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The Northwest ICE Processing Center, seen from the air, Sunday, Feb. 18, 2024, in Tacoma, where Japanese American organizers from Tsuru for Solidarity joined local immigrant rights group La Resistencia in a protest to call for its shutdown.

At least 6 suicide attempts at Tacoma ICE facility, 911 calls show

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 … more

By Nina Shapiro / The Seattle Times | 4/12/24

Attempt to burglarize Eastern Washington Dollar Tree store ends in $3.8 million in fire damage

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. … more

Annette Cary / Tri-City Herald (TNS) | 4/12/24

'Troubling trend' of crashes dogs Army aviation

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 … more

Craig Sailor / The News Tribune (TNS) | 4/12/24

Yakima couple celebrates 80th wedding anniversary

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 … more

Tammy Ayer / Yakima Herald-Republic (TNS) | 4/12/24

Caught with more dogs and cats, owner of notorious Oregon pet adoption center sent to jail

A woman who was barred from owning pets as part of a plea deal that convicted her of mistreating the animals at a dingy and sometimes deadly pet adoption center in Portland has been sentenced to 2 … more

Zane Sparling / oregonlive.com (TNS) | 4/12/24

Washington man accused of sabotaging two electrical substations in Oregon

A Washington man on Wednesday pleaded not guilty to a federal indictment accusing him of sabotaging two electrical substations in Clackamas County. Nathaniel Cheney is accused of breaking into … more

Maxine Bernstein / oregonlive.com (TNS) | 4/12/24

Families of 2 slain women claim concert organizer didn’t take actions that could have stopped mushrooms-tripping killer

The families of two women who were shot to death last summer at an outdoor music festival in the Columbia Gorge have sued the event organizer and security contractors, claiming the companies should … more

Fedor Zarkhin / oregonlive.com (TNS) | 4/12/24

Ben McLemore looks on as the Portland Trail Blazers take on the Golden State Warriors at the Moda Center on Thursday, Feb. 24, 2022. Golden State won 132-95.

‘I did not rape this woman,’ says former Trail Blazer Ben McLemore

Former Trail Blazer Ben McLemore adamantly denied charges that he raped and sexually abused an incapacitated woman in Lake Oswego in 2021. His denial came one day after McLemore appeared in … more

Aimee Green / oregonlive.com / (TNS) | 4/12/24

Man sabotaged brakes on Washington train with hazardous load as it stopped along Columbia River

A Goldendale man has pleaded guilty to tampering with the brakes of railcars after the train left Pasco and stopped at Wishram, Wash., on the Columbia River enroute to California. Forrest Ethan … more

Annette Cary / Tri-City Herald (TNS) | 4/12/24

Boeing employees work on the 737 Max on the final assembly line at Boeing's Renton plant, June 15, 2022, in Washington. (Ellen M. Banner/The Seattle TImes/TNS)

Airbus pulls further ahead as Boeing struggles

Airbus delivered more than twice as many commercial jets as Boeing in March, with the U.S. aerospace giant slowed by efforts to contain quality issues at its 737 Max assembly plant in Renton, … more

Dominic Gates / The Seattle Times (TNS) | 4/12/24

Burien seeks new police chief after sheriff refuses to enforce camping ban

The Burien city manager is seeking a new police chief after the King County Sheriff's Office halted its enforcement of the city's anti-camping ordinance while a federal judge decides on the … more

Lauren Girgis / The Seattle Times (TNS) | 4/12/24

More transparency needed for Washington police asset seizures, audit says

OLYMPIA — A new state audit says that Washington police agencies could be more transparent about the process of seizing assets like cars, cash or guns in the course of criminal investigations … more

Claire Withycombe / The Seattle Times (TNS) | 4/12/24

Report: Washington state’s economic outlook continues to worsen

Washington remained in the lower half of U.S. states in terms of economic outlook, according to a new report that faults the Evergreen State’s high tax burden and rising labor costs for the … more

By Brett Davis / The Center Square | 4/12/24

Washington state Supreme Court to hear arguments next week in challenge to magazine capacity cap

The owner of the Kelso gun shop behind the legal challenge to the state’s ban on "high-capacity" magazines says business was brisk for a short time on Monday. They’re usually … more

By Carleen Johnson / The Center Square | 4/12/24

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85-year-old Idaho woman kills home invader who shot and handcuffed her to a chair

A feisty Idaho octogenarian is credited with killing a home invader who allegedly battered her, handcuffed her to a chair in the middle of the night and shot her multiple times. According to new … more

Brian Niemietz / New York Daily News (TNS) | 4/11/24

A pair of guests make their way down Westport beach using tracked mobility chairs from David’s Chair, a nonprofit partnering with the city to help bring the beach to more people.

Nonprofit brings tracked mobility chairs to Grays Harbor County

“Living life on one’s own terms” is the foundation of David’s Chair, a nonprofit organization founded in 2017 that’s bringing beach trips to those whose physical … more

By Michael S. Lockett / The Daily World | 4/11/24

Gator's Custom Guns Owner Wally Wentz poses for a portrait in front of his store on Wednesday, April 10 in Kelso. People were briefly able to buy higher-capacity magazines at the Allen Street store Monday after a Cowlitz County Judge ruled the state's ban on the ammo unconstitutional. Editor's note: This photo has been blurred to conceal a curse word.

Sales at Cowlitz County gun shop skyrocket after brief legal window opens to buy higher-capacity magazines in Washington

For 88 minutes Monday, high-capacity magazines flew off the shelves at Kelso’s Gator’s Custom Guns after a Cowlitz County judge ruled unconstitutional the state’s ban on selling … more

By Matt Esnayra and Hayley Day / The Daily News | 4/11/24

1,200-pound tree stump falls, kills Oregon man trying to remove it

A Northeast Portland man was found dead in his yard Wednesday morning after firefighters said a 1,200-pound tree stump he was trying to remove from the ground fell on him. The man — who … more

Beth Slovic / oregonlive.com (TNS) | 4/11/24

Teen accused of planning to attack Idaho churches in name of Islamic State group pleads not guilty

The 18-year-old who was arrested last week just hours before the FBI said he planned to attack a Coeur d'Alene church pleaded not guilty at a hearing Wednesday morning. Alexander Mercurio was … more

Emma Epperly / The Spokesman-Review (TNS) | 4/11/24

Sandhill cranes jump and dance in a mowed-down corn field between Porter and Elma on Wednesday, Nov. 22, 2023.

Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife to monitor sandhill cranes with drones

RIDGEFIELD — Researchers with the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife will conduct drone surveys over known locations of sandhill cranes in Klickitat County to assess the technology's … more

Gabriel Davis / Columbia Basin Herald (TNS) | 4/11/24