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WILLAPA BAY — The Quinault Indian Nation’s initial effort to seize fishing rights from Willapa Bay to 60 miles east along the Lower Columbia River was shot down by a federal judge on June 2.
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By The Chinook Observer
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6/3/26
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Norman Barlow had what seemed like countless grandkids — some he was related to, and others he had informally adopted when he saw they could use a grandfather figure in their lives.
“Any kid …
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Paige Cornwell / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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6/3/26
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A King County jury last week returned not guilty verdicts in the second trial of a volunteer coach who had been accused of repeatedly raping a former Garfield High School student.
After a …
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Sara Jean Green / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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6/3/26
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Nearly two dozen rural Oregon hospitals in 17 counties will receive more than $37 million to strengthen and stabilize their maternity care services in the next few years following recent federal cuts …
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Mia Maldonado / Oregon Capital Chronicle
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6/3/26
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The spotlight is on Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson, who must submit an initial review in just 13 days that will be a key determining factor on the future of the King County Regional Homeless …
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Randy Diamond | The Center Square
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6/3/26
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Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin appeared before the U.S. Senate Appropriations Homeland Security panel Tuesday and defended his threats to cripple international air travel into some …
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Ariana Figueroa / States Newsroom
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6/3/26
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Ah, spring. That time of year when young crows and other birds are leaving the nest and learning to fly.
Unfortunately, it’s also the time of year when adult crows will go to great lengths to …
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Joel Odom / oregonlive.com (TNS)
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6/3/26
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Emergency response crews retrieved another 337 dead fish Tuesday from around the Nippon Dynawave Packaging paper mill in Longview, where a chemical tank failed last week, killing 11 people .
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By Joseph O’Sullivan / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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6/3/26
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WASHINGTON — As federal investigators descend on Longview to make sense of the catastrophic implosion at a pulp and paper mill, Congress is weighing a proposal to cut the investigating agency’s …
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By Anumita Kaur and Rebecca Moss / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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6/3/26
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A week after the disaster at Longview’s Nippon Dynawave site, the Washington Department of Labor and Industries (L&I) finally has full access to the property to begin the agency’s …
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By Carleen Johnson / The Center Square
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6/3/26
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In about a month, Idaho’s new law banning transgender people from using bathrooms that align with their gender identity will take effect.
Advocates are calling it the most extreme …
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By Kyle Pfannenstiel / Idaho Capital Sun
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6/3/26
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Despite passing some of the nation’s first laws barring federal law enforcement agents from concealing their identities, Oregon and Washington have yet to receive the same response from the Trump …
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By Shaanth Nanguneri / States Newsroom
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6/3/26
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The state of Washington on Tuesday asked the U.S. Supreme Court to accept a challenge against the state’s political maps, then remand it to a lower court to determine if the way the lines were …
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By Jerry Cornfield / The Washington State Standard
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6/3/26
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Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson has announced a police crackdown on Aurora Avenue North in response to a surge in shootings and prostitution along the corridor, but only after residents created makeshift …
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By Randy Diamond / The Center Square
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6/2/26
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Montana Gov. Greg Gianforte announced on Monday the state will be the 25th participant in a national collaboration seeking to strengthen the foster care system.
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By Micah Drew / The Daily Montanan
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6/2/26
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Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek ordered state transportation officials Monday to cease issuing undercover license plates to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents, citing “repeated violations of …
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By Shaanth Nanguneri / The Oregon Capital Chronicle
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6/2/26
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Last week, petitioners hoping to ban fishing and hunting in Oregon reached a milestone in their attempt to change state law.
Initiative Petition 28 , led by Portland-based animal rights …
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By Mia Maldonado / The Oregon Capital Chronicle
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6/2/26
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Last Thursday evening, Westport Mayor Ed Welter and the engineering and design team behind the city’s proposed tsunami tower held an open house at Ocosta Elementary School. Residents were afforded …
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By Jerry Knaak / The Daily World
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6/2/26
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Federal, state and tribal officials met May 29 at the Quinault Indian Nation’s Business Council Chambers in Taholah to discuss a push by the Quinault to expand their fishery boundary down to Cape …
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By Jeff Clemens / The Chinook Observer
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6/2/26
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A man is in the hospital after falling 25 feet from a grain silo near Rosalia on Sunday evening.
The man scaled a 25-foot metal silo on File Road, off state Route 271, south of Rosalia …
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Elena Perry / The Spokesman-Review (TNS)
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6/2/26
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