The city of Kent will pay more than $1.5 million to purchase the resignation of a former assistant police chief who was disciplined for posting a Nazi rank insignia on his office door and joking …
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Mike Carter / The Seattle Times
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6/10/22
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Wolves killed a calf on private industrial timberland this week and the attack, which is the latest in a series this month, could prompt the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife to kill some …
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6/10/22
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The bird flu has made its way to Yakima County, and state officials encourage flock owners to take steps to protect uninfected birds.
A backyard flock in Yakima County tested positive for highly …
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Kate Smith / Yakima Herald-Republic
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6/10/22
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A Kennewick activist is accused of raping a string of sex workers at gunpoint over the course of two years.
Investigators say Brandon Lamon Jones, 26, used a website to find women willing to …
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Cameron Probert / Tri-City Herald
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6/10/22
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State representatives in Washington are exploring a ban on assault weapons, and the possibility of requiring gun owners to receive training and to license and register their firearms. These moves are …
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Monica Velez / The Seattle Times
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6/10/22
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The city of Seattle has paid $500,000 to settle a wrongful-death lawsuit filed by the father of a 19-year-old man shot and killed after Seattle police abandoned their East Precinct on Capitol Hill …
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Mike Carter / The Seattle Times
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6/10/22
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It's now been more than two weeks since the last time Aliyah Lynn Bowman was seen.
The Yelm Police Department and Washington State Patrol sent out a missing persons report on June 9 for Bowman, …
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Ty Vinson / The Olympian
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6/10/22
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A 32-year-old Lacey woman reached out to The Olympian this week after she read about a woman in west Olympia who was attacked by a man while walking home from work on Saturday, June 4.
The same …
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Rolf Boone / The Olympian
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6/10/22
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Thurston County plans to stop accepting new applications for rent assistance payments on June 15 due to dwindling funds.
Tom Webster, Office of Housing & Homeless Prevention manager, shared …
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Martín Bilbao / The Olympian
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6/10/22
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While attempting to make an arrest for possession of a stolen vehicle a week ago, the Thurston County Sheriff's Department found more than they were expecting.
The department seized several …
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Ty Vinson / The Olympian
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6/10/22
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Breaching the four dams on the lower Snake River to prevent the extinction of native salmon, and replacing the benefits the dams provide such as hydropower and barging, could cost between $10.3 …
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Nick Gibson / The Spokesman-Review
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6/9/22
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A Thurston County judge has refused to grant an injunction that would have barred two COVID proclamations Gov. Jay Inslee amended in March.
It's the latest action in a lawsuit that Pasco-based …
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Eric Rosane / Tri-City Herald
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6/9/22
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The Bonner County Sheriff's Office Dive Team recovered the body of a 40-year-old Bonner County man Tuesday from Lake Pend Oreille after a boy hooked the man's clothing while fishing.
Sandpoint …
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Garrett Cabeza / The Spokesman-Review
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6/9/22
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After years of criticism for putting foster kids up in hotels, offices and even cars, the state has reached a settlement in a class-action lawsuit over practices that even the head of the child …
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Nina Shapiro / The Seattle Times
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6/9/22
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The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife will continue its annual Free Fishing Weekend tradition June 11-12.
During the weekend, resident and nonresident anglers can fish in any waters …
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Shari Phiel / The Columbian
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6/9/22
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A Pierce County sheriff's deputy charged with a felony in May for trashing his family home was arrested last week in California and fired by the department Wednesday.
Michael A. Phipps, 49, is …
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Jared Brown / The News Tribune
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6/9/22
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Hope you enjoyed that bit of sun.
By early Friday, the Seattle region is likely to have another inch of rain in its record books, according to Matthew Cullen, a meteorologist with the National …
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Christine Clarridge / The Seattle Times
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6/9/22
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A new study is looking for thousands of Pacific Northwest participants to help uncover answers about how COVID-19 vaccines work in kids and adults over the next few years, two Seattle health care …
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Elise Takahama / The Seattle Times
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6/9/22
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The Washington state Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that a person's race, and law enforcement's long history of discrimination against people of color, should be taken into account when determining …
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David Gutman / The Seattle Times
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6/9/22
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Washington State Patrol arrested a driver involved in a crash on Olympic Highway near Elma June 2 after he attempted to evade police.
Trooper Katherine Weatherwax said the driver, a 32-year-old …
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Cayli Yanagida / The Olympian
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6/8/22
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