing enough to monitor immigration enforcement flights using its Seattle airport, the county has hired an employee who will ensure those …
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Nina Shapiro / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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8/18/26
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Want a snapshot of the region's changing shape? Look at 2026.
Seattle, once our undisputed growth engine, posted a meager 0.8% population increase last year, according to the state Office of …
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Gene Balk / FYI Guy / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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8/18/26
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A new poll released Monday by the Seattle Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce and Challenge Seattle shows broad support for public safety cameras and a large lack of confidence in Mayor Katie Wilson’s …
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Randy Diamond | The Center Square
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8/18/26
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A Canyon County resident over the age of 65 is Idaho’s first reported human case of West Nile virus meningitis this year, public health officials announced Monday.
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Kyle Pfannenstiel / Idaho Capital Sun
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8/18/26
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Families who believe local officials prematurely ruled their loved ones’ deaths suicides or accidents — rather than investigating whether domestic violence played a role — are pushing lawmakers …
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Amanda Watford / States Newsroom
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8/18/26
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Two Democratic Washington state Senate hopefuls are headed for a recount as just four votes separate them for second place in the primary and a spot on the November ballot.
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Jake Goldstein-Street / Washington State Standard
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8/18/26
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A reporter-turned-attorney is the newest member of Washington’s citizen panel that enforces state campaign finance laws.
Lisa Kremer, who works with Vandeberg Johnson Gandara PS in Tacoma, was …
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Jerry Cornfield / Washington State Standard
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8/18/26
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A nonprofit conservation group is suing the federal government over plans to allow cattle grazing on more than 24 million previously restricted federal acres across the West.
The Center for …
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Alex Baumhardt / Oregon Capital Chronicle
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8/18/26
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