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The federal student loan system is set to see a dramatic overhaul beginning this summer, and critics warn it likely will make loans more expensive and difficult to obtain for borrowers — driving …
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By Shauneen Miranda / Washington State Standard
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5/10/26
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From the Rockies to the Cascades to the Sierra Nevada, mountainsides across the West are sparsely covered by the snow that usually blankets the high country well into the summer.
That snowpack …
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By Alex Brown / Washington State Standard
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5/10/26
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Pressure is mounting on Washington Governor Bob Ferguson to decide if Washington will opt into the federal education tax credit scholarship program, now that a second Democratic governor has signaled …
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By Carleen Johnson / The Center Square
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5/8/26
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Gov. Bob Ferguson is the first Washington governor in more than 30 years to be found in violation of the state's executive ethics law, according to the board's enforcement website.
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Tim Clouser / The Center Square
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5/8/26
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Let’s Go Washington on Friday announced they have received their initiative ballot titles from the office of Washington State Attorney General Nick Brown, as the group prepares to launch a …
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By Carleen Johnson / The Center Square
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5/8/26
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By the end of candidate filing week in Lewis County, 134 candidates had filed for 91 offices that will impact the area.
Offices up for grabs range from more than 40 precinct committee …
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By Jacob Moore / jacob@chronline.com
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5/8/26
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A 37-year-old Seattle man was detained this week after he allegedly threw a rock toward a monk seal while it was swimming in the water off the Maui shoreline, officials said.
A social media post …
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By The Seattle Times (TNS)
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5/8/26
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Tens of thousands of students in Washington and around the country lost access Thursday to Canvas, an online course management platform, after a cybersecurity incident affecting the company behind …
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By Dahlia Bazzaz / The Seattle Times
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5/8/26
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Glacier National Park officials on Thursday announced they had located the remains of a Florida hiker who had been missing since Sunday evening.
The remains were found 2.5 miles up the Mt. Brown …
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By Micah Drew / The Daily Montanan
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5/8/26
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The U.S. Forest Service is once again limiting huckleberry harvests in the Pacific Northwest.
The Gifford Pinchot National Forest in Washington announced April 21 that it would not issue …
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By Jamie Hale / The Oregonian/OregonLive
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5/8/26
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A years-old lawsuit accusing Oregon of failing to proactively remove people from the state’s voter rolls is over after state elections officials signaled they would update their practices and …
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By Dirk VanderHart / Oregon Public Broadcasting
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5/8/26
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Starting in June, Washingtonians on Premera Blue Cross insurance may no longer pay in-network rates at MultiCare hospitals and clinics, if the insurer and healthcare organization can’t agree on …
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By Jake Goldstein-Street / The Washington State Standard
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5/8/26
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The owner of the state’s last-remaining coal power plant says it has spent millions of dollars to comply with federal orders to remain operational this year, past its planned shutdown date.
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Amanda Zhou / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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5/7/26
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WILLAPA RIVER — A whale was in the Willapa River at around 5 p.m. Thursday, May 7, in the vicinity of the Raymond Airport, multiple north county residents report.
This sighting comes a little …
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By The Chinook Observer
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5/7/26
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Bellingham’s iconic Interstate 5 rock is history.
“They smashed it into 100 pieces,” Keith Cook of Bellingham, who manages the Bellingham Rock page on Facebook, told The Bellingham Herald …
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Robert Mittendorf / The Bellingham Herald (TNS)
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5/7/26
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A man was accused of arson and arrested Tuesday night after his van exploded into flames in the Everett Police Department's South Precinct parking lot, police say.
Around 9:15 p.m., the white …
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Kai Uyehara / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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5/7/26
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A Covington man allegedly stabbed his wife to death, staged a part of their house to look like a burglary scene, then called 911 to report someone had broken into their home Friday morning, according …
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Paige Cornwell / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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5/7/26
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A Whatcom County man was sentenced to almost eight years in jail in Whatcom County Superior Court on Wednesday on charges including child rape.
Fredy Eduardo Martin Esteban, 24, was initially …
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Hannah Edelman / The Bellingham Herald (TNS)
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5/7/26
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A few months into the state's big Ship Canal Bridge repave, the original shock has eased somewhat, as morning commuters adapt their schedules and driving habits to cope with fewer lanes on Interstate …
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Mike Lindblom / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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5/7/26
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When it comes to population growth, Washington was firing on all cylinders during the 2010s. The state grew by nearly 1 million people during the previous decade, driven by natural increase (more …
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Gene Balk / FYI Guy / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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5/7/26
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