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Thurston County will head into the new year with pay increases for elected officials and staff as well as property tax increases for taxpayers.
The Board of County Commissioners finished its …
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By Dylan Reubenking/dylan@yelmonline.com
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12/24/24
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Photos by Dylan Reubenking
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12/24/24
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A 53-year-old man escalated an argument over an open window with Metro bus driver Shawn Yim, then pepper sprayed and kicked Yim before walking off into the early-morning darkness Wednesday in …
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Sara Jean Green / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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12/24/24
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Border Patrol agents on a routine search of the woods north of Lynden on Thursday discovered a pair of backpacks containing more than $1 million in illegal drugs, U.S. Customs and Border Protection …
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Robert Mittendorf / The Bellingham Herald (TNS)
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12/24/24
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A jury on Monday found Seattle Children's hospital created a hostile work environment based on race against Dr. Benjamin Danielson, the former medical director of the hospital's Odessa Brown …
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Alexandra Yoon-Hendricks / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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12/24/24
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Last week, Gov.-elect Bob Ferguson named state Rep. Tana Senn, D-Mercer Island, as secretary of the Department of Children, Youth and Families.
Senn will be the department's second head since …
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Claire Withycombe / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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12/24/24
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A Spokane Valley woman was arrested after attempting to impale her neighbor with a 2-foot "centurion-style sword" as he walked his daughters from their apartment to school Friday morning, deputies …
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Cannon Barnett / The Spokesman-Review (TNS)
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12/24/24
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For Washington's outdoorsy crowd, 2024 had its peaks and valleys. The year began with scant snow and ended with a lot of it. Summer featured a mixed bag of wildfire smoke, while fall brought a bumper …
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Gregory Scruggs / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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12/24/24
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An Indigenous student has sued Tacoma Public Schools for prohibiting her from wearing tribal regalia during her June high school graduation ceremony.
Gracie Belle Ray, who is a member of the …
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Shea Johnson / The News Tribune (TNS)
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12/24/24
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The Oregon Department of Transportation will receive $33 million in federal funding to construct a wildlife crossing over Interstate 5 in southwest Oregon, state officials said.
The crossing, …
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Gosia Wozniacka / oregonlive.com (TNS)
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12/24/24
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Winter whale watching returns to the Oregon coast this week.
Oregon’s two official whale watch events – winter and spring – follow the migration of gray whales . In the winter, …
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Julie Evensen / oregonlive.com (TNS)
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12/24/24
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Two men from southwest Washington were arrested earlier this month on suspicion of burglarizing a storage unit in West Linn and a liquor store in Wilsonville, according to law enforcement.
Kyle …
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Hillary Borrud / oregonlive.com (TNS)
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12/24/24
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Jennifer Shatzer found her 23-year-old son unconscious in a bedroom of their Lake Oswego home just days after Thanksgiving in 2022.
His half-eaten lunch from McDonald’s was nearby. Also …
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Maxine Bernstein / oregonlive.com (TNS)
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12/24/24
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Southwest Washington high school teacher arrested on allegations of sexual misconduct with a student
A high school teacher from Vancouver Public Schools was arrested Friday on allegations that he had sexual contact with a 16-year-old student in 2013, police said.
Shadbreon Gatson, 43, is a …
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Fedor Zarkhin / oregonlive.com (TNS)
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12/24/24
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A Redmond man has been sentenced to two years in federal prison for stealing another person’s Social Security number and using it to open more than 30 bank and credit card accounts while also …
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Maxine Bernstein / oregonlive.com (TNS)
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12/24/24
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Deputies arrested two men in Washington County, Oregon, on Thursday for allegedly using a counterfeit key to steal mail from community mailboxes in Cedar Mill and Bethany.
Deputies arrested …
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Tatum Todd / oregonlive.com (TNS)
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12/24/24
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National retailer Big Lots looks to be on track to shuttering its remaining stores , including its Longview location and a handful of other Washington state stores.
In a news release Thursday, …
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Debbie Cockrell / The News Tribune
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12/24/24
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Senate Democrats are asking their peers to help “spread that tax policy love around” as they hope to close a $16 billion shortfall with new taxes in a leaked email on Friday.
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Tim Clouser / The Center Square
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12/24/24
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State Rep. Peter Abbarno, R-Centralia, is sponsoring a pair of bills in the upcoming legislative session to reopen a limited opt-out period for WA Cares , Washington’s long-term care insurance …
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By Carleen Johnson / The Center Square
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12/24/24
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During the upcoming legislative session, the Washington Association of Sheriffs and Police Chiefs will be pushing for legislation to deal with the state’s shortage of law enforcement officers
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By Carleen Johnson / The Center Square
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12/24/24
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