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The Trump administration’s top wildlife official issued a directive last week that expands a recent rollback of endangered species protections much further than the feds had told the public.
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Alex Brown / Stateline
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9/22/26
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Paramount and Warner Bros. Discovery may move forward with a merger under the conditions that they boost film production, support displaced workers and preserve competition among cable channels over …
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Mia Maldonado / Oregon Capital Chronicle
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9/22/26
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Washington’s program to collect medication so it doesn’t end up in the wrong hands has brought in over 1 million pounds of drugs since 2020, according to a state audit.
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Jake Goldstein-Street / Washington State Standard
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9/22/26
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Washington ranks near the bottom of a newly updated election integrity scorecard from the Heritage Foundation, continuing the debate over voter registration, election rolls and the state's …
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Austin Reed / The Center Square
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9/21/26
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Immigration arrests in Washington surged this summer, with federal immigration officers detaining about 705 people in June and another 700 in July statewide, according to records from the Deportation …
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Austin Reed / The Center Square
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9/21/26
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The Lewis County Public Health and Social Services building in Chehalis has long been in need of an upgrade.
Soon, it will get one thanks to a $1.5 million direct allocation from the state's …
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By Jacob Moore / jacob@chronline.com
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9/21/26
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Washington state Treasurer Mike Pellicciotti is requesting concepts from the public for Washington’s submission to the United States Mint American Innovation $1 Coin Program, a news release from …
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By The Chronicle staff
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9/21/26
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With increasingly cool weather and recent precipitation across the region, fire managers for the Gifford Pinchot National Forests have rescinded public use fire restrictions, effective Sept. 18.
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By The Chronicle staff
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9/21/26
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Starting in February 2020, investigators with Washington Adult Protective Services responded to nine reports about Raymond Bell, a 71-year-old man with dementia and no nearby family.
Neighbors, …
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By Kelsey Turner / InvestigateWest
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9/21/26
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For the past three years,a novel form of bird flu has wiped out millions of animals in the United States, from snow geese to backyard chickens.
But conversations around the outbreak have grown …
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Elise Takahama and Fiona Martin / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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9/21/26
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The owner of a Franklin County car business has sued the sheriffs of Franklin and Adams counties, saying he was arrested without probable cause and was the subject of false social media posts that …
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Annette Cary / Tri-City Herald (TNS)
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9/21/26
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A strengthening El Niño is expected to influence weather across the United States this fall and winter, increasing the likelihood of above-average temperatures across much of the country and …
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OregonLive Express Desk / oregonlive.com (TNS)
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9/21/26
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Police arrested a man believed to be involved in a drive-by shooting in Battle Ground on Saturday afternoon, and located a second suspect who was also in the car, officials said.
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Tatum Todd / oregonlive.com (TNS)
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9/21/26
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Washington woman’s report to FBI sparked fraud case against man posing as San Francisco 49ers player
The 22-year-old Vancouver woman had just graduated from college and was living at home with her parents when she connected with a stranger on the dating app Bumble in August 2024.
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Maxine Bernstein / oregonlive.com (TNS)
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9/21/26
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In 1910, a woman in Salem mailed a letter to her sister.
The message included mundane notes about the weather, a car ride and a dress she made, along with an ominous complaint about a swollen …
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Samantha Swindler / oregonlive.com (TNS)
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9/21/26
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LONG BEACH — A commercial flight from Sea-Tac to Honolulu, Hawaii last week experienced engine trouble as it flew toward the Washington coastline, but made it safely back to Seattle after spending …
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By Brandon Cline / The Chinook Observer
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9/21/26
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It’s that time of year.
With election day just seven weeks out, national political groups have begun blanketing Southwest Washington television screens, phones, computers, tablets and …
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By Brandon Cline / The Chinook Observer
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9/21/26
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Even as fewer Washington parents chose to have their kindergartners vaccinated last year, the overall percentage of K-12 students receiving required shots held steady.
According to recent data …
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By Elise Takahama / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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9/21/26
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Proposed changes to the federal Head Start program could reshape early-learning programs nationwide, but the impact on Washington jobs remains unclear as local districts prepare for potential …
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By Austin Reed / The Center Square
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9/21/26
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A grassroots organization has successfully raised enough money to spare 29 acres of trees on state forestland in the Northern Olympic Peninsula from being cut down, employing a new conservation …
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By Aspen Ford / The Washington State Standard
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9/21/26
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