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A 60-year-old man has been sentenced for sexually assaulting a 13-year-old girl at park in Pierce County three years ago.
Michael Gary Barber pleaded guilty Feb. 16 to first-degree attempted …
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Puneet Bsanti / The News Tribune (TNS)
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4/16/24
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The cause of death for a gray whale that washed up on a beach just south of Ocean City was unknown shortly after reports came in Wednesday evening.
Marine mammal officials planned to perform a …
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By Clayton Franke / The Daily World
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4/15/24
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A credit union was robbed Saturday afternoon and the suspect was still at large Sunday, according to Lacey police.
About 1 p.m. Saturday, the man entered the America's Credit Union branch on …
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Rolf Boone / The Olympian (TNS)
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4/15/24
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A 33-year-old woman was arrested late last month at an area movie theater after she fled from police and crashed a stolen truck near Interstate 5, according to Lacey police.
The woman also had a …
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Rolf Boone / The Olympian (TNS)
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4/15/24
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Former President Donald Trump has endorsed a MAGA challenger to U.S. Rep. Dan Newhouse in a notch against the Sunnyside, Wash., Republican who voted to impeach Trump follow the Jan. 6, 2021, …
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Eric Rosane / Tri-City Herald (TNS)
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4/15/24
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OLYMPIA — Washington's Department of Natural Resources wants to help solve the state's housing crisis by offering state land for affordable residential development.
A bill signed into law …
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Ellen Dennis / The Spokesman-Review (TNS)
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4/15/24
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The Mariners' first hit mercifully arrived in the fourth inning Sunday, when Mitch Haniger chopped at a 91-mph sinker and dented it into the dirt. The ball promptly dribbled and died, while Haniger …
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Mike Vorel / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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4/15/24
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OLYMPIA — How much should Washington tax the rich?
Should Washington limit carbon emissions by making them more costly?
And must working Washingtonians chip into a public, state-run …
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Claire Withycombe / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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4/15/24
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Taxpayers are footing the bill for a controversial form of tenant support, leading to thousands of dollars in rent being paid for squatters, contends Reagan Dunn, vice-chair of the Metropolitan King …
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By Carleen Johnson / The Center Square
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4/14/24
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A Washington agricultural advocacy group is pushing back against a proposal by the California Air Quality Control Board requiring railroads to purchase zero-emission trains, a move one organization …
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By TJ Martinell / The Center Square
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4/14/24
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Puget Sound Energy, the state’s largest utility provider, is facing a significant energy shortage by the end of the decade unless it finds more resources. One of its officials recently …
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By TJ Martinell / The Center Square
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4/14/24
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Jamie Gardner was on her fourth round of bingo at an American Legion post in Vancouver when a commotion erupted behind her around 11:30 a.m. Saturday.
She turned to see a man coming out of a …
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Sami Edge / oregonlive.com (TNS)
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4/14/24
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Matt White has been coaching soccer at Puyallup High School for over two decades. He sees where high school sports in Washington are headed if an open transfer portal is created and he doesn't like …
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Jon Manley / The News Tribune (TNS)
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4/14/24
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Valerie Bergmann saw headlights in her rearview mirror just before a car traveling 70 mph rammed into her maintenance truck on the side of Interstate 5 in Vancouver.
Bergmann, of Woodland, and …
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By Hayley Day / The Daily News
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4/14/24
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A man who is accused of sexually assaulting a woman in 2020 has been charged following a lengthy investigation.
Pierce County prosecutors charged Boyd Earl Hatch, 65, with three counts of …
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Puneet Bsanti / The News Tribune (TNS)
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4/13/24
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It’s a pink-hued and firmly crisp apple, adorned in pink blush superimposed over yellow and is round, sweet and tart — what would you call it?
That’s what Washington State …
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By Vonnai Phair / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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4/12/24
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Over a period of less than three months this year, the federal immigrant detention center in Tacoma has seen at least six, possibly seven, suicide attempts, according to audio and records of 911 …
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By Nina Shapiro / The Seattle Times
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4/12/24
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A man who started fires in the Lower Yakima Valley causing $3.8 million in damages as part of a burglary of a Grandview Dollar Tree store has been sentenced to five years in federal prison.
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Annette Cary / Tri-City Herald (TNS)
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4/12/24
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In the wake of a "troubling trend" in aviation accidents — including the March 25 crash of an Apache AH-64E helicopter on Joint Base Lewis-McChord property in Thurston County that injured two …
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Craig Sailor / The News Tribune (TNS)
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4/12/24
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After Vivian and Leo Dormaier celebrated their 75th wedding anniversary in 2019, she asked him a question.
"When's the next blowout?" Vivian asked, to which Leo replied, "We're not going to be …
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Tammy Ayer / Yakima Herald-Republic (TNS)
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4/12/24
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