Prosecutors dismissed felony charges earlier this month against a man who was accused of biting a Yakima police dog during a standoff last year.
Charles Edward Hoffert, 63, pleaded guilty to …
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7/18/23
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Facing escalating blowback for calling Israel "a racist state," U.S. Rep. Pramila Jayapal said Monday she supports "a strong U.S.-Israel relationship," but argued she and other politicians of color …
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Jim Brunner / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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7/18/23
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Washington has lost about $2.5 million through federal cuts that will hit childhood vaccination programs and immunization data-tracking efforts, both of which state officials say grew during the …
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Elise Takahama / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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7/18/23
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As the new millennium neared, only 10 places remained throughout the prairies of the South Puget Sound region where the bright, yellow flowers of the golden paintbrush could be found.
Federal …
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Conrad Swanson / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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7/18/23
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Officials cordoned off a portion of the coast near Cannon Beach to allow a cougar perched on Haystack Rock a safe escape route on Sunday.
At least one photographer at the coast captured the …
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7/17/23
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Six people were killed and another was in critical condition after a two-car crash late Sunday morning on Highway 509 in the Tacoma Tideflats, by the port, according to the Washington State Patrol. …
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Hannah Furfaro / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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7/17/23
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A 54-year-old man from West Richland was injured and airlifted to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle Saturday after he crashed his motorcycle in Mason County, according to Washington State Patrol
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Rolf Boone / The Olympian (TNS)
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7/17/23
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Three people died in a head on wreck near Othello late Saturday night.
At around 11:30 p.m. Homero Vicente Victoriano, 30, of Royal City, was traveling eastbound on State Route 26 about 10 miles …
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Cory McCoy / Tri-City Herald (TNS)
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7/17/23
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U.S. Rep. Pramila Jayapal walked back her statement that Israel is a "racist state" after backlash from fellow representatives on Sunday.
Jayapal, a Democrat who represents Washington's 7th …
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Lauren Girgis / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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7/17/23
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Six people killed in a wreck Sunday on Tacoma's Tideflats were from Arizona, the Washington State Patrol reported.
The victims all were riding in a 2012 Kia that collided with a 2021 BMW X7 at …
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Adam Lynn / The News Tribune (TNS)
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7/17/23
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The Washington State Patrol reported Sunday evening that it is seeking witnesses to a two-car crash that left six people dead in Tacoma earlier in the day.
Troopers hope people who saw the …
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Adam Lynn / The News Tribune (TNS)
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7/17/23
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The gray whale population along the West Coast showed another year of declines, according to the latest estimates, but scientists say there are some positive signs for the formerly endangered whales.
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Amanda Zhou / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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7/17/23
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A person was killed during a drive-by shooting while King County Sheriff's Office deputies were performing a wellness check early Saturday morning in Federal Way.
Officers were attempting to …
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Lauren Girgis / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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7/16/23
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Health officials are warning that people who stayed at a Walla Walla, Wash., hotel in the last two weeks may have been exposed to bacteria that can cause Legionnaires' disease.
The Walla Walla …
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Tri-City Herald (TNS)
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7/16/23
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WASHINGTON — The Spokane Republican who leads the House Energy and Commerce Committee alleged last week that former White House medical adviser Anthony Fauci and other officials at the National …
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Orion Donovan Smith / The Spokesman-Review (TNS)
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7/16/23
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A man is being held on $2 million bail after allegedly breaking into a couple's house Tuesday morning near Northeast Tacoma, tying up a person, raping his 72-year-old wife and leaving with gold and …
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Peter Talbot / The News Tribune (TNS)
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7/14/23
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A 42-year-old man has been sentenced to more than six years in prison after pleading guilty to vehicular homicide and driving under the influence in a case where someone was hit and killed while …
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Jack Glenn / The News Tribune (TNS)
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7/14/23
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A 35-year-old Tumwater man was arrested on Tuesday in connection with the death of his fiancee, who was shot to death in Pennsylvania in 2012, according to news reports out of Erie, Pennsylvania.
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Ty Vinson / The Olympian (TNS)
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7/14/23
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The Northern giant hornets, commonly referred to as 'murder hornets,' appear to have been eradicated in Washington state.
In Whatcom County, there have been no confirmed sightings since late …
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Puneet Bsanti / The Bellingham Herald (TNS)
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7/14/23
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King County will pay $10 million to a cyclist nearly six years after he suffered a catastrophic cervical spinal injury when he struck a metal post on the Green River Trail in Tukwila.
Carl …
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Amanda Zhou / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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7/14/23
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