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The pair of Venezuelan nationals shot by U.S Customs and Border Protection on Thursday in East Portland are facing criminal charges for assaulting a federal officer and illegally entering the United …
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By Shaanth Nanguneri / The Oregon Capital Chronicle
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1/12/26
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On the first day of the 2026 legislative session in the Washington State House of Representatives, Republicans walked off the floor following remarks by House Speaker Laurie Jinkins, D-Tacoma.
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By Carleen Johnson / The Center Square
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1/12/26
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Washington state lawmakers begin a 60-day session on Monday, in which a fiscal reckoning, flood recovery, and their own re-elections loom large.
They departed Olympia last spring, fingers …
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By Jerry Cornfield and Bill Lucia / The Washington State Standard
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1/12/26
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Community members, advocates, foster parents, social workers and impacted families from across Washington will gather at the Capitol on Wednesday, Jan. 14, for the Keeping Kids SAFE Rally for Action, …
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By The Chronicle staff
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1/12/26
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In the months leading up to the state's 2026 legislative session, state Sen. John Braun, R-Centralia, hinted frequently at his desire for Washington state to embrace nuclear energy.
A bill filed …
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By Jacob Moore / jacob@chronline.com
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1/12/26
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Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson and other city leaders are condemning the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement following the fatal shooting of 37-year-old Renee Nicole Good during an ICE operation in …
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By Spencer Pauley /The Center Square
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1/12/26
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The American Forest Resource Council (AFRC) raised alarms in a recent news release about a “historic collapse” in Washington Department of Natural Resources (DNR) timber sales on state trust …
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By The Chronicle staff
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1/12/26
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Washington state Insurance Commissioner Patty Kuderer fined Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of Washington $300,000 on Wednesday, Jan. 7, for violations of the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity …
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By The Chronicle staff
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1/12/26
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Oregon Secretary of State Tobias Read announced late Friday he will pare back Oregon’s voter rolls to exclude some people who have moved and not updated their address and who therefore have not …
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Betsy Hammond / oregonlive.com (TNS)
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1/11/26
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Oregon Health & Science University, one of the nation’s leading providers of transgender health services, stopped performing gender-affirming surgeries on patients 19 and under last year.
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Kristine de Leon / oregonlive.com (TNS)
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1/11/26
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Oregon’s top law enforcement officials have created a new tip line for people to provide information about the Thursday shooting of a Venezuelan couple by a federal agent in Southeast Portland, the …
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Fedor Zarkhin, Jamie Goldberg / oregonlive.com (TNS)
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1/11/26
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Immigration rights attorneys Friday night filed a motion urging a judge to halt a practice by federal officers of making immigration arrests without warrants in Oregon in a case that already has …
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Maxine Bernstein / oregonlive.com (TNS)
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1/11/26
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The years after the Great Recession were a kind of Goldilocks era in Oregon’s power market.
The state’s population and economy were growing robustly, yet power demand was flat. Major …
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Mike Rogoway / oregonlive.com (TNS)
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1/11/26
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Portland police arrested two people during Saturday night protests near the South Waterfront U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility, thought the agency says both were wanted for …
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Sami Edge / oregonlive.com (TNS)
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1/11/26
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A 27-year-old snowboarder died on Thursday after crashing headfirst into a creek well at Stevens Pass, according to the King County sheriff's office.
A person with the snowboarder and a …
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Caitlyn Freeman / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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1/11/26
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Two backcountry recreators were killed in an avalanche Friday, according to the Kittitas County sheriff's office.
Two others survived. One suffered injuries, the Northwest Avalanche Center …
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Lulu Ramadan / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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1/11/26
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A series of storms moving into Northwest Washington this weekend is threatening another round of flooding in Whatcom County.
Moderate to heavy rain is expected to start Saturday night and last …
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Robert Mittendorf / The Bellingham Herald (TNS)
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1/11/26
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A Prosser man allegedly shot at a worker after refusing to pay for yard work.
The 39-year-old worker had just finished cleaning up a Spokane Avenue property on Jan. 5, but when he asked for …
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Cameron Probert / Tri-City Herald (TNS)
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1/11/26
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Highway 2, the main route from Seattle to Leavenworth, reopened to regular traffic just east of Stevens Pass on Saturday, after the Washington State Department of Transportation finished emergency …
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Lulu Ramadan / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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1/11/26
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Gov. Bob Ferguson’s first year in office has been shaped by a state budget crisis that was years in the making, and yet somehow arrived abruptly.
He and majority Democrats last year grappled …
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Jim Brunner and Shauna Sowers / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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1/11/26
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