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A 53-year-old Montesano man is facing charges of driving under the influence and vehicular assault following a wreck near Elma Monday afternoon, according to Washington State Patrol.
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Rolf Boone / The Olympian (TNS)
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1/8/25
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The House of Representatives on Tuesday passed legislation that would require deportations of undocumented immigrants charged with minor crimes.
The 264-159 vote to pass the Laken Riley Act …
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Monica Carrillo-Casas / The Spokesman-Review (TNS)
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The landscape of street drugs looked a lot different when University of Washington research professor Caleb Banta-Green began his career in drug epidemiology more than 20 years ago. There were just …
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Catalina Gaitán / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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Commercial net-pen aquaculture is history in Washington.
The state Board of Natural Resources on Tuesday adopted a rule banning the industry.
The ban is a victory for outgoing Commissioner …
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Lynda V. Mapes / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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A suspected drug dealer is being held in the Thurston County jail in lieu of $200,000 bail in connection with the overdose death of a 16-year-old Olympia High School student.
Son Thien Nguyen, a …
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Martín Bilbao / The Olympian (TNS)
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An undersea volcano off Oregon’s coast will likely erupt in 2025, scientists say.
Known as Axial Seamount, it’s the most active volcano in the Pacific Northwest — though one …
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1/8/25
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Several Oregon lawmakers are calling on the incoming administration to nix a plan to kill nearly half a million barred owls on the West Coast, citing the cost and infeasibility.
In a letter sent …
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Oregon’s first woman grandmaster in chess is 16-year-old Zoey Tang, a junior at Westview High School in Beaverton.
“Woman grandmaster” is the highest chess title restricted to …
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Samantha Swindler / oregonlive.com (TNS)
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A prominent state senator indicated that fiscal reality could mean prioritizing and protecting substance abuse recovery programs that are already working over any plans to expand them. Washington …
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By Carleen Johnson / The Center Square
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Washington state Rep. Travis Couture, R-Allyn, has introduced legislation to create scholarships for students via Education Savings Accounts, commonly called ESAs.
House Bill 1140 , co-sponsored …
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By Carleen Johnson / The Center Square
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A Washington state-based nonprofit has launched a program training pharmacists to prescribe abortion medications via telehealth, a model that organizers hope other states will adopt to expand …
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By Kelcie Moseley-Morris / The Washington State Standard
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Vandana Slatter moved from the House to the Senate in the state Legislature on Tuesday after the King County Council appointed her to replace Patty Kuderer, who was recently elected as …
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By Jacquelyn Jimenez Romero / The Washington State Standard
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State recovery funds are now available for some residents whose homes were severely damaged in the bomb cyclone that hit western Washington in November.
The powerful storm killed two, left …
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By Laurel Demkovich / The Washington State Standard
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SEATTLE — After wrongful death claims shuttered one Washington jail last year and threatened to close another, a lawmaker is again trying to create an independent oversight board for the …
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Sydney Brownstone / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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1/7/25
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A federal judge ruled Monday that Washington State University was justified in firing former head football coach Nick Rolovich for failing to comply with the state's COVID-19 vaccine mandate.
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Nick Gibson / The Spokesman-Review (TNS)
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1/7/25
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WASHINGTON — The House and Senate met in a joint session of Congress on Monday and certified the election of Donald Trump as president of the United States.
The whole thing took barely …
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Orion Donovan Smith / The Spokesman-Review (TNS)
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1/7/25
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A Powerball player in Washington won $50,000, just missing the $220 million jackpot, lottery officials say.
The ticket matched four winning numbers and the Powerball in the drawing Monday, Jan. …
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Don Sweeney / The News Tribune (TNS)
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A 61-year-old camper last seen standing on the bank of a creek has been missing for over a week in Oregon, deputies said.
Rescuers began searching for Robert Ray Bennett II on Dec. 28 at Brice …
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Helena Wegner / The News Tribune (TNS)
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1/7/25
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Two firearms, ammunition and notes affixed to a refrigerator leaking unknown fluids were seized by law enforcement last week at a Pierce County home where four people were found dead on New …
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Peter Talbot / The News Tribune (TNS)
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1/7/25
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Olympic National Park's Hoh Rain Forest area remains temporarily closed due to a damaged access road.
Heavy rains in December heightened the flow of the Hoh River, which is immediately adjacent …
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