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Authorities have confirmed the three people found dead in an Aug. 9 house fire in Skagit County died by gunshot before the fire, according to an Aug. 17 press release from the Mount Vernon Police …
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Jack Belcher / The Bellingham Herald (TNS)
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8/20/24
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The Washington Supreme Court is considering controversial changes to public defense that would cut attorney caseloads by about two-thirds and necessitate huge increases in funding and staffing.
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Peter Talbot / The News Tribune (TNS)
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8/20/24
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Several people suffered injuries in a "serious head-on/t-bone" collision in rural Thurston County on Sunday, according to Sheriff Derek Sanders.
The incident occurred at the intersection of …
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Martín Bilbao / The Olympian (TNS)
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8/20/24
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A special deer hunt will begin Saturday in North Idaho in response to the area's first case of chronic wasting disease.
The Idaho Department of Fish and Game announced Monday that it will hold a …
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Michael Wright / The Spokesman-Review (TNS)
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8/20/24
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A Washington State University experiment that could impact the ability of humans to live beyond earth is expected to arrive in space next year as astronauts plant a cosmic garden in orbit.
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Mathew Callaghan / The Spokesman-Review (TNS)
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8/20/24
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SHORES OF THE SALISH SEA — Keeley Chiasson plodded through the steep, sandy sediment near the base of the bluff. Carefully perched on a firm shelf, she scraped back the weathered surface of the …
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Isabella Breda / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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8/20/24
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The primary race for the state Commissioner of Public Lands has continued to tighten, and is likely headed for an automatic recount to determine which two candidates will appear on the November …
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The Olympian Staff (TNS)
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8/20/24
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CHICAGO — Sure, they would have showed up, cheered and put on a brave face for President Joe Biden if he were still the Democratic Party's nominee.
But Washington's delegates to the …
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Jim Brunner / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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8/20/24
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The Washington State Department of Labor & Industries (L&I) identified multiple workplace safety violations linked to two recent incidents involving the Washington Department of Fish and …
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By Brandon Hansen / For The Chronicle
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8/19/24
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If you’ve got a personalized license plate, it may surprise you to know that the money you paid for it went toward caring for and protecting wildlife in Washington.
That may help soften …
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By Jerry Cornfield / The Washington Standard
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8/19/24
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The number of kids in Washington’s foster care system has dropped by nearly half since the Department of Children, Youth and Families was created in 2017, reflecting the agency’s push to …
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By Grace Deng / The Washington Standard
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8/19/24
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State and national Democratic Party leaders are teaming up to force presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. off ballots in Washington.
The Washington state Democratic Party planned to file …
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By Jerry Cornfield / The Washington Standard
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8/19/24
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A 37-year-old man is presumed dead after jumping into Diamond Lake in Oregon on Saturday, going under and never resurfacing.
Rescuers with the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office and other …
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Beth Slovic / oregonlive.com (TNS)
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8/19/24
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Someone swiped a handheld drug detection device from the car of a Portland post office employee and it ended up in the hands of an alleged drug dealer who used it to verify the types of drugs he was …
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Maxine Bernstein / oregonlive.com (TNS)
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8/19/24
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A sturgeon that appeared to be at more than 6 feet long was illegally pulled out of the Columbia River and likely died, according to the Oregon State Police Fish and Wildlife Division.
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By The Tri-City Herald (TNS)
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8/19/24
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The Gray and Oregon Road fires in Spokane County last year reminded first responders that they are at the mercy of Mother Nature — and they likely will be again.
The moment Spokane County …
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Alexandra Duggan / The Spokesman-Review (TNS)
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8/19/24
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At least 12 invasive zebra mussels were found in aquatic moss balls sold for aquariums in a Renton, Washington, Petco on Aug. 5.
The mussels, which are native to freshwater bodies in Ukraine, …
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Cannon Barnett / The Spokesman-Review (TNS)
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8/19/24
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A former North Thurston Public Schools student who now works for the district is raising concerns about the racist language she hears being used by students.
Carletta Garraway, who moved to the …
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Rolf Boone / The Olympian (TNS)
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8/19/24
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SEATTLE — Everybody knows the U.S. presidential contest is 2024's biggest political race, but it can be harder to gauge which local matchups matter most.
One way to figure that out is to …
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Daniel Beekman / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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8/19/24
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The Thurston County Sheriff’s Office is asking the public to help identify two break-in suspects.
On Aug. 7, the two men broke into the Littlerock Post Office.
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By Rolf Boone / The Olympian
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8/18/24
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