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Two bodies were recovered from the Yakima River this month, both deemed to be accidental drownings.
Marco Vazquez, a 48-year-old California man, was found the morning of Oct. 19 near Rest Haven …
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Donald W. Meyers / Yakima Herald-Republic (TNS)
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11/1/24
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A man with a "wealth of experience in metal fabrication and welding" is suspected of setting incendiary devices next to three ballot drop boxes in Vancouver, Washington, and Portland, Oregon, this …
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By Catalina Gaitán / The Seattle Times
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11/1/24
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A Washington man who shot and sold eagles for “the price of a bullet” and bragged about going “on a killing spree” was sentenced Thursday to 46 months in federal prison for …
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Keila Szpaller / The Daily Montanan
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11/1/24
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About a dozen media outlets around the U.S. and Canada reported in recent weeks that former President Donald Trump seemed to propose diverting the Columbia River to solve California’s water …
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Henry Brannan / Murrow News Fellow
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10/31/24
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Elk hunters in Washington are gearing up for another season, as the general hunting season for Eastern Washington elk opened last Saturday, Oct. 26, followed by the western Washington elk season …
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By The Columbia Basin Herald (TNS)
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10/31/24
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A 79-year-old woman died after being struck by a car on state Route 7 in Spanaway on Wednesday, the Washington State Patrol reported.
The collision occurred at 5:46 a.m. near 20307 Mountain …
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Julia Park / The News Tribune (TNS)
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10/31/24
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The man who died Sunday at the immigrant detention center in Tacoma was a Mexican citizen who was experiencing fentanyl withdrawal, according to a 911 call.
A nurse said in a Sunday 911 call …
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Nina Shapiro / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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10/31/24
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A 47-year-old man who was set on fire at an Olympia encampment on Oct. 8 has died.
Zebediah Starbrow Schoening died in Seattle on Oct. 25, according to the King County Medical Examiner. His …
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Martín Bilbao / The Olympian (TNS)
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10/31/24
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A 40-year-old man is accused of hitting a mother and her 2-year-old son on a busy Pasco street and driving away earlier this month.
Jose I. Perez-Vega of Kennewick allegedly left the woman …
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Cameron Probert / Tri-City Herald (TNS)
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10/31/24
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A 68-year-old man who beat his wife with a metal bar and cut out her tongue pleaded guilty last week to the near-fatal assault eight years after it happened at the couple's Spokane Valley home.
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Garrett Cabeza / The Spokesman-Review (TNS)
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10/31/24
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A Spokane Police officer who kicked a handcuffed man in the genitals in 2019 had his officer certification revoked by the state this summer.
Former officer Kristofer Henderson, who was fired in …
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Alexandra Duggan / The Spokesman-Review (TNS)
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10/31/24
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A man suspected of child rape was arrested last night after avoiding capture for two years, the Pierce County Sheriff's Department says.
Sheriff's Department spokesperson Darren Moss told The …
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Julia Park / The News Tribune (TNS)
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10/31/24
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The U.S. Census Bureau has released its state-to-state migration estimates for 2023, and it shows that Washington is a popular choice among residents of other west coast states. The data, which is …
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Daniel Schrager / The Bellingham Herald (TNS)
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10/31/24
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Arson incidents targeting a pair of ballot boxes earlier this week in Vancouver, Washington and Portland, Oregon remain under investigation by the FBI and local law enforcement.
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By Bill Lucia / The Washington Standard
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10/31/24
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When Sean Hadaller gets a new student, he has no idea what curriculum they’ve already covered.
“I’ve had times where a student enrolled in class and we haven’t …
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By Grace Deng / The Washington Standard
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10/31/24
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The Washington State Public Disclosure Commission (PDC) has fined the Washington state Republican Party $5,000 for committing four campaign finance and political advertising violations.
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By Mitchell Roland / mitchell@chronline.com
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10/30/24
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The Washington state Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) will accept public input on a proposal to continue classifying the Columbian sharp-tailed grouse as an endangered species.
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By The Chronicle staff
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10/30/24
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The Thurston County Dive Rescue Team, alongside law enforcement and firefighters from 10 other local agencies, have recovered the body of a hunter who fell 100 to 150 feet from a train trestle in …
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By The Chronicle staff
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10/30/24
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A 56-year-old woman accused of pepper-spraying a group of international students at Capital Mall has been arrested twice since that incident, according to Olympia police.
About 7:45 p.m. Sept. …
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By Rolf Boone / The Olympian (TNS)
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10/30/24
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A person was declared dead Sunday morning at the privately-run federal immigration detention center in Tacoma, according to police and fire officials.
Few details about the person and the …
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By Peter Talbot / The News Tribune (TNS)
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10/30/24
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