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When a person is charged with a crime but found too mentally ill to participate in their defense, Washington state must offer them temporary treatment.
The process, known as "competency …
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Jayati Ramakrishnan / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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2/4/25
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A toddler is presumed to have overdosed on fentanyl Saturday when their mother awoke and found the child holding a spoon used for drugs.
Spokane Valley deputies responded late Saturday night to …
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Alexandra Duggan / The Spokesman-Review (TNS)
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2/4/25
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Lawyers for the state of Washington and the federal government will be back in a Seattle courtroom this week as the Trump administration seeks to redefine who automatically qualifies for American …
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Mitchell Roland / The Spokesman-Review (TNS)
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2/4/25
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Washington Attorney General Nick Brown has warned federal workers to be skeptical of President Donald Trump's offer to resign from their position while remaining paid through the end of September.
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Mitchell Roland / The Spokesman-Review (TNS)
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2/4/25
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A man who shot someone he considered a friend was sentenced to 13 years in prison Monday in U.S. District Court in Tacoma, according to a news release from the U.S. Department of Justice.
Dennis …
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Julia Park / The News Tribune (TNS)
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2/4/25
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Two men previously charged with murder in the death of an off-duty security guard shot outside a lounge on South Tacoma Way have pleaded guilty to lesser offenses due to “very significant proof …
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Peter Talbot / The News Tribune (TNS)
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2/4/25
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OLYMPIA — Changes to Washington law will give more options to Washington employers looking to keep on workers who are recovering from temporary disabilities. Other changes will expand …
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Cheryl Schweizer / Columbia Basin Herald (TNS)
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2/4/25
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After President Donald Trump announced a set of new tariffs on imports from Canada and Mexico, the two countries shot back with plans for tariffs of their own on imports from the U.S.
The first …
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Daniel Schrager / The Bellingham Herald (TNS)
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2/4/25
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The Oregon Zoo’s newest baby elephant arrived over the weekend. At 4:29 p.m. Saturday, Rose-Tu gave birth to a calf that appeared to be a healthy girl, weighing in the vicinity of 200 pounds. …
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Veronica Nocera / oregonlive.com (TNS)
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2/4/25
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A 43-year-old Portland man who fatally chopped his brother in the neck for damaging his beloved Japanese sword was sentenced Monday to 10 years in state prison.
William Lawrence appeared to …
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Zane Sparling / oregonlive.com (TNS)
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2/4/25
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A judge on Monday sentenced David A. Katz, the president and general manager of his parents’ check-cashing business, to four years in federal prison for fueling what prosecutors called a tax …
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Maxine Bernstein / oregonlive.com (TNS)
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2/4/25
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The oldest piece of identified clothing — sandals found in southern Oregon — are older than the volcanic eruption, some 7,700 years ago, that created Crater Lake.
And you can see …
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Samantha Swindler / oregonlive.com (TNS)
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2/4/25
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Over the past six months, deputies and detectives from the Grays Harbor County Sheriff’s Office were able to establish investigative leads on a burglary that happened in the Malone area on July …
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By The Daily World
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2/4/25
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A new survey of Washington state voters reveals a majority don't trust lawmakers to spend taxpayer money wisely.
A recent statewide poll by Fulcrum Strategic and EMC Research interviewed 600 …
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By Spencer Pauley / The Center Square
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2/4/25
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Seattle will continue to limit cooperation with federal immigration enforcement authorities even as Uncle Sam threatens to cut funding to the Emerald City.
President Donald Trump has …
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By Spencer Pauley / The Center Square
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2/4/25
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Washington was locked out of about $150 million in federal funding for solar projects focused on low-income communities last week as the Trump administration paused clean energy grants.
Last …
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By Jake Goldstein-Street / The Washington State Standard
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2/4/25
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Washington State Patrol reports intoxicants may have played a role in Saturday night’s crash that sent a man and a 5-year-old child to the hospital.
The crash occurred at about 7:20 p.m., …
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By The Daily News
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2/4/25
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The Washington State Patrol has leveraged “net nanny” operations since 2015 to arrest hundreds of alleged child predators, but state lawmakers have concerns that could redirect its …
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Tim Clouser | The Center Square
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2/4/25
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President Donald Trump on Monday nominated Joe Kent, a former Army Special Forces soldier and two-time Republican candidate for a congressional seat in southwest Washington, to be director of the …
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By Jerry Cornfield / The Washington State Standard
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2/4/25
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Washington wants more electric vehicles on the road. It’s offered generous incentives for EV buyers and set deadlines barring new gasoline-powered car sales.
The next step, some say, is …
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By Jake Goldstein-Street and Jacquelyn Jimenez Romero / The Washington State Standard
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2/4/25
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