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King County election officials want to know how a box of ballots wound up next to a dumpster behind a strip mall in Renton, then in the hands of the Washington State Republican Party leader this …
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By Jerry Cornfield / The Washington State Standard
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4/17/26
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King County Elections and the Washington Secretary of State say they have no record of a private citizen making contact with their offices after finding a large box of ballots recently near a …
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By Carleen Johnson / The Center Square
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4/17/26
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As the 2026 midterm elections inch closer and closer, Washington state is embroiled in multiple lawsuits with the federal government over voter information and mail-in ballots while also bracing for …
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By Jacob Moore / jacob@chronline.com
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4/17/26
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The Washington State Patrol (WSP) has announced it is getting an early start on next month’s Motorcycle Safety Awareness campaign. WSP wants to remind all road users that motorcycles are not only a …
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By The Chronicle staff
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4/17/26
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A federal judge in Oregon declared that a state law could not require the Keizer-based Oregon Right to Life organization to provide abortion insurance coverage for its employees, handing a seemingly …
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By Shaanth Nanguneri / Oregon Capital Chronicle
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4/17/26
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Congress’ move to allow mining in a national forest near a wilderness area may have broad ramifications across the country.
The U.S. Senate voted Thursday to overturn a mining ban in …
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By Alex Brown / Stateline
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4/17/26
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Eight firefighters who sued Snohomish Regional Fire & Rescue after they were placed on leave because they wouldn’t comply with the 2021 COVID-19 vaccine mandate, citing religious reasons, have …
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By Paige Cornwell / The Seattle Times
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4/17/26
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An Olympia man pleaded guilty to first-degree murder in the 1980s homicides of two Everett women whose cases went cold for decades until DNA evidence unearthed their killer.
Mitchell Gaff, 68, …
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By Lauren Girgis / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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4/17/26
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The Port of Bremerton has agreed to pay $350,000 to settle a lawsuit with the mother of a then-2-year-old girl who was attacked by a river otter and dragged into the Bremerton Marina in 2024.
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By Kai Uyehara / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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4/17/26
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Mel Tonasket says the modern history of the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation is defined by a single turning point: the decision to reject federal termination, and the decades of work …
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Paul Taylor / TVW
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4/17/26
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U.S. House Republicans from Western states laid out a figurative welcome mat for the U.S. Forest Service Thursday as its chief pitched plans to whittle down the agency’s budget, move its …
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By Annie Knox / States Newsroom
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4/17/26
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Washington is pouring $55.8 million into early learning facilities across the state.
Gov. Bob Ferguson announced the competitive grant awards Thursday. The funds will create about 2,000 …
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By Aspen Ford / The Washington State Standard
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4/17/26
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An early fundraising leader has emerged from the crowd of candidates battling to succeed retiring Republican Congressman Dan Newhouse in central Washington.
Republican Amanda McKinney, a Yakima …
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By Jerry Cornfield / The Washington State Standard
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4/17/26
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WASHINGTON — Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. testified before Congress on Thursday that he’s not pleased with how spending cuts to programs that help lower-income …
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By Jennifer Shutt / States Newsroom
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4/16/26
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An eastern Washington judge declined Thursday to rule on the future of a state law that could potentially force sheriffs out of office if they don’t meet new standards.
Lincoln County Superior …
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By Jake Goldstein-Street / The Washington State Standard
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4/16/26
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More than two months after police declared a riot at a demonstration at a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement building in Eugene, the FBI is circulating “wanted” posters with images of two …
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Tatum Todd / oregonlive.com (TNS)
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4/16/26
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In response to the escalating feud between Donald Trump and Pope Leo XIV, many archbishops and Catholic leaders across the U.S. have voiced support for the pope’s role as a religious, not …
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Chiara Profenna / oregonlive.com (TNS)
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4/16/26
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Federal agents appear to be increasingly targeting immigrants from Laos in Oregon, including the recent arrest of a Gresham man that prompted U.S. Rep. Maxine Dexter to show up at the Portland …
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Yesenia Amaro / oregonlive.com (TNS)
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4/16/26
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The Oregon State Medical Examiner’s Office has identified remains from a car found in the Columbia River as those of Kenneth and Barbara Martin and their oldest daughter, also named Barbara, the …
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Douglas Perry / oregonlive.com (TNS)
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4/16/26
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A former top federal child protection official in Washington told the state Attorney General's Office that there is widespread fraud in child care programs a day after Attorney General Nick Brown put …
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By TJ Martinell / The Center Square
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4/16/26
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