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U.S. Customs and Border Protection at the Area Port of Seattle seized 52,800 counterfeit COVID-19 test kits found in a large e-commerce shipment.
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David Rasbach / The Bellingham Herald
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5/27/22
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U.S. Customs and Border Protection Marine Interdiction agents from Bellingham seized nearly 1,500 pounds of methamphetamine and arrested a Canadian citizen who was piloting the boat it was found on …
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David Rasbach / The Bellingham Herald
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5/27/22
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Washington Scientists Seek Volunteers for ‘Adopt a Wasp’ Program to Monitor 'Murder Hornet' Activity
The state of Washington is calling for help from residents to get involved in monitoring evidence of Asian giant hornets this summer through their newly-launched Adopt a Wasp program.
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Genevieve Belmaker and Shaun Goodwin / The News Tribune
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5/26/22
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In a climax worthy of one of her romance novels, a jury found writer Nancy Crampton Brophy shot her husband twice in the heart four years ago — rejecting her claims that she deeply cherished …
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Zane Sparling / Oregonlive.com (TNS)
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5/26/22
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Crystal Mountain is extending its ski season another two weeks, thanks to our colder than average April and lots of rain and mountain snow we've gotten this year.
Citing the same reasons, …
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Christine Clarridge / The Seattle Times
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5/26/22
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Sea-Tac Airport is taking an extra step to promote wildlife safety to travelers.
With partnerships from the Association of Zoos and Aquariums' Wildlife Trafficking Alliance, Woodland Park Zoo, …
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Sabrina Jiles / The News Tribune
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5/26/22
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Alaska Airlines pilots voted overwhelmingly to authorize a strike at some future date if the current negotiations with management and federal mediation efforts fail.
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Dominic Gates / The Seattle Times
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5/26/22
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A Whitman County resident contracted salmonella linked to a nationwide outbreak involving peanut butter.
The Washington State Department of Health is working with local and federal public …
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Yakima Herald-Republic
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5/26/22
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The state's public health leaders are again "strongly recommending" all Washingtonians wear face masks indoors as some COVID-19 trends continue to steadily rise, but are not issuing any mandates.
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Elise Takahama / The Seattle Times
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5/26/22
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OLYMPIA — The unexpected race to be Washington's secretary of state, following Kim Wyman's departure last year, could prove to be one of the most interesting this primary season.
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Laurel Demkovich / The Spokesman-Review
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5/26/22
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A Vancouver couple appeared Monday in Clark County Superior Court on allegations that they starved and neglected several animals, including dogs, cats, reptiles and a chinchilla.
Candace T. …
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Becca Robbins / The Columbian
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5/25/22
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Gov. Jay Inslee has tested positive for COVID-19 and is experiencing “very mild symptoms,” including a cough, his office announced Wednesday.
Inslee, who is fully vaccinated and has …
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By Jim Brunner / The Seattle Times
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5/25/22
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The unnaturally large black bear that evaded capture on the Eastside for more than two years was trapped and killed near Issaquah last week, wildlife officials said Tuesday.
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Paige Cornwell / The Seattle Times
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5/24/22
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In the end, it was a drink at the Horse Brass Pub in Southeast Portland that led to a break in the cold case killing of an airport worker who disappeared more than 20 years ago.
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Noelle Crombie / Oregonlive.com (TNS)
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5/24/22
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A federal grand jury has indicted a man on charges that he supplied the counterfeit pills made of fentanyl that killed one of two Portland high school students in March.
Manuel Antonio Souza …
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Maxine Bernstein / Oregonlive.com (TNS)
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5/24/22
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A banner displayed at an Auburn Police Department recruitment booth on Saturday urging would-be cops to "Join Team Auburn PD" uses Officer Jeff Nelson as a poster child, outraging the family of the …
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Mike Carter / The Seattle Times
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5/24/22
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U.S. Sen. Patty Murray will face 17 candidates in the Aug. 2 primary.
Washington's primary ballot is set after last week's filing deadline. Murray's senate seat along with a number of local and …
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Laurel Demkovich / The Spokesman-Review
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5/24/22
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Seattle-King County health officials announced Monday they are investigating a "presumptive" case of monkeypox virus infection.
The case was reported to Public Health — Seattle & King …
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Debbie Cockrell / The News Tribune
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5/24/22
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OLYMPIA — Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson announced on Thursday that chicken producer Mar-Jac Poultry will pay the state $750,000 as the company seeks to settle its portion of a major …
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By The Columbia Basin Herald
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5/23/22
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An Ariel man was sentenced Friday to more than a year in prison for loosening the lug nuts on the wheels of his former partner's car before she drove it with their young daughter inside.
Zachery …
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Becca Robbins / The Columbian
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5/23/22
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