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WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Thursday banned colleges and universities from considering race as a factor in admissions decisions, a practice known as affirmative action.
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Ellen Dennis / The Spokesman-Review (TNS)
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6/30/23
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SEATTLE — I first started covering the Mariners at the end of the 1985 season, when the manager was Chuck Cottier (but not for long), and the modest hope of fans was pinned (futilely, it turned …
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Larry Stone / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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6/30/23
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OLYMPIA — Most state workers can expect a $1,000 bonus in July for staying on at their jobs, but one group of workers at the Department of Corrections says they have been wrongfully excluded …
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Claire Withycombe / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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6/30/23
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Washington has the nation's most expensive gasoline, but it doesn't look like that's going to keep folks from driving this holiday weekend. AAA predicts record travel for the July Fourth holiday, …
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Gene Balk / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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6/30/23
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The Washington State Patrol responded June 29 at 3:30 p.m. to a single-vehicle collision off State Route 3 near Grapeview in Mason County. The driver was pronounced dead at the scene.
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Ty Vinson / The Olympian (TNS)
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6/30/23
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Having an observatory right in the path of Mount St. Helens’ 1980 eruption is a double-edged sword.
At Johnston Ridge — the very end of state Route 504, the “Spirit Lake …
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By Isabel Vander Stoep / isabel@chronline.com
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6/29/23
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During Tuesday night’s Centralia City Council meeting, Centralia Downtown Association Executive Director MacKenzie McGee gave a presentation asking the council to officially designate every …
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By Owen Sexton / owen@chronline.com
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6/29/23
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The case against Two Dogs Salvatore Fasaga, previously known as Justin Roy McCloud, 43, of Onalaska, who is accused of murdering and dismembering a man in May 2018, was moved from King County …
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By Emily Fitzgerald / emily@chronline.com
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6/29/23
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Despite the efforts of marine mammal rescue volunteers and Ocean Shores residents, a gray whale that became beached on the bay side of Damon Point on Wednesday died near the water’s edge.
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6/29/23
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A Vancouver man who kidnapped and killed his 2-year-old daughter in revenge for a broken marriage acknowledged Wednesday that no apology could absolve him.
“There is no punishment that …
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Zane Sparling / oregonlive.com (TNS)
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6/29/23
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The Clark County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a second domestic violence murder this week.
On Wednesday, deputies responded to a disturbance on Northwest 61st Avenue in Ridgefield, …
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Beth Slovic / oregonlive.com / (TNS)
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6/29/23
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Ask any Oregonian and they will tell you their opinion about McMenamins.
Some love it so much it’s a major personality trait. Some hate it so much it feels personal. And then there are …
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Lizzy Acker / oregonlive.com (TNS)
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6/29/23
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Summer chinook fishing will close on the Columbia River on Friday evening from the Astoria-Megler Bridge upriver to Priest Rapids Dam in Washington.
The states met Wednesday as the Columbia …
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Bill Monroe / Oregonlive.com (TNS)
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6/29/23
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Washington has introduced a new policy that changes hospital reporting requirements for infants affected at birth by substance use, a step the state hopes will help combat stigma against parents with …
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Elise Takahama / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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6/29/23
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A man wounded another man with a sword amid an altercation that also involved a jammed handgun and attempted pitchfork stabbing during a suspected daylight burglary in Seattle's Beacon Hill …
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Daisy Zavala Magaña / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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6/29/23
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Washington's average annual wage increased to $84,167 in 2022, marking a 2% growth from 2021, according to the state's Employment Security Department.
The average annual wage will be used to …
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Joanna Hou / The Olympian (TNS)
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6/29/23
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WASHINGTON — In a speech in Chicago on Wednesday, President Joe Biden touted his administration's efforts to bolster the American middle class by embracing a term coined by his critics: …
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Orion Donovan-Smith / The Spokesman-Review (TNS)
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6/29/23
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The city of Sandpoint had 170 geese killed Friday because they were pooping on a public beach.
Mayor Shelby Rognstad did not respond to an interview request, but he provided a short comment as …
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Colin Tiernan / The Spokesman-Review (TNS)
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6/29/23
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SEATTLE — Amid human-made barriers to finding adequate food, hearing or communicating with each other, the endangered southern resident orcas may have seen an increase in the prevalence of skin …
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Isabella Breda / The Seattle Times / (TNS)
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6/29/23
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A 2021 law passed by Washington state Democrats that aimed to shut down one of the nation's largest for-profit privately run immigration jails has been rendered toothless.
The Northwest …
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David Gutman / The Seattle Times / (TNS)
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6/29/23
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