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A Renton double-homicide cold case that went unsolved for over three decades finally closed Friday after a 55-year-old man was sentenced to life in prison for killing a young mother and her …
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Catalina Gaitán / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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1/17/26
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Funding for programs that markedly help Washington’s homeless students may become collateral damage under state budget cuts and turmoil in the federal government, advocates say.
The state …
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Ryan Nguyen / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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1/17/26
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Age verification could soon be required to access websites that host sexual adult content under a new bill in the Legislature heard Friday in the House Consumer Protection and Business Committee.
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Shauna Sowers / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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1/17/26
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Local public health teams are racing to verify vaccination records with families and students in two Washington counties, hoping to get ahead of the spread of measles amid the state’s first …
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Elise Takahama / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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1/17/26
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Washington and Oregon will not have to build a drawbridge as part of the project to replace the aging Interstate 5 bridges across the Columbia River, the U.S. Coast Guard decided on Friday.
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By Jerry Cornfield / The Washington State Standard
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1/16/26
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Three Washington state senators said the biting testimony Pierce County’s sheriff delivered during a committee hearing Thursday was threatening to legislators.
Sheriff Keith Swank delivered …
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By Jake Goldstein-Street / The Washington State Standard
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1/16/26
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A new bill sponsored by state Rep. Peter Abbarno, R-Chehalis, would allow workers injured on the job to record independent medical examinations.
Abbarno pre-filed House Bill 2336, which would …
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By The Chronicle staff
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1/16/26
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OLYMPIA — Two weeks after the state increased the fee for reusable plastic bags, lawmakers are considering competing legislation that would either reduce the fee and reintroduce thinner, single-use …
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Mitchell Roland / The Spokesman-Review (TNS)
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1/16/26
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The Trump administration told mental health and addiction service organizations late Tuesday night that it would cut nearly $2 billion in funding, axing grants nationwide from the U.S. Substance …
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Jayati Ramakrishnan / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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1/16/26
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OLYMPIA — State lawmakers are pushing to conceal their home addresses in a vast swath of public records, citing a climate of increased violence and threats against public officials.
But the …
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Jim Brunner / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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1/16/26
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A 49-year-old man who previously talked publicly about being an activist was sentenced to over 46 years in prison for raping two Seattle women while they were incapacitated and filming them, as well …
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Lauren Girgis / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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1/16/26
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A Seattle-based law firm is accusing Starbucks of having an unethical supply chain and alleging that its decaffeinated coffee contains harmful chemicals.
Hagens Berman filed the proposed …
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Megan Ulu-Lani Boyanton / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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1/16/26
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A new Washington state hotline is helping connect people dealing with drug addiction to local treatment options.
The Washington Telebuprenorphine (Telebupe) Hotline launched as a pilot program …
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Tri-City Herald (TNS)
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1/16/26
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A 66-year-old Coyote Ridge inmate walked away from a work crew on a Tri-Cities college campus on Wednesday. But it didn’t take long for police to track him down.
Jerry L King was part of a …
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Cameron Probert / Tri-City Herald (TNS)
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1/16/26
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WASHINGTON — At least half of the federal government is on a path to keep operating in the event of a lapse in funding that could take place at the end of the month.
A bipartisan 82-15 vote in …
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Orion Donovan Smith / The Spokesman-Review (TNS)
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1/16/26
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Three Snohomish County children have been infected with measles after they were exposed to a contagious family visiting from South Carolina, according to public health officials.
The Snohomish …
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Lauren Girgis / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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1/16/26
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A 44-year-old Bothell man allegedly hid a camera in a Kirkland Starbucks bathroom to film customers and staff without their consent, according to King County prosecutors.
Ben Tsai was charged …
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Lauren Girgis / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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1/16/26
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A massage therapist who formerly worked at a Gig Harbor spa is accused of sexually assaulting two women during massage sessions.
Justin Michael Francis, 25, pleaded not guilty Wednesday in …
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Peter Talbot / The News Tribune (TNS)
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1/16/26
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At least one person was shot while exchanging gunfire" in an apparent road rage incident Wednesday morning on Interstate 5 near downtown Seattle, according to police.
State troopers were …
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Caitlyn Freeman and Kai Uyehara / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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1/16/26
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After years of blown budgets and missed deadlines, Washington state’s two biggest technology projects may be showing signs of life.
Monday saw the restart of a stalled upgrade to the aging …
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Paul Roberts / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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1/16/26
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