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Washington will have more than 1.5 million job openings in the next eight years but it’s not currently training enough people to fill them.
A new report from the Washington Roundtable …
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By Laurel Demkovich / The Washington Standard
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10/11/24
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State lawmakers in Washington will get a 14% raise over the next two years, pushing their annual pay above $70,000, under a recommendation adopted Thursday by a citizen salary-setting panel.
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By Jerry Cornfield / The Washington Standard
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10/11/24
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The Columbia River will remain open to chinook salmon retention through the end of the year up to the U.S. 395 bridge in Pasco, Washington.
Oregon and Washington fish managers met Thursday …
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Bill Monroe / oregonlive.com (TNS)
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10/11/24
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The mother who police said fled the Portland home where her 2-year-old daughter was dying from fentanyl poisoning is now charged in a subsequent alleged armed carjacking.
Mary Elizabeth Jacobo, …
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Maxine Bernstein / oregonlive.com (TNS)
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10/11/24
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Turns out the government is using drones to spy after all — just not on humans.
Starting in fall 2024, Washington will use drones to monitor the local seal and sea lion populations, the …
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Daniel Schrager / The Bellingham Herald (TNS)
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10/11/24
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A King County Superior Court judge on Wednesday ordered a man accused of randomly shooting people while driving on Interstate 5 last month to spend three months at an inpatient treatment facility …
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Catalina Gaitán / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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10/11/24
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The Washington State Parks Commission voted unanimously Thursday not to reopen the Cama Beach cabins on Camano Island due to risks from sea-level rise and the presence of Indigenous human remains. …
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Gregory Scruggs / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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10/11/24
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If it passes in November, Initiative 2117 will repeal Washington state's landmark environmental law, the Climate Commitment Act.
On Thursday, the initiative sponsor and the author of the …
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Ellen Dennis / The Spokesman-Review (TNS)
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10/11/24
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A 33-year-old Aberdeen man was struck and killed on state Route 115 outside of Ocean Shores on Thursday morning.
The man, whose name has not been released, was hit by a northbound Grays Harbor …
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By Michael S. Lockett / The Daily World
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10/10/24
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Negasi Zuberi picked up the woman along Seattle’s Aurora Avenue, a prostitution hotspot known as The Blade, then drove her to an alley and handed her a $100 bill for sex, she testified …
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Maxine Bernstein / oregonlive.com (TNS)
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10/10/24
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Officers on Tuesday night stopped a man and a woman driving a stolen car in Southeast Portland, and they found much more than a stolen car, the Portland Police Bureau said.
When officers pulled …
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Tatum Todd / oregonlive.com (TNS)
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10/10/24
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Deputies booked a 12-year-old into Clark County juvenile detention after he allegedly assaulted a school bus driver in Vancouver on Monday — and then climbed on top of the bus.
Clark …
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Tatum Todd / oregonlive.com (TNS)
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10/10/24
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A strong geomagnetic storm means people in almost half of the United States might get a chance to see auroras in the sky Thursday night.
According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric …
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Lizzy Acker / oregonlive.com (TNS)
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10/10/24
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A Clackamas County man who seven years ago decapitated his mother and drove with her severed head to a grocery store will be transferred from the state psychiatric hospital to a secure …
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Noelle Crombie / oregonlive.com (TNS)
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10/10/24
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More than a year after it was created by the state Legislature, a new committee seeking long-term solutions to Washington's aviation and transportation issues took early steps toward a mission …
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Joel Donofrio / Yakima Herald-Republic (TNS)
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10/10/24
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Some Washington hospitals have temporarily halted elective procedures this week, as they struggle with IV fluid shortages caused by Hurricane Helene flooding and damage.
The storm coursed …
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Elise Takahama / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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10/10/24
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Washington state's Attorney General Bob Ferguson is suing TikTok, his office announced on Tuesday, Oct. 8. Ferguson joins 12 other states' attorneys general, as well as Washington, D.C., who have …
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Daniel Schrager / The Bellingham Herald (TNS)
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10/10/24
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A woman died after suffering a medical event then being struck by a vehicle in downtown Olympia Wednesday morning, according to Olympia police.
The incident occurred at around 6 a.m. at the …
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Martín Bilbao / The Olympian (TNS)
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10/10/24
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The murder trial for Bryan Kohberger, the man accused of killing four University of Idaho students, was pushed back Wednesday to August.
Court records show the trial is expected to run from Aug. …
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Alexandra Duggan / The Spokesman-Review (TNS)
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10/10/24
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Conservative group behind statewide initiatives issued hefty fine for violating campaign finance law
Washington's campaign finance law enforcement agency has handed a $20,000 fine to the conservative organization behind the slate of initiatives appearing on the ballot this November.
The Public …
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Nick Gibson / The Spokesman-Review (TNS)
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10/10/24
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