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A bill to cap residential rent increases across Washington will need revisions to pass in the state Senate, according to the chamber’s top Democrat.
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By Bill Lucia / The Washington State Standard
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3/14/25
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Tucked away in a corner of Washington’s Yakima Valley is the small town of Sunnyside, made up of roughly 17,000 residents, a majority of whom are Latino and some lack legal status.
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By Jacquelyn Jimenez Romero / The Washington State Standard
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3/14/25
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Washington Gov. Bob Ferguson’s point person for working with state lawmakers has resigned.
The key departure from Ferguson’s team comes as he heads into the final six weeks of his …
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By Jerry Cornfield and Bill Lucia / The Washington State Standard
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3/14/25
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A 61-year-old Yakima man pleaded guilty to stealing moccasins and a beaded glove from a cultural display at a resort operated by the Kalispel tribe.
Kevin William Wissman entered a guilty plea …
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By The Yakima Herald-Republic
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3/14/25
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U.S. Marshals Service agents arrested a Bonners Ferry, Idaho, man who had been in hiding since last year when he was convicted of possessing bombs.
Daniel Floyd, 58, whose remote residence is …
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By Alexandra Duggan / The Spokesman-Review (TNS)
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3/14/25
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The U.S. has paused negotiations with Canada on a keystone management plan that governs flood control, water supply and hydropower in the shared Columbia River Basin as President Donald Trump …
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By Alex Baumhardt / Oregon Capital Chronicle
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3/14/25
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Attorney General Nick Brown announced Thursday that Washington has joined a multistate lawsuit aimed at preventing the “illegal” dismantling of the U.S. Department of Education by …
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Simone Carter / The News Tribune (TNS)
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3/14/25
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A man and woman were arrested Wednesday in downtown Olympia after police say they stole a man's dog and dragged him through a parking lot in the process.
About 5:50 p.m., police were dispatched …
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Rolf Boone / The Olympian (TNS)
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3/14/25
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With the Mead School Board saying it's caught in a "legal dilemma," Washington Superintendent Chris Reykdal cautioned the board to follow his guidance as the Trump Administration's executive orders …
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Elena Perry / The Spokesman-Review (TNS)
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3/14/25
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Some Washington military veterans are attempting to defy the controversial "Five Things" email requiring federal employees to make a list of their weekly work product amid mass firings and the Trump …
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Alexandra Duggan / The Spokesman-Review (TNS)
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3/14/25
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During fire season, the National Weather Service deploys meteorologists to major wildfires to keep firefighters updated on changing wind conditions and to predict where the fire will spread.
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James Hanlon / The Spokesman-Review (TNS)
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3/14/25
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A coyote bit a child’s hand after it aggressively approached students at a bus stop in Washington, officials said.
Wildlife officers responded to the latest incident at 7:50 p.m. March 11 …
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Helena Wegner / The News Tribune (TNS)
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3/14/25
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A Vancouver man pleaded guilty on Wednesday to a slew of crimes in Multnomah County, including shooting a man to death in 2022 and then, two years later, trying to kill a witness to the shooting.
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Tatum Todd / oregonlive.com (TNS)
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3/14/25
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A controversial bill that describes itself as “promoting a safe and supportive public education system” was the subject of more than six hours of debate by lawmakers on Wednesday night …
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By Carleen Johnson / The Center Square
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3/13/25
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As the Washington State House passed House Bill 1296 , which critics say undermine parental rights within the K-12 system, emails sent last month to Sen. Jamie Pedersen, D-Seattle, conveyed outrage …
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By TJ Martinell / The Center Square
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3/13/25
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Washington state has some of the worst-performing, least cost-effective roads and bridges in the nation, according to Reason Foundation’s “ 28th Annual Highway Report ," released …
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By Brett Davis / The Center Square
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3/13/25
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A washout has closed the only access road to the Olympic National Park’s popular Hoh Rain Forest since December.
But on Thursday, Gov. Bob Ferguson announced the state would pitch in …
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By Jake Goldstein-Street / The Washington State Standard
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3/13/25
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Lawmakers in the Washington Legislature spent the past week and a half passing bills off the House and Senate floors ahead of a Wednesday deadline.
Measures that didn’t make it …
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By Jake Goldstein-Street and Jacquelyn Jimenez Romero
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3/13/25
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John Doe 30 didn't realize he was a sex abuse victim until he read a news article about Maj. Michael Stockin, an Army doctor he had seen for pain management at Joint Base Lewis-McChord.
It was …
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Paige Cornwell / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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3/13/25
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Julian Desmarais was at an Oregon beach to spread his dog’s ashes when an unexpected wave came crashing onto the shoreline.
That wave threw Desmarais, an Army veteran, off the log he was …
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Helena Wegner / The News Tribune (TNS)
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3/13/25
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