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For the Oregon Department of Transportation, the tricks came early in the form of thousands of pepitas all over the road.
ODOT employees spent Tuesday morning cleaning up a 200-foot stretch of …
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Destiny Johnson / oregonlive.com (TNS)
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10/1/25
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The minimum wage for workers in Seattle and Washington state is going up.
The state minimum wage will rise 2.8%, from $16.66 per hour to $17.13, on Jan. 1, the Washington State Department of …
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Kai Uyehara / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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10/1/25
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Tacoma Mayor Victoria Woodards warned this week of “significant ripple effects” locally if the federal government shutdown that began Tuesday night goes on for an extended period of time.
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Shea Johnson / The News Tribune (TNS)
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10/1/25
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A federal judge has temporarily blocked the Trump administration from cutting security funding to Washington and several other states that have resisted the president’s mass-deportation …
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Simone Carter / The Olympian (TNS)
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10/1/25
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A porch pirate was captured on video lumbering off with a package near Ocean Shores — and now officials are issuing a warning.
That’s because the thief wasn’t a person, but a …
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Sara Schilling/ The Olympian (TNS)
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10/1/25
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Two men are under arrest after a Tri-Cities child exploitation investigation uncovered the abuse of a young girl and distribution of child pornography, said federal and state investigators.
Bail …
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Cameron Probert / Tri-City Herald (TNS)
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10/1/25
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A man who locked a runaway teenage girl in his bedroom and monitored her with a camera 16 years ago was shot and killed as part of a double homicide last week outside the South Hill home where she …
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Alexandra Duggan / The Spokesman-Review (TNS)
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10/1/25
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Nine-year-old Mayzee Wilson was coming home from Lidgerwood Elementary School with her mom's boyfriend on Sept. 22 when a truck ran a stop sign, knocking the pair off his Harley Davidson.
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Cannon Barnett / The Spokesman-Review (TNS)
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10/1/25
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On the roller derby track, Colleen Hendrickson-Bass was a "tenacious" player whose bright pink helmet could be picked out of the crowded playing surface, according to teammates.
Off it, she was …
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Garrett Cabeza and Mitchell Roland / The Spokesman-Review (TNS)
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10/1/25
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Bellingham police arrested a suspect following an alleged assault involving a dental tool.
Police responded to the 2600 block of West Maplewood Avenue around 6:45 a.m. Sept. 27 for an assault …
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Jack Belcher / The Bellingham Herald (TNS)
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10/1/25
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By Tuesday night, the National Guard had yet to appear in Portland, and details about their impending deployment remained unclear.
What hasn’t changed is President Donald Trump’s …
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Catalina Gaitán / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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10/1/25
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Washington state Discover Pass prices are increasing on Wednesday, climbing from $30 to $45 per year.
The pass is a fee charged to park vehicles at state-run parks, lands and recreation sites.
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Simone Carter / The Olympian (TNS)
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10/1/25
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A 29-year-old Tacoma man was sentenced Tuesday to 15 years in federal prison for live-streaming the sexual abuse of a toddler in 2020, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western …
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Shea Johnson / The News Tribune (TNS)
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10/1/25
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After a federal judge ruled a Bellevue-based real estate company a Ponzi scheme last October, investors were left with as much as $230 million in losses.
Now, they’re suing to get …
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Alexis Weisend / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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10/1/25
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A 56-year-old woman was arrested earlier this month on suspicion of attempted arson after she showed up at her former place of employment and threatened to set it on fire, according to Olympia …
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Rolf Boone / The Olympian (TNS)
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10/1/25
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Washington is teaming up with a coalition of states in suing the Trump administration for reallocating homeland security dollars “for political purposes.”
The move, the 12 attorneys …
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Simone Carter / The Olympian (TNS)
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10/1/25
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Olympia police responded to a dispute between a landlord and renter last week after the landlord allegedly choked his tenant.
About 8:30 p.m. Sept. 21, police were called to the 1600 block of …
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Rolf Boone / The Olympian (TNS)
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10/1/25
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WASHINGTON — Congressional Democrats and Republicans from the Northwest blamed each other Tuesday for an imminent government shutdown, as the Senate failed to pass a short-term spending bill …
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Orion Donovan Smith / The Spokesman-Review (TNS)
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10/1/25
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On the roller derby track, Colleen Hendrickson-Bass was a "tenacious" player whose bright pink helmet could be picked out of the crowded playing surface, according to teammates.
Off it, she was …
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Garrett Cabeza and Mitchell Roland / The Spokesman-Review (TNS)
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10/1/25
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SEATTLE — The easy answer is, this team has more talent than any roster the Mariners have assembled since 2001. That’s why these Mariners have a real shot to win the World Series.
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Adam Jude / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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10/1/25
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