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A Centralia man pleaded guilty last week to damaging an energy facility around Portland, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Oregon.
Nathaniel Cheney, 31, and …
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By The Daily News
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11/17/25
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Olympia’s Proposition 1 to raise the city’s minimum wage to $20 an hour and provide some new worker protections was rejected by voters in last week’s general election.
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By Carleen Johnson / The Center Square
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11/17/25
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The Washington State Sentencing Guidelines Commission has voted 7–2–3 (seven in favor, two against, and three abstentions) to recommend a policy to the Legislature that would provide …
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By TJ Martinell / The Center Square
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11/17/25
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The state Forest Practices Board has narrowly approved a controversial water buffer rule that has drawn criticism from forestry and farming advocates, as well as local counties that say their …
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By TJ Martinell / The Center Square
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11/17/25
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Seattle Mayor-elect Katie Wilson’s victory marks something of a rebuke of big-money politics, a feat echoing fellow socialist Zohran Mamdani’s recent win in the New York City mayoral …
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By Spencer Pauley / The Center Square
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11/17/25
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Three tribal governments and several environmental groups sued the Trump administration on Wednesday to try to block a land trade that would allow a road to be built through a national wildlife …
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By Yereth Rosen / Alaska Beacon
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11/17/25
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A federal judge on Monday permanently ended the Satanic Temple’s challenge to Idaho’s abortion laws.
Chief U.S. District of Idaho Judge David Nye dismissed the lawsuit with …
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By Laura Guido / Idaho Capital Sun
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11/17/25
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GLACIER — For going on three decades, Patricia “Patty” Davis was a fixture in the Glacier post office.
Her son said she always had music playing as she worked and used to bring …
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By Sophia Gates / Cascadia Daily News
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11/17/25
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Just months after Gov. Bob Ferguson signed a Washington law to keep medical debt off consumers’ credit reports, the Trump administration is looking to block such policies.
The federal …
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By Jake Goldstein-Street / The Washington State Standard
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11/17/25
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Two area employers have filed layoff notices with the state of Washington affecting local workers.
In the first one, Great Floors, a subsidiary of Artisan Design Group, plans to close five …
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Debbie Cockrell / The Peninsula Gateway (TNS)
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11/16/25
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A humpback whale that spent Saturday tumbling in the surf off the coast near Yachats, tangled in fishing gear, washed ashore alive in the evening and was still reported alive early Sunday, according …
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Mark Graves / oregonlive.com (TNS)
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11/16/25
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Heavy fall rains might have returned to Western Washington, but east of the Cascade crest, people still look to the skies, waiting for much-needed water.
They’ve been watching and waiting …
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Conrad Swanson / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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11/16/25
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Three people were injured when an unidentified driver hit the back of their car and sent it rolling multiple times on Interstate 90 about 12 miles northeast of Ritzville on Nov. 13. The driver of the …
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Columbia Basin Herald (TNS)
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11/16/25
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A 21-year-old Tenino man is facing multiple criminal charges after a wreck in Grays Harbor County Friday morning, according to the Washington State Patrol.
About 7:45 a.m., the Tenino man was …
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Rolf Boone / The Olympian (TNS)
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11/16/25
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The Thurston County Sheriff Derek Sanders aims to hire more deputies despite facing a budget cut.
The agency is facing a $2.5 million budget cut for 2026, which is about 4% of the agency’s …
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Martín Bilbao / The Olympian (TNS)
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11/16/25
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The federal government last week said it will not release a National Wolf Recovery Plan, despite announcing a plan was in the works last year, saying the species doesn’t need federal …
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Micah Drew / Washington State Standard
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11/15/25
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Federal lawyers are asking an appeals court to overturn a recent ruling in Oregon that blocked President Donald Trump from deploying National Guard troops to Portland.
On Friday, lawyers from …
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Alex Baumhardt / Oregon Capital Chronicle
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11/15/25
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Democratic state Sen. Noel Frame traces her interest in tax policy to her time as a teenager in the 1990s, concerned about scarce funding for her school district in Battle Ground, Washington.
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Bill Lucia / Washington State Standard
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11/15/25
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Former Portland Trail Blazer and one-time Republican gubernatorial candidate Chris Dudley is actively weighing whether to jump into next year’s race for governor.
The former NBA center and …
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Carlos Fuentes / oregonlive.com (TNS)
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11/15/25
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The Grays Harbor County resident infected with bird flu this month has tested positive for a type of the virus never before detected in humans, state health officials confirmed Friday.
The state …
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Elise Takahama / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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11/15/25
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